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The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Developmentby GDN Shared Post August 11, 2010
The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development is a statewide nonprofit organization representing the interest of underdeveloped and underutilized sectors of the state's economic base. The Institute's working philosophy is that–information and business development are critical to wealth creation and to building the asset base among low-wealth sectors of the population.
114 W. Parrish St.
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 956-8889
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.ncimed.com
"If the economic erosion of many rural and inner city urban communities continues unchecked, then increased crime, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, unemployment and dependency will heighten. We must build businesses to create and retain jobs, and increase net worth in order to stop this erosion and create an environment of self-determination and independence."
Andrea Harris,
The Institute
About The Institute
The North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development is a statewide nonprofit organization representing the interest of underdeveloped and underutilized sectors of the state's economic base. The Institute's working philosophy is that–information and business development are critical to wealth creation and to building the asset base among low-wealth sectors of the population.
Balanced information affords the state and its communitities an opportunity to make responsive decisions. Information is key to sound public policies and private sector practices. It builds understanding and strengthens the quality of life for all citizens.
Business development initiatives are based within the three M's of Money, Markets and Management. The Institute's business development team (BDT) works to assist historically underutilized businesses in accessing affordable capital, expanded market opportunities, and stable internal management and control systems. Through direct one-on-one technical assistance and small group education and training, businesses are positioned for growth and expansion.
The Institute's work is grounded within the State's goal of achieving widely shared prosperity.
Our mission is to strengthen the asset base of limited resource populations as a means of building economically vibrant and socially responsible communities.
The vision of the Institute is to create an environment in which North Carolina's diverse population is considered a valuable asset and is engaged as a productive, contributing sector.
By using a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and interdependent strategy, the Institute strives to increase productive outcomes for groups with limited resources. The Institute's technical support, research, and information activities are structured to foster business, community, and educational/leadership development. These targeted initiatives are showing positive results across the state.
NCIMED has also engaged in policy research and analysis on the state of and emergent trends in North Carolina's low-wealth and minority communities. By closing that data and information gap and engendering discussion on the social and economic challenges confronting those communities, the Institute facilitates the formation of new and more effective partnerships, strategies, and citizen driven initiatives responsive to the needs of North Carolina's disadvantaged populations.
Areas of Focus
– Data and Information Initiative
– Construction Initiative
– Minority Business Facade and Technical Assistance
On-going Commitment
Despite these advances, the economic gulf between North Carolina's majority and minority communities remains wide. Fueled by its mission to "build economically vibrant and socially responsible communities," the Institute is committed to closing this gap. As the only organization of its kind in the United States, the Institute has become not only a valuable resource for the state, but a true model for the nation.


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Viruses are dreadful things. The digital ones destroy your data, steal your login, send spam in your name and empty your bank account. The biological ones cripple and kill you. Bad news are that a particularly dreadful virus, viz. polio, has been reported to have spread to China from Pakistan. This is a reminder that wide-spread vaccination against polio (and other diseases) is crucial to avoid the devastating impact they have on the lives of those affected.
Unfortunately, not all preventative measures always work as intended. In particular, another recent piece of bad news (of an entirely unrelated kind) is that the encryption protocols SSL and TLS (1.0) used to secure https connections are vulnerable to attack. An attacker who gets to intercept the encrypted data and who has some control over the user's browser (e.g. via a virus) can use a Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) attack to hijack an encrypted connection and, e.g., steal from the user's online banking or PayPal account.
This attack is called BEAST. Another "beast", namely DRACO (Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer) may become for viruses (speaking of the biological sort again) what penicillin is for bacteria: researchers at MIT have developed this substance that selectively kills cells infected by viruses, curing mice infected with lethal viruses with apparently no serious side-effects seen so far. That sounds like one of those rare pieces of good news.

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Secular and religious Jews alike will find wisdom and inspiration in this new book in which Rabbi David Aaron reveals the joy that living a Jewish life can bring. With his characteristic humor, enthusiasm, and insight, Rabbi Aaron looks at key, and often misunderstood, aspects of Jewish practice—our relationship with God, Torah study, prayer, living the commandments, celebrating the Sabbath, and keeping kosher—and shows us how they enable us to access and express the godliness within us.
Celebrating Shabbat, for example, reminds us that we are created in the image of God, empowered with free choice and intention; studying the Torah releases our chen, or inner beauty and grace; and observing kosher laws helps keep us in touch with our human sensitivity. Rabbi Aaron clarifies why many Jews today feel disconnected from their heritage. He invites readers who have lost touch with their Jewish roots to "unpack their spiritual baggage" and discover the true spirit of Judaism.
Rabbi Aaron is one of the most dynamic and accessible teachers of Kabbalah and Jewish wisdom today, and this book is a warm invitation to anyone struggling to find fresh meaning in Jewish practice.
"To go from 'the oy to the joy,' Aaron provides accessible, readable chapters. Each chapter asks a complex, theological question, then proceeds to answer it simply and clearly, with personal anecdotes, analogies, and teachings from Jewish sources. Because Aaron himself grew up without a strong religious background, his empathetic insights strike a note resonant enough to reawaken the spiritual taste buds." —Publishers Weekly


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Appeal date of May 8 set for Kenseth's team
Charlotte, NC – The National Stock Car Racing Appeals Panel will hear Joe Gibbs Racing's appeal on May 8 for severe penalties assessed by NASCAR to Matt Kenseth's No. 20 Sprint Cup Series team for an illegal engine used at Kansas Speedway.
JGR's appeal will be heard by a three-member committee, and it will be conducted at NASCAR's Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C. NASCAR handed down penalties to the No. 20 team last Wednesday after officials found one of the connecting rods on the engine used in Kenseth's race-winning Toyota Camry on April 21 at Kansas did not meet the minimum connecting rod weight. The violation was discovered during a secondary post-race inspection of his engine at the R&D center.
Kenseth was penalized with a loss of 50 points. His crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, had been fined $200,000, suspended from NASCAR competition for six points-paying races, as well as next month's all-star event (non-points), and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Car owner Joe Gibbs was docked 50 points as well.
Furthermore, Kenseth's win at Kansas will not earn him bonus points toward eligibility and seeding for this year's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. His victory there is not credited towards the eligibility for a driver wild card position in the playoffs. He was also stripped of his pole win at Kansas.
The penalty included the owner's license for the No. 20 car being suspended until the completion of the next six point races, making the team ineligible to receive championship car owner points during that period of time. A loss of five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Manufacturer Championship points was assessed to the team.
JGR will not dispute the engine violation during the appeal, but will argue that NASCAR's penalties for the infraction were too severe.
"What we're going to appeal is the severity of the penalties," Gibbs said during a press conference last Friday at Richmond International Raceway. "In looking at that motor and where all the connecting rods were placed and the weight of all the connecting rods, when you have motor experts look at it, basically what they would say is there is no advantage to having that one light rod in that motor. That's one thing that is very important to me is the intent here was not to get an unfair advantage in any way."
Kenseth called the penalties "grossly unfair" and "borderline shameful."
Toyota Racing Development, which is the engine supplier for JGR, took full responsibility for the engine issue and noted JGR is not involved in the process of selecting parts or assembling engines for its cars.
NASCAR said in its announcement of the penalties that "only magnetic steel connecting rods with a minimum weight of 525.0 grams will be permitted; connecting rod failed to meet the minimum connecting rod weight." The unapproved rod weighed in roughly three grams under the legal limit.
"It's a part that didn't meet spec," NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton said at Richmond. "It's not a gray area. There are numbers in the books. If you look at numbers in the books and what's going on in the garage area and across our national series, those numbers for a connecting rod have been in the book since around the time we went to a single-engine rule, which is probably 12 years ago."
Since JGR's appeal date is scheduled for next week, Ratcliff will be allowed to participate in this coming weekend's race activities at Talladega Superspeedway.
Meanwhile, the appeals panel will hear Penske Racing's argument of its penalties on Wednesday. NASCAR issued hefty penalties to both Penske teams after officials discovered unapproved suspension systems and components on Brad Keselowski's No. 2 car and Joey Logano's No. 22 car during inspection before the start of the April 13 race at Texas Motor Speedway.


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Easy and Fun Netted Cuff Bracelet
Faerie Queen Cuff
You know how sometimes you'll see a project and think that it was made specifically with you in mind?
The Faerie Queen Cuff by Deb Mausser was not one of those projects. It's lacy and girly, shiny and sparkly. Frankly, it's about as "un-Michelle" a project as you can get.
It's so not me—but I love it!
This bracelet is just plain fun to make. It's easy and quick—a great project to sit and do while watching TV or a movie, as long as what you're watching isn't so exciting that you forget where you are in the pattern. (I watched Monk and What Not to Wear during this project and only messed up the pattern once. I'll let you guess which show prompted the mistake!)
A couple of tips:
- You may need to cull your seed beads first and pick out any irregular ones (especially if you're going to do this with one eye on the TV and the other on your bracelet).
- Try on the bracelet before you finish. You may need fewer or more rows than the project specifies.
- If you won't be finishing the bracelet all in one sitting, make a note of which colors correspond to which places in the pattern (A, B, C).
- Don't tug on the elastic, not matter how tempting!
I'd used elastic to create simple stretch bracelets before, but this was the first time I tried to do any off-loom beadweaving with elastic. I used Gossamer Floss, a very thin elastic that looks like dental floss. The beads don't flow down the elastic as well as they do with thread, but it's easy to use. I only ran into trouble once, near the end. Instead of gently trying to untangle the elastic (as the designer so wisely suggested in the instructions), I gave the elastic a good, hard yank and it snapped. Eek! I had to tie a second piece of elastic to the first and tuck the knot into one of the beads to hide it.
Post-It Notes made it easy for me to pick up where I left off
While I loved creating this bracelet, I still have one major problem—I have no place to wear it. (Well, that's not entirely true. Working at a creative company like Interweave, I can wear pretty much anything to work and no one will blink. Gossip, yes—especially if I decided to wear a full-length emerald green satin gown and tiara to match the Faerie Queen Cuff—but blink, no.)
My version of the Faerie Queen Cuff
So I either need to go shopping for a matching outfit (and tiara) or give this bracelet away to someone whose everyday style is naturally more princess-y than my own. Or maybe I'll do something else entirely. I just thought of an idea that might work, but you'll need to wait until Friday to find out!
On Wednesday, I'll share some tips for bead substitution. (You did notice that I used different beads than the original, right?) You'll also get the chance to vote on which project you want to see in a future issue of Beading Daily. In the meantime, go pick up some elastic and size 8 seed beads and get started!
Michelle Mach is the editor of Beading Daily. She's currently designing a new necklace for an upcoming business trip that will be filled with MBA types who probably have a different definition of "crafty." She trying to think of something business-suit-worthy, but not boring. Any suggestions?


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jdness needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Ness Labs, Jonathan Ness
I am a part-time Mac / iPhone developer with a good app idea but zero artistic talent. I have been working for the last six months evenings and weekends on this application and it is finally done! I started playing around with application icon ideas myself and they were all _embarrassingly_ bad. They all looked like a 5 year-old drew them with a crayon, it was terrible. I love my app and its really going to help people - heck, it might even show up in an Apple TV commercial one day - but I need an icon that conveys what is different about my app and does so in a way that stands out in the crowded Apple app store.
This art will appear on the Apple App Store and on the iPhones of (hopefully) millions of discriminating customers worldwide.
Application icon optimized for 57x57 iPhone display. Also need 512x512 version of the icon depicting the same thing.
My application is all about connecting two people via their GPS coordinates and then providing directions and visual guides for one to get to the same location where the other is. I'd like the app icon to depict two people (or two people's smiling faces or two pushpins or two something) connecting, coming together, one coming to the other, one being directed by the other to a specific location.
The icon needs to be fun and shiny and alluring. Many of Apple's icons are stodgey and boring. For example the Contacts app, that person has no life, no emotion. I want the people (if you use people) to appear to have life and flair.
I have seen a few icons that I think do a nice job:
The MeetMe app has a great icon (http://www.aboutmeetme.com/images/l…r_ldnx.png). Super clear that two different things are coming together and I love the background depth with the soft vertical lines. I like their rounded square border.
I think the SpotMe app icon is also good (http://www.apptism.com/icons/000/00…1217563421). A little boring but good.
I have attached some sketches and failed terrible app icons that I made. Elements that I like:
- A windy road between two people
- Arrows
- Life, happiness, emotion
- Shiny
- Roundy
- No clutter


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The Demo Theater features rows of big couches and chairs arranged in a semi circle around a small stage with a podium and a screen. There are some overflow tables in the back. Those white boxes on the tables are chargers for your electronics. Nice.
Demo Theater sessions last 15 minutes long and feature vendors from the exhibit hall. The presentations run about 10-12 minutes with a few minutes for questions. Each session usually has a live demo of the product or at least a planned sales pitch.
Here is one about search techniques at FamilySearch.org:
Presentations run back to back, so there are no gaps. There is an emcee to keep the conversation going as the vendors switch out. At the beginning of each session, a person comes around with a raffle ticket and a basket of chocolate. Please understand what I just said: someone brings you raffle tickets and chocolate every 15 minutes while you sit in a big comfy chair. And...the vendors come to you.
Now do you see why the Demo Theater is the best seat in the RootsTech house?
I will confess I've spent a great deal of time here during RootsTech. Here are some of the presentations I've seen:
Billion Graves: Billion Graves Basics
Pictureline: How to Digitize Your Photos
MyHeritage: Finding our Ancestors Among Billions of Names...
Treelines: Family Tree Management on Treelines.com
RootsPoint: Connecting Lives
FamilySearch: Effective Search Techniques on FamilySearch.org
findmypast: Discover Your Irish Roots with findmypast
So let me repeat this again: vendors come to you and show you how to use their products while a lady hands out raffle tickets and chocolate. This happens every 15 minutes while you sit in a big comfy chair.
I can't got any further without thanking Backblaze for sponsoring the Demo Theater. Not only did they sponsor it, but they were very active in running the show, answering questions and filling the gaps with conversation when the vendors switched out.
I'd really like to see something like the Demo Theater at more traditional genealogy conferences, but I'm doubtful that would happen as there aren't many big money sponsors and it's something new and different in a field that's slow to change.
For now, I'll continue to enjoy the features and knowledge that come out of Demo Theater. I learned a lot in that area at this conference and hope to do so again at RootsTech 2015.


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Internet Sales Tax Could Be On The Way
A bill that could end tax free shopping in most states is moving ahead in Congress.
The U.S. Senate has agreed to debate a bill that would give states the authority to collect taxes from online retailers.
The legislation would give states more authority to collect sales tax from businesses like Amazon and eBay.
ABC News has more on the story.


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Kristinvogt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 182 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery
We are an up and coming vineyard and winery in Minnesota. We have a variety of cold hardy grapes currently growing and anxiously awaiting their chance to become wine. We'll have a casual upscale feel in our one of a kind building. You can check out the progress of our construction and see the design/look of our building at http://www.facebook.com/4daughterswine. We are a family owned business.
At Four Daughters Vineyard and Winery, visitors will enjoy a premier destination with a relaxed, laid-back atmosphere.
Our winery customers will be over the age of 21 with a fair amount of expendable income. Our tasting room and winery customers will be individuals, groups of friends and families. As our wine production grows, we will look into partnering with a local restaurant to provide a "house wine" and local liquor stores to provide Minnesota wine for their customers. Our event center customers will be people looking to host a wedding, party, reunion or meeting.
Clean Feel
Easy to Read
Perhaps a focus on the number 4
Modern traditional
Don't Want:
Cheesy clip art
Actually, just no clip art at all
No play on grapes or vines
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Major Section: INTRODUCTION-TO-THE-THEOREM-PROVER
Do each of the problems. In each case, start with a fresh ACL2 (or undo all effects of
previous events with
:ubt! 1). This may require that you ``re-discover'' the same
lemma more than once in different problems, but recognizing the need for something you
used in some previous project is part of the training.
We recommend that you follow The Method and consult the documentation as needed -- but that you not look at our answers until you're well and truly baffled!
See introductory-challenge-problem-1 (Answer: introductory-challenge-problem-1-answer)
See introductory-challenge-problem-2 (Answer: introductory-challenge-problem-2-answer)
See introductory-challenge-problem-3 (Answer: introductory-challenge-problem-3-answer)
See introductory-challenge-problem-4 (Answer: introductory-challenge-problem-4-answer)
In addition to these explicit challenge problems designed for beginners, the ACL2 documentation has many example solutions to problems (not always phrased in the question/answer format here). If you are looking for other examples, you should consider
annotated-acl2-scripts (Answer: the answers are given in the examples)
When you've done the problems and compared your solutions to ours, use your browser's Back Button now to return to introduction-to-the-theorem-prover.


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Henry's formerly rose-colored eyes (now back to their regularly scheduled whiteness) reminded me of this story my brother told many years back, about a friend of a friend who had this disorder wherein if she didn't take her special medication every few hours, her eyes would pop out of her head. This story is remarkable not just in the fact that he told it, and that I believed it wholly and without the teensiest glimmer-ette of doubt, or that I told it to all kinds of people, none of whom believed me, but that last year I recounted the tale back to my brother, who looked at me like I was criminally insane. What are you talking about? He said. Who? Eyes popping out of what? Why?
I wanted it to be true so bad that I argued with him for a while, but he continued to glare the glare of the angrily sane at me, and I was forced to give it up. So now I'll never know. Either he made it up or I did, or no one did and I don't really exist. Or this is a little like when I was eight and told everyone—because I knew with all that was good and pure in my heart—that Olivia Newton-John had once been married to Elton John. Thus the hyphen. Actually this is nothing like the ONJ thing, which I'm still not over because shouldn't that be true?
Back to the strange maladies: I experience a nightly…experience (fuck it, I'm not checking a thesaurus) that I'm pretty sure is mine and mine alone. Please dissuade me of this notion, or at least explain what's going on, o you who do not do enough for me already. You know when you're falling asleep, and suddenly you're falling but not really falling and you wake up just before your dreaming self hits the dream-ground? I have that, except different! And here's how different: instead of falling, I'm suddenly overcome by intense nausea. And just as I wake up, lurching out of bed in the hopes of not soiling my sheets, poof, it's gone.
You'd think this would keep me up the rest of the night—especially because I haven't thrown up since I was nine and I have a little bitty phobia when it comes to the act. But this pre-sleep faux-vomit been going on for twenty-three years, so by now I'm all casual about it. Puzzled, but casual. And I know it's been that long because I brought it up in eighth grade health class, right after it first happened, and everyone went ewwww. This was my classmates' reaction to almost anything I said or did or wore. Or ate.
In their defense, I was partial to deviled ham.


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Piercings have become an important part of our lives. It is very uncommon to come across someone who does not sport them. In fact, today's population believes in sporting more than the common two or three piercings, and in all places imaginable!
We all know about taking care of a fresh piercing, but there are some pre-piercing preparations as well, and these require as much attention and care. If you are thinking about getting a piercing, do not forget the precautions which have to be taken before there is actually any punching of the skin or insertion of jewelry.


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Providing All-Around-Town Taxi Service Since 1956.
We are a Metro-wide, full service, 24/7/365 taxi company providing rides to all cities, suburbs and Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP Airport). We are the only taxi company to have a child car seat in every vehicle! We also offer type III (school bus) transportation, non-emergency medical transportation and corporate account service.
We accept advanced reservations, as well as requests for immediate taxi service. Our drivers are all very friendly and gladly accept all major credit cards, cash, and corporate account service.
Town Taxi is part of Taxi Services Inc., the Twin Cities largest company with over 400 cars, more than twice the size of any other area taxi company. When you call Town Taxi, every effort is made to fill your order with a Town Taxi, but occasionally we may "roll" an order to another Taxi Services Inc. fleet (Airport Taxi or Yellow Cab) in order to serve you faster. This is a tremendous competitive advantage that other taxi companies simply don't have, and another reason why we are the most on-time taxi service.


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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents and caregivers to stop using convertible "close-sleeper/bedside sleeper" bassinets manufactured by Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa. CPSC has learned that on August 21, 2008, a 5-month-old girl from Shawnee, Kan. was strangled to death when she became entrapped between the bassinet's metal bars. This is the second strangulation death CPSC has learned of in the close-sleeper bassinets. On September 29, 2007, a 4-month-old girl from Noel, Mo. became entrapped in the metal bars of the bassinet and died.
CPSC is issuing this safety alert because SFCA Inc., the company which purchased all of Simplicity Inc.'s assets at public auction in April 2008, has refused to cooperate with the government and recall the products. SFCA maintains that it is not responsible for products previously manufactured by Simplicity Inc.
The Simplicity 3-in-1 and 4-in-1 convertible bassinets contain metal bars spaced farther apart than 2 3/8 inches, which is the maximum distance allowed under the federal crib safety standard. The metal bars are covered by an adjustable fabric flap which is attached by velcro. The fabric is folded down when the bassinet is converted into a bed-side co-sleeping position. If the velcro is not properly re-secured when the flap is adjusted, an infant can slip through the opening and become entrapped in the metal bars and suffocate. This warning does not cover bassinets produced in recent months that have fabric permanently attached over the lower bar.
Due to the serious hazard these bassinets pose to babies, CPSC urges all consumers to share this safety warning with day care centers, consignment stores, family and friends to ensure that no child is placed to sleep in a Simplicity convertible bassinet covered by this warning.
The Commission voted, using its new authorities in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, to release this warning upon making a finding that the health and safety of the public require immediate notice.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
Please use the below phone number for all media requests.
Phone: (301) 504-7908
Spanish: (301) 504-7800


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Panorama tools
What are the panorama tools
The Panorama Tools, also known as The PanoTools is a free suite of programs and libraries originally written by the german physics and mathematics professor Helmut Dersch. PanoTools provides a powerful framework for re-projecting and blending multiple source images into immersive panoramics of many types. An updated version of the PanoTools library serves as the underlying core engine for many software front-end panorama programs, including Hugin, PTGUI, PTAssembler, and PTMac.
Helmut started development on PanoTools in 1998, producing some of the most professional and versatile software available for building panoramas and more, but had to stop development in 2001 due to legal harrassment and claims of patent infringement by a company called IPIX. In 2003 he released some modifications to the java-based online panorama view PTViewer. One involved a standalone .exe version and another version could display HDR panoramas. The most recent release from Helmut is PTViewerME, a panorama viewer for PDAs and mobile devices. The homepage of Helmut can be found here. It has no links to his older work on PanoTools, but some list members managed to make a copy of his old homepage before it shut down. For instance this and this site.
After Helmut stopped developing Panorama Tools, the members of his mailing-list took over development, and began enhancing the software suite on its own. They started a sourceforge page and have fixed some bugs and developed additional functionality since.
What software is included in the panorama tools
Quoted from Helmuts original homepage:
PanoTools is a collection of free tools for Panorama and 3D Object creation . It consists of:
|Java Interactive Panorama Editor.
|Java front end to panorama stitcher and other tools. It provides a graphical interface for feature point selection and position optimization.
|Java tool for scrambling pictures intended to be viewed online with ptviewer.
|Panorama stitching tool which remaps, adjusts and combines arbitrary images to panoramic views.
|Optimizes positions and sizes of images using control-point data.
|Creates 3-dimensional objects from 2 stereoscopic or more images.
|Physically valid true view interpolator. Given two images of the same scene taken from different positions, this tool creates views from any intermediate position.
|Morphing tool.
|Averages images to reduce noise and enhance density.
|Combines images into movie-stripes for viewing in object-viewers.
|Panorama Tools plugins
|Photoshop, GraphicConverter and Gimp plug-ins for image correction and remapping.
To make working with the panorama tools easier and to add functionality, a lot of excellent software has been written. Some freeware and some commercial. See the software page to learn more.


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by Jim Harris
Last Friday, I attended the exclusive pre-opening gala for the Barnes Museum. It was not easy getting in. I had to hide under a pile of mulch on the grounds for 36 hours so I could be inside the celebrity perimeter when the function began. Additionally, I printed out a fake "V.I.P." badge from FakeBadges.com and wore a beret so folks would think I was artistic.
Actually, I consider myself something of an expert on museums. In the 1970s, when I lived in my Volkswagen bus, I visited a number of roadside museums and attractions around the country. In Maryland, I saw the world's biggest ball of dryer lint. In California, I sat on Liberace's fur-covered piano stool. In Tennessee, I visited the American Decoy Museum. Upon entering, I found it was just an empty building, and when I went back out, someone had stolen my car. I also looked for the Camouflage Museum in Kentucky, but was unable to find it.
So I thought I had done my homework going in to this Barnes gala, but as I mingled with the A-list guests, I learned a few things I hadn't known. First of all, in spite of all its antique weather vanes and brass hinges, it's NOT a museum about Pennsylvania Dutch barns. Barnes is actually the name of a man who made a fortune in the drug business and spent his money on art. You could say his vocation was anesthetics, but his avocation was aesthetics.
While ordering a diet Dr. Pepper at the bar, I met the building's architects, a nice couple named Ted and Billie. I asked them if they realized that the middle section did not line up evenly with the other parts. Surprisingly, they said it was supposed to be that way. I asked if they had ever considered using Legos as building material instead of expensive stone shipped over from Israel. Billie said no, adding in a rather accusatory tone, "You smell like mulch." I told her that it was a new cologne called "Wood Thrush" and politely excused myself to go talk to someone more important.
I managed to corner the curator in the gallery. She seemed a little annoyed when I asked her if all of the artworks were originals. She replied that all of the paintings were indeed originals and were arranged on the walls according to a plan designed by Dr. Barnes himself. "It's based on elements like shape, color and size," she said. "For instance, a painting of a large yellow triangle could hang next to a medium orange parallelogram, but not next to a small brown square. The plan also requires that the paintings be viewed in the proper sequence."
She then graciously agreed to take me on a private tour of the collection. "Start over there," she said, "and move in an eastward direction. No, east, I said, east! Wait; you're looking at the wrong painting. You're out of order. Stop!" At which point she struck me with a pearl-handled walking stick, rendering me unconscious.
I awoke to a tuxedo-clad waiter leaning over me offering some sort of cheese puff on a toothpick. It was pretty good, so I grabbed a handful. For the remainder of the evening, everyone pretty much avoided me like the plague.
I was just about to leave when I ran into a guy from the Tourism Marketing Corporation who asked me what I thought of the city's new slogan, "With Art Philadelphia." After trying unsuccessfully to parse those words into anything making even a modicum of sense, I suggested they try something a little more intelligible, like, "We Art Broke" or "Come Spend Thy Money." Personally, I liked their previous slogan better: "Philadelphia: After you pay all your taxes and parking tickets, we'll leave you with enough money for a small breakfast!"
If you're planning to visit the Barnes, be aware that bus routes 32 and 33 run right through the building, stopping at the gift shop and the cafe. If you drive, remember to park according to the color, shape and size of your car, or else your vehicle will be towed to the river and dumped in. For an extra $15, a valet will park your car, shine your shoes, draw a caricature of you in the style of Renoir, overturn Dr. Barnes' last will and testament and serve you cheese puffs. Enjoy thyself.


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OSO — The state's top forestry official on Friday said a 2005 timber harvest is not the cause of the fatal Oso mudslide.
A clear-cut area on the hill above the Steelhead Haven neighborhood has led to finger-pointing about the role it may have played in the March 22 disaster, in which at least 30 people died.
"This is speculative and ignores the factors that expert geologists generally recognize as the primary causes of deep-seated landslides," state Forester Aaron Everett said. "In this instance, these include the inherently unstable geology of the Stillaguamish River Valley, the ongoing erosion of the toe of the hill slope by the river, and near-record rainfall in March."
Water fuels landslides around here. Clear-cutting trees lets water soak into the ground, which can build up over years.
The area north of the slide was heavily harvested by the land's previous owner, Summit Timber in the late 1980s.
In 2004, the current owner, Grandy Lake Forest Associates clear-cut a 7.5-acre site. Starting in 2009, it thinned some of the areas that were clear-cut more than 20 years earlier, said Ken Osborn, whose company, Arbor-Pacific Forestry Services, of Mount Vernon, manages Grandy Lake Forest Associates' land.
"I'm 100 percent convinced that geologists are correct in that it was a perfect storm of heavy rains, weak soils and washing out the toe of the slope," Osborn said Thursday.
In 2004 he followed state rules and brought in two experts — geologist Dan Miller and Pat Stevenson, environmental manager for the Stillaguamish Tribe — to make sure timber wasn't taken that would increase the chances for a landslide on the hill overlooking the neighborhood.
"I was out there with those two, and I know that was our focus," Osborn said.
About half the proposed harvest area was inside the state's boundary for restricted logging because it could affect how much water went into the ground. Wetter soils are more likely to slide.
Miller proposed monitoring to see what the effects could be.
Instead, it was more efficient to eliminate those areas from the timber permit application, which the state later approved, Osborn said.
"Ken must have really been trying to do the right thing if he brought Pat and me out there," Miller said, recalling their walk.
A 1997 analysis he conducted for the Department of Natural Resources, Miller said, told him a bigger chunk of the hill needed to have tighter logging restrictions, to keep more water from soaking into the ground.
Miller said he believed the state had changed its map based on his analysis. That wasn't the case.
It is not at all clear, though, that timber harvests increased the likelihood of a landslide, he said.
Randall Jibson, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said this week that logging did not factor into the landslide.
"This has nothing to do with logging — this landslide was a couple of hundred feet deep," Jibson told the Wall Street Journal.
Still, there is plenty more studying ahead to determine causes and effects. "Since we haven't done the work, we can't rule out any factors," said Jonathan Godt, one of the USGS geologists on site.
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Pueblo Central versus Pueblo Centennial is the oldest rivalry football game in Colorado. It was first played in 1892 and now is known as the Bell Game, with the winner gaining possession of an old train bell that was donated as a trophy in 1950.
There are several intense Colorado rivalries involving area teams and most are tied to geographic proximity or games within the same school district.
Changing conference alignments and schools switching classes have purged some rivalries and forced teams to move games against rivals to early in the season — including Week 1, which is the case with several games this season.
"The good news is we are still playing these rivalry games," said Derek Chaney, Douglas County School District athlethic director. "We sort of flip-flopped the schedule and what used to be the non-league games are our league games. The games lose a little bit because league titles are not on the line.
"The flip side is we are playing these rival games in the good weather. The student bodies, I don't think they care if it is a league or non-league game."
Crowds in Colorado are not as large as some other states, such as Florida and Texas, but the attention surrounding rivalry games is considerable.
Bleachers fill fast at 3,500-seat Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch for the ThunderRidge-Mountain Vista game. The parking lot fills up hours before the game with tailgating, and then many people line up outside the stadium behind the north end zone to watch the game.
"We sell out that game every year," ThunderRidge Athletic Director Sean Patterson said. "It's a hyped-up game, the kids are hyped up for it. It's a great atmosphere."
The Castle View-Douglas County crosstown rivalry is another can't-miss contest as the Castle Rock teams compete in the Battle of the Rock affair. This year, the game was in the opening week on Sept. 1.
"There is no better atmosphere than a rivalry game," Douglas County coach Gene Hill said. "There is nothing better than seeing the stands full. Players are more focused. The hard part is making sure the players still play within themselves. It absolutely stinks that this game is played in Week 1. How much fun would it be to see these two teams play Week 10 for a league title or a playoff spot?"
Castle View senior Heath Helms said everyone on the team circles the date of the Douglas County game.
"The biggest part of the rivalry is everyone used to play together, then when high school starts they spilt and go to different schools," he said. "There is a lot of trash talking. It's still friendly. Everyone is still friends after the game but when we are on the field, it's a fight."
Legend and Ponderosa are two Parker schools that play in non-league and the lower parking lot fills at EchoPark Automotive Stadium early with tailgaters. Ponderosa is a 4A school but still plays the Titans. The third Parker public high school, Chaparral, isn't on the Mustangs' schedule.
"The Legend game is a great experience for both teams' players and the Parker community," Ponderosa coach Jaron Cohen said. "The atmosphere on game day is fantastic and the players know each other through playing youth ball."
In some games, there is hardware on the line.
Heritage, a Littleton school, and Arapahoe, located a few miles away in west Centennial, play each season for the Brookridge Trophy. It is a milk can that is a tribute to the Brookridge dairy farm that used to occupy the area where Littleton Public Schools Stadium now stands.
Legacy has two big rival games each year, one against Broomfield and the other against Adams 12 district school Horizon.
"Horizon is a district school and you always want to be the best in the district," Legacy Athletic Director Brendon Feddema said. "The Broomfield game every year draws a lot of people, but as soon as the game is over the players are good friends. It is the Best of Broomfield game."
Northglenn and Thornton are longtime rivals that played for the 89th time on Sept. 1 in what is called the I-25 Bowl.
"This game is one that both sides play up for and it's usually a great game," Northglenn Athletic Director Matt Oelhert said. "Each of our communities has multiple generations who have gone to either Northglenn or Thornton."
There have been several metro-area rivalries that have developed because of the strength of the teams. While these schools aren't in the same city or the same league, year after year, it seems, they are squaring off in the playoffs, often with a state championship on the line.
Valor Christian, seven-time Colorado state champions, has developed rivalries with Cherry Creek and Pomona mainly because of competitive games and the fact the teams are typically battling it out for Class 5A state titles.
Valor holds a 4-2 edge in the series, but the Bruins ended the Eagles' 28-game in-state winning streak in 2014, and later that season Creek won the state championship with a 25-24 win over Valor Christian.
Pomona has lost the past two title games to Valor but the Panthers have three wins over the Eagles during the regular season.
"In the past four years, we've played Pomona eight times and Creek four times," said Valor coach Rod Sherman. "They have been good games."
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Houston lawyer Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, dies
Gaynelle Griffin Jones, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993 as the first black woman to be United States attorney for the Southern District of Texas, has died. The 64-year-old Houstonian was also the first black woman to serve on the First Court of Appeals in Texas.
"There was never a dull moment with her," said her daughter, Athena Jones, who works as a CNN correspondent. "She was definitely a busy woman all her life."
Jones' 40-year legal career began after graduating from Boston College Law School in 1972. She has been both a state and federal prosecutor in Louisiana and Texas and practiced corporate law in Boston and Houston. Most recently, Jones served as litigation counsel for Hewlett-Packard Co.
She was also an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at the University of Houston.
A native Texan, Jones received many honors and awards that celebrated her continued activity in the community, the legal profession and her church.
She was a recipient of the Sarah Hughes Outstanding Achievement Award from the State Bar of Texas Women's Section in 1998. She served on the board for the Phoenix House of Texas, a teenage drug treatment program. Jones was also a deaconess at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.
"She certainly pushed people to achieve greatness," Athena said of her mother's many accomplishments. "She wanted everyone to aim high."
Jones encouraged Athena to pursue her career in journalism and even pushed her husband to finish his doctorate degree last year.
"She got onto me about finishing my Ph.D. studies," said Robert Jones, her husband of 26 years. "She always put her family first. Her family was her heart."
Jones was born in Dallas in 1948 and moved to Houston in 1986. She loved to read long novels and always took at least one vacation a year.
Last year, Jones and her husband traveled to Vietnam.
Jones received treatment from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for three years before she died on Friday.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY —Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) teachers have agreed to a one-year contract that will retroactively cover the recently concluded 2006-2007 school year, and they are now setting their sights on negotiating a longer-term pact.
Peter Ryersbach, chief negotiator for the Middlebury Union High School Teachers' Association (MUHSTA), said the recently ratified contract grants PHCC teachers a 4-percent wage increase for the past school year and maintains the status quo on health care benefits. Teachers now pay 10 percent of their health insurance premiums, with PHCC picking up the balance.
Teachers recently received, in a lump sum, their retroactive pay stemming from the agreement, according to PHCC board Chairwoman April Jin.
It was the teachers who approached the PHCC board about forging the one-year pact.
By MEGAN JAMES
BRANDON — Kerry Clifford had better things to do than go to that mammogram appointment 12 years ago. The Brandon resident had done it the year before and, like every time before that, the results showed she was healthy. Besides, she gave herself the occasional breast exam, and she had never felt any lumps.
So she called to reschedule.
But the results of that rescheduled appointment made her reevaluate once and for all the importance of regular check-ups. Her doctor showed her the mammogram and pointed out the beginnings of cancer.
"It was about the size of the tip of a pencil, but it had already set up what they call a spider web, the connection of little blood vessels, already growing," she said. "That appointment was almost a year to the day from my last mammogram. That's how quick it can be."
They cut out the cancer, put her on medication and four months later, found her cancer had moved into more organs, meaning she was in Stage Four, "which is not good," Clifford said.
MIDDLEBURY — After a life of globe trotting, the Rev. Marthinus Riekert had found spiritual contentment and geographic stability as pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, which he joined in 2005.
But only two years into his tenure at the church, Riekert and his family have found a new calling that has them again packing their bags. The family, which hails from South Africa, will soon leave Middlebury to lead a church half way around the world, in New Zealand.
"It was a very difficult decision to make," Riekert said on Thursday. "It was taken with sadness and after a lot of deliberation and thinking."
But in the end, Riekert said he could not ignore the appeals from a community of South African nationals who have relocated to Auckland, N.Z., in the wake of increasing violence in their native land. Riekert explained that South Africans are leaving their homeland by the thousands to escape crime that has become particularly violent in nature.
MORE THAN 275 athletes entered Sunday's Vermont Sun Triathlon held in Salisbury and Leicester. The winners were both Vermonters: Tim Donahue of Jamaica and Donna Smyers of Adamant.Independent photo/Trent Campbell
SERVERS RUN INTO spilling trouble at the start of the waiters' race during French Heritage Day in Vergennes on Saturday afternoon. Waiters and waitresses run in a one-kilometer race through the Little City and must cross the finish line with most of the water still in their bottles.
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July 19, 2007
MONTPELIER — Vermont House and Senate leaders this week vowed to hit the ground running in January with a new energy bill that could be even more comprehensive than the one vetoed by Gov. James Douglas.
The Vermont House on July 11 narrowly sustained Douglas's veto of H.520, an energy bill that would have, among other things:
• Expanded the state's electric efficiency utility (Efficiency Vermont) to an "all fuels" utility. Efficiency Vermont is currently limited to helping Vermonters improve their homes and businesses in ways to save on electricity, not on fossil fuels.
H.520 called for the Efficiency Vermont's expanded services to be paid through a four-year tax on Vermont Yankee that would've raised roughly $25 million. Douglas was among those who did not support the Vermont Yankee tax, figuring that it would simply be passed on to consumers.
• Encouraged development of more renewable energy projects on Vermont farms.
July 19, 2007
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — For most Bristol property owners, tax bills that will be mailed next month will contain a pleasant surprise: tax rates will go down by more than 4 percent for homeowners, and up by less than 2 percent for non-residential properties.
An average homeowner who didn't make any big changes to his or her property in the past year can expect to see a smaller tax bill, town clerk Theresa Kirby said.
The good news on tax rates was possible partly because Bristol's grand list has increased, Kirby said. The municipal grand list has increased by 2.1 percent since last year, from $2,620,374 to $2,675,407, because of new construction or the change in use of properties. The police district grand list increased by 1.52 percent, from $1,075,362.
The biggest reason for the drop, though, was a drop in the state education tax rate for homesteads. The education tax rate for homesteads dropped by 7.19 percent and, for non-residential properties, increased by only 1.19 percent.
July 19, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — In a near silent gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, Rebecca Purdum took a step closer to see the intricate overlay of colors in paintings she completed recently. She knows a painting is good, she said, when it surprises her, when she no longer thinks of herself as the one who created it.
The three abstract oil paintings, which went up late last month, hang one to a wall — two horizontal diptychs each stretching more than 10 feet across and one massive vertical piece — filling the space between with a kind of visual noise. All three are made up of what the artist calls "non-colors," layers of blues, grays and browns, which come together to create something akin to water.
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I just got a Bass Pro XPS frog in the Bullfrog color. Looks great very realsitic.
Hopefully the fish like it too.
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I used to work for Bass Pro in the fishing dept. I'm not sure if the BPS frogs are made by Spro or not, but I do know this: If you take one Spro of a certain color and compare it to another Spro, and another and another and another, all of the same color, they are identical. If you take the BPS version of the same color and compare it to the Spro of the same color, sometimes you may find a small difference in the paint, such as a very small speck that is not seen in the Spro's. Maybe the plastic is slightly deformed. Very small details that are hard to catch. All I own is the BPS frogs and the Spro King Daddy. The BPS frogs work just as good as any other frog, but that's what I have confidence in.
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I have a a single frog .. its a black Spro I love using it but have yet to catch on it. I plan suck when it comes to top water.
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I have a bunch of different frogs. The spro is usually works best for my situation. I usually use the normal frog color. So far no luck with the all white or all black color.
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I am a Boze Sumo frog fan.
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I use the River2Sea Bully Wa 65. I throw black with yellow head and white with black stripes on the belly. I like the frog because it walks very well and the body collapses well for hook penetration. I have yet to try the Spro frog. I've heard a lot of good things about and plan on trying it this year. It's just tough change when you have so much confidence in a bait...
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It was tough to slow down after overseeing four stores with his brother, working six days a week, often till 9 p.m. Though he and his wife traveled extensively at the beginning of retirement 22 years ago — they've visited every state in the country and been to Paris five or six times — travel got to be too difficult as they got older.
So when the couple moved to Wesley Palms Retirement Community in Pacific Beach 10 years ago, Israel was content to continue his longtime hobby of woodworking.
"I've always been very handy," he said. "My mother taught me. "My woodworking really grew after I quit working (in Pennsylvania). I had to have something to do."
Fortunately, the retirement community has a fully equipped workshop, to which Israel added some of his favorite tools. Now 92, the engineering graduate puts in at least 10 hours a week in the shop fashioning the toys he donates to local children for Christmas.
He pays for all his own supplies, and the only requirement to using the woodshop is donating his services, along with a handful of residents, to fellow residents who bring tables, chairs, lamps and even some jewelry for repair.
The father of three, a grandfather and great-grandfather figures he has made several hundred boats, planes, dumptrucks and stools that he's given to Father Joe, Toys for Tots and a Mexican orphanage, as well as some to family and friends. Among his favorite projects are cradles that convert to cribs and toolboxes complete with wooden tools.
His secret to a healthy life and retirement is simple — keeping busy.
"I worked hard while working, bookkeeping and physical work. I don't have the patience for sitting still."
When he's not cutting, drilling or sanding, he "fiddles on the computer," reads three newspapers and cooks the two meals a day he and his wife don't eat in the community dining room.
He has no grand aspirations for his craft and how it might cheer children who don't otherwise get many presents.
"I really don't expect anything from it," he said. " I just like the busywork. "
His toys, he says, "are more about the process than the goal."


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Celtic manager Neil Lennon admits Gary Hooper could have played his last game for the club.
Hooper, who was the subject of bids from Norwich and Hull earlier this year, has a year left on his contract and wants to return to England.
The 25-year-old, whose pre-season has been disrupted by a groin strain, did not feature in Celtic's 3-0 defeat by Union Berlin on Friday night - their fourth friendly loss in Germany ahead of Wednesday's Champions League qualifier against Cliftonville.
Lennon told several national newspapers: "It will be difficult to convince Gary to stay. He has not featured much in pre-season and the games start in earnest for us on Wednesday night.
"So he'd have a bit of catching up to do and I don't know where his mind is at the minute.
"Has he played his last game for Celtic? Never say never but it's looking more and more that way."
Lennon lost Victor Wanyama to Southampton in midweek and believes he needs further reinforcements after bringing in Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk and Portuguese striker Amido Balde.
He said: "I haven't spoken to Peter Lawwell yet about bringing someone in but we need two or three players if we're going to get back into the Champions League."


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I bought Mobile Stream's USB Modem a bit ago. My laptop at the time didn't have Bluetooth, so I used it exclusively over USB. Then, I recently got a new laptop that does have Bluetooth. USB Modem works over bluetooth, so I set about figuring out how to set it up. Apparently, it's supposed to be obvious how to set it up because the USB Modem documentation simply says "Consult the documentation that comes with your Bluetooth software on setting up the DUN connection," and I could not find any documentation with my bluetooth "software". My Internet search turned up a bunch of nothing. So, I took bits and pieces of clues from different places, rolled up my sleeves, broke and had to restore my computer and figured it out. I'll list what I did for the benefit of others cause it worked for me and may work for someone else.
First, we add the bluetooth modem.
- Pair the Centro with the computer (even _I_ figured that out without any frustration)
- Bring up the Bluetooth Devices window (Start -> "bluetooth" -> Bluetooth Devices)
- Go to the COM Ports tab and click Add…
- Ensure Incoming is selected and click OK
- Go to the Devices tab, select your Centro and click Properties
- Go to the Services tab, put a check next to Dial-up networking (DUN) and click OK
- Click OK again to get rid of the Bluetooth Devices window
- On the Centro, select Bluetooth connectivity mode and enable modem mode (I also suppressed built in DUN under the menu options in USB Modem)
Then, we create the network connection.
- Go to the Network and Sharing Center
- Click "Connect to a network" link on left
- Click "Standard Modem over Bluetooth link" or whatever you named it
- Enter the phone number (#777 for me with Sprint) and the username/password for your data plan (the username is displayed in the network prefs on the Centro; I'm not sure exactly where to find the password, but I got mine from a representative one time when on the phone)
- Click Connect
Does it work? I think those are the steps I followed. I sometimes have to toggle the bluetooth radio on my laptop to get it to work. I have a Dell Latitude D630 with Vista. I assume, but don't know, that you could safely substitute "Treo" for "Centro" in the instructions above.
I hope that helps someone!


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The Lumia 920 is listed for pre-order on the Noovi Store website in Germany. What's more is that the rare grey version is listed alongside cyan, providing superb choice for German consumers who would rather head down the unique route with these uncommon colours.
Both listings state the Windows Phone will be available to ship from week 10, so we'll be looking at an early March release. A number of mobile operators are listed with multiple plans available - consumers can also purchase the smartphone standalone for €649 ($855). We'll attempt to not be too jealous, staring down at our white / black Lumia 920s.
Source: Noovi Store (cyan) (grey); thanks, ThiasJ, for the tip!


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Hachiroku and Japanese classic car fans!
Mark your calendar! Join us to celebrate! Sep. 27th (Sat) for the 10th Anniversary of Japanese Classic Car Show.
As always – one of the finest venue in So.Cal – The Queen Mary in Long Beach welcomes you for the "Kyu-sha paradise"!!
400 of Japanese classic cars – DATSUN/NISSAN, TOYOTA, MAZDA, HONDA, SUBARU, ISUZU and SUZUKI AND Vintage Motorcycles – KAWASAKI, YAMAHA, HONDA, SUZUKI, HODAKA, TOHATSU & more, plus special display from auto manufactures and vendors.
Special Guest: Peter Brock of BRE, John Morton and Tom Matano
10th commemorative goods available to purchase include: JCCS limited 10th anniversary poster drawn by Hector Cademartori and more!
Check out the latest JCCS News here: http://www.japaneseclassiccarshow.com
[color=#0000FF]*10th Anniversary of JCCS
*Sep.27th (Sat) Public Open: 9am to 3pm
*The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
*Please visiti website for more detailed visitor info.
Which Kyu-sha will grab your heart this year?!
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The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of only 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to the Commerce Department. This represents a decline from the 3.0 growth experienced in the final quarter of 2011.
On the plus side, consumer spending increased to 2.9 percent in the first quarter. Because consumer spending tends to drive the economy, analysts expect this improvement to result in job growth which, in turn, may produce a growth rate of 3.0 percent for 2012.
However, such job growth does not appear to be occurring now. In April, the number of first-time jobless claims reached a three months high. The four-week average for such claims is slightly more than 380,000, the most since January.
According to the Washington Post (print edition), analysts had not expected this turn of events. In light of the data, "hopes for heady improvement in the labor market continue to shrink."
The Federal Reserve has projected that the unemployment rate will decline from its current level, 8.2 percent, to as low as 7.8 by the end of the year. The latest data on jobless claims suggest that even this quite modest expectation may be too optimistic.


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The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) announced on October 25, 2010 that Dr. Pat Griffin, former Director of It Takes A Team! Education Campaign for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues in Sport at the Women's Sports Foundation, has joined GLSEN to develop and direct a program to address LGBT issues in youth and high school sports. The GLSEN Sports Project, which will launch in 2011, will help elementary schools and high schools create and maintain athletic and physical education climates that are based on the core principals of respect, safety, and equal access for all students and coaches regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression.
Statement by NCLR Sports Project Director Helen Carroll:
"This is a great opportunity for collaborative work in advocacy and education between the NCLR Sports Project and the GLSEN Sports Project. With Pat Griffin directing the GLSEN Sports Project to lead the way for high schools and NCLR's Sports Project covering the legal landscape, I see a brighter future for our LGBT student athletes and their leaders."
Griffin and Carroll recently authored On the Team: Equal Opportunity for Transgender Student Athletes. The report is the first ever to thoroughly address the complete integration of transgender student athletes within high school and collegiate athletic programs.


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Unfortunately, I'm a little behind on my news having not blogged consistently for the past couple of weeks, but this is the best I could do!
– Designer Tracy Feith will design for TOMS Shoes. The designer was known for his highly successful collection for Target. [Source]
– Vogue has announced that they will no longer be working with models under the age of 16 or models who look unhealthy. [Source]
– Justin Timberlake is still not returning to music because he's too busy working on a design line for HomeMint. [Source]
– The Wanted's latest track, "Chasing the Sun" will be used as the title track for Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. [Source]
– Earlier this week, a first-grader was suspended for singing the line "I'm sexy and I know it" from LMFAO's latest song. [Source]
– Teen Wolf Season 2. It's almost here. [Source]
– Will Jeopardy host, Alex Trabek, leave the show? I sure hope not. [Source]
– Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have joined The X Factor. [Source]
– The Jonas Brothers are getting a reality show on E! y'all! [Source]
– Twilight's Kellan Lutz has just signed on to play Tarzan in the new animated film. [Source]
– And yet another trailer for The Amazing Spider Man.
– Outkast's Andre 3000 will begin shooting for the Jimi Hendrix biopic next month. [Source]
– The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) lineup is up! [Source]
– A new Seattle spot is opening up and it is dedicated to one of my favorite desserts – the Molten Chocolate Cake. Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery will open up later on this month. [Source]
– Demi Moore has officially changed her Twitter handle. [Source]
– Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to a baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson.
– RIP to the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Youch. He passed away Friday at age 47 after battling cancer for two years.
– Kings of Leon's Jared Followill has proposed to model Martha Patterson. The two have been dating for only a few months. [Source]
– SNL's Taran Killam and HIMYM's Cobie Smulders will marry this September. [Source]


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by Len Lear
Our recent visit to Seasons 52 in King of Prussia definitely did not start out auspiciously. While driving on the Schuylkill Expressway, shortly before approaching the King of Prussia exit, we heard a loud rumbling noise that sounded like chirruping crows or maybe a helicopter directly overhead. Since we did not see a helicopter (or crows) when we looked out the window and the noise persisted, we knew it could not be good. Before you know it, worst case scenario. The right front tire basically exploded, and pieces of rubber shattered in all directions. This was not a flat tire; it was rubber confetti by the time we limped over to the side of the road on three tires and one wheel.
Believe it or not, we do not have a cell phone (we're among the 15 percent of Americans who don't), but my wife does have a Trac Phone, which is strictly for emergencies, so we were able to call AAA. (Otherwise, we might still be sitting in our car on the Expressway.) We could not even get out of the car on the driver's side because the car was so close to the endless armada of assault weapons speeding by.
To our delight, it only took about 20 minutes for the AAA guy to show up, and after another 10 or 15 minutes, we were on our way. We did call Seasons 52 while waiting for AAA to let them know we would definitely be late. (The following day my wife took the car into Carfagno Chevrolet, where we go for service, and spent $760 for four new tires.)
We finally arrived at Seasons 52 at least a half-hour late, but the place was so packed that we had to wait about 15 minutes more to be seated. We have eaten at this Seasons 52 twice and one in Cherry Hill once, and it's obvious to me that someone forgot to tell their customers that there is a recession going on. We were told that the one in K of P can seat 400 people on two floors, and both times we were there, you could barely squeeze a toothpick into the beehive of customers at the bar and in the dining rooms, at least on the first floor, which seats 265.
The crowd at the bar reminded me of the attractive young people you see in a Bud Light TV commercial who appear to be having more fun than real-life people are allowed to. When I asked Alex Elshimy, assistant managing partner, how Seasons 52 is able to defy the recession, he replied, "We cater to guests one on one, not like a chain. You come in here once, you're family. That is the secret of success in the restaurant business." In other words, friendly service is so integral to Seasons 52 that if they had a bird bath out front, it would probably have a jacuzzi in it.
Alex's comments sound like the usual management clichés, but I must say that at Seasons 52 you are never treated like chewing gum on the bottom of their shoes. In fact, our server, a handsome, charming just-married hunk named Amine Belahbib, who waited on us more than a year ago, actually remembered some of the drinks and food we ordered back then. Amazing. This guy should be a contestant on Jeopardy.
Seasons 52 is a national chain. The first one opened in Orlando, FL, in 2003, and there are now 20 (with 10 more in the planning stages), including the King of Prussia location (previously occupied by Bennigan's) that opened in April of 2010. The "52" refers to the fact that in addition to the regular menu that changes four times a year, there is a new list of specials every week. The basic concept of Seasons 52, however, is one reason why they are crowded all the time. No dish on the menu, from the signature flatbreads and appetizers to the entrees and "mini-indulgence" desserts, has more than 475 calories.
It seems to me that Seasons 52 has found that dining sweet spot where culinary creativity, a stunning physical location, unalloyed charm and unpretentious service coalesce. If the road to success is always under construction, Seasons 52 is at least driving in the right direction.
Executive chef Anne Moriarta, who first made her bones as a horsewoman in Chester County, is a furnace of talent and passion, and it's hard not to give in to her food's gravitational pull. The flatbreads are a major attraction at Seasons 52, and with good reason. A Greek lamb gyro flatbread ($9.95) and ripe plum tomato flatbread ($8) had flavors that echoed in our senses. A sushi-grade Ahi tuna appetizer, seared rare and served with Asian cucumber salad and sesame chips ($11.95),was simply divine. We bathed in the voluptuous delight of a cedar plank roasted salmon, which created a perfect storm of texture and flavors with roasted carrots, fresh asparagus and red bliss potatoes, a bargain at $18. Two mini-indulgences — chocolate peanut butter mousse and pecan pie with vanilla mousse — toed the line between really good and exceptionally good and had us wondering how they keep the calories within reason ($2.50 each).
The first cocktail we had, a Strawberry Basil Fusion Martini ($11.85), was strong enough to peel paint off the wall. The only joker in the deck for me was in some of the wine prices. I thought that both the Mer Soleil Chardonnay and the Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre were nothing special and way overpriced at $17 and $14.50, respectively, by the glass. On the other hand, a Faithful Hound Cabernet from South Africa, was complex, intense, full-bodied, had a lingering after-taste and was worth every penny of its $14.50 tariff.
The overall experience at Seasons 52 is like feeling the words as well as the music. Food like this makes one not want to go gentle into that good night of mediocrity. For more information or reservations, call 610-992-1152 or visit www.seasons52.com.


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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Andy Pettitte (does not) heart the Astros
One of the brothers Hendricks says Pettitte will not take a pay cut from his 2008 $16 million salary. Bye bye, Astros.
Labels: Andy Pettitte, Free Agent, Rumors
2 comments:
- Aaron said...
I got two words from Andy Pettitte...
- November 18, 2008 at 11:27 AM
- Aaron said...
I meant "for" not "from". What an idiot.
- November 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Di Matteo keen to keep Lampard
Roberto Di Matteo has insisted he wants Frank Lampard to see out his career with Chelsea despite rationing the midfielder's game time.
Lampard looks certain to play from the off in tonight's Champions League clash against Nordsjaelland in Denmark after failing to start the Blues' last three matches. His omission for those games has fuelled speculation about whether the final year of the 34-year-old's current contract will herald the end of his glittering Stamford Bridge career.
But manager Di Matteo said: "Frank is still a key player and very important for us. He's been so successful with this club and I hope he stays for the rest of his career with us."
He added: "Frank is an intelligent man and I have a very good relationship with him. We talk and, as much as nobody likes to be on the bench and being disappointed at not playing, I hope he understands. His attitude has shown he supports the team and that's very important."
Communication and a winning run are the two main reasons why Lampard appears to have reluctantly accepted his lot under Di Matteo, having fallen out with the Italian's predecessor Andre Villas-Boas.
Di Matteo said: "We had conversations at the back end of last season, given the amount of games that we were playing, and I tried to get the best out of him by not playing him in all the games, just to make sure he could be ready for the matches he did play.
"This year, it looks the same. We have so many games to play and playing every three days is difficult for any player. It's just like that.
"I have been trying to do it with everybody but it's been a question of where we have options and making sure we always have energetic and dynamic performances. It's done on a game-by-game basis, always looking at the balance of the team."
Lampard has been exposed by top-class opponents playing in a midfield anchorman role, but Nordsjaelland are unlikely to overrun him and whoever he plays alongside.
The England midfielder seems certain to play an increasingly limited role in big matches thanks to the ascendancy of the likes of Eden Hazard and Oscar.


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Record-breaking 89th straight awaits UConn women
When the comparisons are drawn, there are members of the UConn women's basketball team who wonder how they can be in the same sentence with the UCLA men's basketball teams of the 1970s. To them, the John Wooden's Bruins were amazing and it's difficult to fathom that their program has now matched the level of excellence attained by UCLA 36 years ago.
Two programs in the history of Division I basketball won 88 straight games. They are UCLA and UConn. Tonight when Geno Auriemma's top-ranked Huskies host No. 22 Florida State at the sold-out XL Center (7; ESPN2), they will look to stand alone in the history books.
"This program is just full of a lot of special people who are invested, put so much time and effort and passion into the game,'' UConn senior Maya Moore said after Sunday's 81-50 victory over Ohio State. "We would just like people to remember how much we respect and love the game. And hopefully they can see that when we play.''
Moore and her teammates won't yet permit themselves to fully absorb this magical march until sometime after the season has ended or years into the future. But many of their predecessors are looking on with great admiration what they are on the verge of accomplishing.
"It's something that's going to last them for their lifetime,'' former UCLA guard Pete Trgovich said. "I think they're getting everything they deserve. I would like to congratulate them. I hope nobody puts a negative twist on it and says it's women's basketball and not men's. It will be the longest streak in college basketball.''
The run by the Huskies (10-0) has garnered much media attention over the past several days. UConn spokesman Pat McKenna said Monday that about 65 media credentials have been issued for tonight's game, about 40 more than a normal regular season game.
Also, ESPN moved the game from ESPNU to ESPN2 to reach a bigger audience. The network is airing five hours of programming dedicated to UConn on ESPNU from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News will tape interviews during UConn's shootaround this afternoon and will have a live pregame spot. Interview requests have come in from the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, National Public Radio, Fox Sports Radio, the Dan Patrick Show and ESPN's Pardon the Interruption.
Last week there was some doubt as to whether the Huskies would receive this amount of recognition.
"I guess I'm very, very irritated about this concept that this isn't equal to the streak that they're breaking,'' DePaul coach Doug Bruno said. "I think it's a phenomenal achievement. It's an achievement by the women. The women happen to be led by a man, but it's still a women's achievement. There's definitely a gender bias going on here. And it's just wrong.''
After Sunday's victory at Madison Square Garden, Auriemma echoed those comments.
"I just know that there wouldn't be this many people in the room if we were chasing a women's record. The reason there's everybody in this room and the reason everybody's having a heart attack the last four, five days is because a bunch of women are threatening to break a men's record. And everybody's all up in arms about it," Auriemma said. "All the women are happy as (heck), and they can't wait to come in here and ask questions. All the guys that love women's basketball are all excited. And all the miserable (people) that follow men's basketball and don't want us to break the record are all here because they're (mad). So that's just the way it is."
However, he has held firm on his stance that UConn should not be compared to UCLA.
The comparison is prefers is one that focuses the way both teams practiced and their pursuit of perfection. It's a comparison the Huskies can appreciate too.
"If you want to compare what we've tried to do here in the sense of how we have put our program together and what we expect to sustain year after year after year after year, that I think is something that I would be honored to be in that company of people who do that,'' Auriemma said. "And any other comparison I don't necessarily like, to be honest with you.''


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Boley Law Group needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Boley Law Group, P.C.
We are a small, 1-person law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are a general practice firm, primarily handling DUI, some other criminal cases, Family Law (divorce, child custody, adoption, etc.), Estate Planning (wills/trusts), Personal Injury and Business Planning (setting up corporations, partnerships, LLC's, etc. and the contracts necessary to do so).
Our target client is a Southern Nevada resident, generally middle to upper-middle class, who is in need of attorney services. The client is seeking an attorney who is ethical, trustworthy and professional, who will handle their case with the greatest care and confidence. As a small law firm, we attract clients who seek the "personal service" that only a small firm can provide -- consistent contact with their own attorney, rather than a maze of secretaries and paralegals.
I recently broke off from my partner, and the previous logo is attached. I'm looking to use the same colors in this project. The new firm is called "Boley Law Group, P.C." That name must be in the logo. Or, you could use the words "Boley Law Group" and incorporate, in smaller text, the phrase "a professional corporation" in lieu of the P.C.
Please avoid overused items in many law firm logos -- that means no gavels, scales, columns, etc. We are not looking for a character -- just an easy to recognize display of the firm name. We would appreciate a logo that does something to incorporate the "B" from Boley -- but realize that this may a tall order. We also need it to say "Attorneys at Law."
Use of the blue colors set forth in the current logo, however, is essential. Our website is being designed around the blue hues, and we have already had a character designed for our traffic ticket division which is entirely based upon these colors. Grey is preferable, but black is okay as an accent so long as it's not overwhelming.
The winning design will be scaled small and large, so keep it simple!
- Must be vector based
- Must have rights to any iconography & must provide separate icon files
- Must provide layered PSD or AI files
- Please provide these formats
- jpg 100%
- tiff
- png24
- png8 with transparent background
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Pineapple Cake with Cocoa Frosting
Fancy a lactose-free and fat-free cake that's a little bit more interesting than the simple eggs-sugar-flour sponge cake? Well, this might be the answer. There's a large tin of canned pineapple in the cake, which makes it more moist and rich, so it feels like it's made with at least some butter. I must admit I couldn't taste the pineapple in the cake, not even a little, but I still liked the cake. It's covered with a simple cocoa powder glaze, but you could use some of the pineapple syrup from the can to make a white glaze instead..
Pineapple Cake with Cocoa Glaze
(Ananassikook kakaoglasuuriga)
Cuts into 12 slices
3 large eggs
200 g caster sugar
225 g plain/all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
350 g canned crushed pineapple (drained weight, that's one large 580 g can)
150 ml icing sugar
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
2-3 Tbsp water
Drain the canned pineapple, blend the pulp into until smooth.
Whisk the eggs and sugar until thick, pale and foamy. Gently fold in the flour, baking powder and pineapple.
Pour into a buttered or lined 22 cm cake tin.
Bake in the middle of a pre-heated 200 C oven for about 45 minutes, until the cake is risen and light golden (test for doneness with a wooden toothpick).
Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the cake tin for 10 minutes; then trasnfer onto a wire rack to cool completely.
For the glaze, mix all ingredients and smear over the cooled cake.
11 comments:
- Ragne said...
oi see glasuur näeb nii isuäratav välja!
- 9:41 pm, March 25, 2009
- Nicole said...
Very nice! Wonderful presentation.
- 7:10 am, March 26, 2009
- Dimah said...
Looks super yummy!
- 6:35 pm, March 26, 2009
- Dani said...
i just recently found out i need to remove lactose from my diet, so thanks for sharing this great looking recipe :)
- 9:01 pm, March 26, 2009
- cookingschoolconfidential.com said...
Well, I wouldn't call it fat-free with those eggs in there, but I love the idea of mixing chocolate with pineapple nonetheless.
Now if only we made this at school one day instead of chicken (I'm a culinary school student). Baking can be such fun.
- 2:49 am, March 27, 2009
- thepassionatecook said...
wow pille, how great of you to participate! i love the look of your cake, definitely!
i need to make my entry tomorrow, starting tonight actually... a bit of overnight resting required. curious? no clues here - some patience required, but you'll love it! xx
- 8:42 pm, March 27, 2009
- Pille said...
Ragne, aitäh!
Nicole, Dimah, Dani - thank you.
CookingSchoolConfidential - you're of course right, but there's no ADDED fat there :)
Johanna - great combination of pork and pineapple on your side! :)
- 11:33 am, April 07, 2009
- Andrew said...
aaah cake - you know me and cake!
Thanks for joining in.
- 10:18 am, April 12, 2009
- Sam said...
What a great looking! Lovely presentation! Pineapple Cake looks beautiful and delicious. That looks really yummy. Can't wait to see your posting. Will try it out soon. Thanks so much for sharing.
- 2:07 pm, May 30, 2009
- Susan and Abraham said...
looks yummy.. susan
- 8:24 am, November 01, 2010
- ling said...
wow! the layer of chocolate looks yummy! i wanna try this cake!!
- 5:05 am, November 03, 2010