text:
Micropayments might be more appealing if managed by 'public trust' rather than 'dot-com.'
I haven't entirely thought it through, but is that better? Worse?
Correct! I did the sums on this a while back, and at $0.01 per transaction, you don't have much room for things to go wrong. You need a lot of transactions to amortise your fixed costs, which means a few big micropayment services rather than many small ones. Once you figure a crack for one of the big payment services, you can cream it pretty much at will, because as you so rightly point out, the cost of investigating any given transaction vastly outweighs the cost of the transaction.
You'd need about 10,000 transactions from one source before it's worth taking action, but then the question becomes: how much do you spend to find and associate those 10,000 fraudulent transactions? The only real strategy is to ignore all but the most blatant and clumsy fraud, but then it's simply a question of whether you can cover your fixed costs while being bled slowly to death.
MIcropayments are based on trust, and that's in pretty short supply online.
Clearly no-one will pay even a dime for content that they can get elsewhere for free.
I think that depends on what you mean by "free". For example, I don't consider my time and effort to be worth nothing. Maybe all the hassle of clicking on a "pay 15c" button is more useful to me than 20 minutes spend poring through search engine results?
If I'm downloading a large piece of software, for example, I likely would pay 10c if it meant I'd get a faster download.
Or webcomics... there are free ones, and the
It's incredibly inefficient: a Euro1.00 message returns at most 60% to the website owner.
In other words, they see pay-as-you-go as a benefit to the consumer. Problem is, the consumer does not view it as a benefit; rather the opposite.
Which consumer? I see pay-as-you-go as beneficial in many, although not all, situations.
A number of studies have shown that people greatly prefer a fixed-cost structure over use-based payment - even when they demonstrably would save significant amounts of money by switching over.
So when you go out to dinner you always go to the same restaurant where you pay
Metafilter [metafilter.com]
Les Jones [lesjones.com]
Bruce Landon - landonline [weblogs.com]
City Comforts Blog [typepad.com]
Marginal Revolution [marginalrevolution.com]
Long story; short pier [longstoryshortpier.com]
Tom Maszerowski on Livejournal [livejournal.com]
bbCity.co.uk [bbcity.co.uk]
But cutting to the chase, if a good micropayment system does get invented, then it will seriously lower the bar on the "tip jar" concept. The overhead of deciding whether you want to spend a cent here and a cent there (especially on a site that you can't sample for free) is enough of a headache (even at low risk levels) to drive people away, but if your favourite webcomic has a tip jar, you might throw in a dime a day, or even a penny a day (he said, shamelessly resorting to Americanisms). Those things can add up if you have a big readership, and can overcome the expenses that Mr McCloud points out with regards to bandwidth and success being its own worst enemy.
As for the sites that want to try the "you must pay me 25 cents in order to see this page" approach -- feh -- let them take their chances with the free market; I won't resent them in the unlikely case that it works. But in my not-particularly-humble opinion, voluntary payments [pbs.org] will be the way to go (see second and second-last paragraph of linked Cringely article).
Even though a BitPass keeps you from having to give your credit card information, you still have to pay with a credit card OR with PayPal, and you still have to give information you may not want to give to PayPal. Bottom line - at some point you have to give someone information you don't want to give them.
I think the only way this will ever work is if you can actually BUY a BitPass at (insert omnipresent retail outlet here). If a BitPass were l
Especially for a comic artist, where the content is inherently visual, it would NOT be hard to adopt a distribution mechanism that was, essentially, free. Put a panel on every comic linking to the author's site: those who like the content will visit, those who don't, won't. Put up a tipjar, or even offer an "early bird" subscription service (ie get the next edition a week before the "free" channels, etc.). Because casual fans can get the comic completely free of cha
These systems are absolutely not anonymous. Most payment systems require affiliation with either a bank or a credit agency, which means every single purchase can be tracked.
I think the discussion in the article is entirely skewed because the author looks only at conventional content, and even a cursory look at the Internet demonstrates that supply far outweighs demand: there is a
Easynews has become the god of usenet. They're huge. And they're not the only one. There are several newsgroup services offering a user friendly web interface these days, and it's attracting a LOT of people. Hell, I don't even use news reader software for most groups these days - it's far easier to fire up reget and shop via the web.
So far as the user is concerned usenet is now the web. If you want to talk you
Flat rate packages provide a great value for the consumer and also simplify the consumer's finances. There is good reason that millions of consumers are moving to flat rate service providers.
Not all of them - I had a good chuckle some time ago when a local Internet provider/media company launched their offer of rated dialup without a fixed fee. Their reasoning was that people hate paying monthly fees and would rather pay-per-use, something, against which I as an ex-dialup and ISDN user can testify!
If you are walking down the stret and someone asks you for a penny, would you always give it to them? Every time? It's just a penny - if you saw a penny lying in the street odds are you wouldn't even bother to pick it up, unless perhaps to feed your superstitious side. Maybe we ordinarily would but have already given out all the pennies we had in our pocket. Maybe we have an ethical objection to handing out pennies to whomever asks for one. Or maybe we're just having a bad day and don't want to be bothered. Still, one can reasonable argue the simple act of giving someone a penny should be well within the capabilities of even the poorest of us.
But once you move online that penny represents an entirely new barrier. It represents the wall between those who play the system (however badly) and those played by the system. Not everyone has a credit card. Not everyone has a debit card. Furthermore, many people, despite the fact they could have one of these wallet size icons of mass consumerism, don't want one. And it's not because they don't like buying stuff, or because they're too cheap to give you a penny if you were to ask them face to face.
Charging for content online places a barrier between the creator and the audience that goes much deeper than the same model in meatspace. And it's not necessarily an economic one, although it very much can be. Mostly, tho, it's a barrier of philosophy, and it sets the wrong tone for the future so many of us allege to believe in.
The entire promise of this new distribution mechanism is it puts creators more directly in touch with consumers. That some creators are going to work within existing economic structures is to be expected and, frankly, I say more power to'em. But this is a choice for the creator that does not directly involve me: if someone puts banner ads on their site to help them pay the bills, that involves me only passively. Moving to an escrow agent, however, forces the consumer (me) to play an active role in that exchange - even when "it's just a penny" and even when the mechanism is "transparent" at the point of sale.
Not everyone has a credit card. Not everyone has a debit card. Furthermore, many people, despite the fact they could have one of these wallet size icons of mass consumerism, don't want one.
Then use a micropayment service that doesn't require one. Perhaps your ISP could offer one? Or maybe your Telco, Bank, University, anyone who you're already paying for services could, and just add it to your bill. Maybe you could buy $5 prepay micropayment cards at the gas station...
- Muggins the Mad
That won't work. For example, I have an account on a system that can be used to pay on-line, PayPal. But I can't buy McCloud's work, because he doesn't accept PayPal. I don't have to just have a micropayment account, I have to have one that the person I'm trying to buy from accepts. So unless there's only one or two systems out there that everyone accepts, there's the barrier of having to set up Yet Another Banking Account.
You make very good points.
Shirky is correct.
The other articles linked to don't seem to make a good case. They seem to argue that micropayments will succeed because content producers need them to succeed. But in a marketplace that is driven by consumers, not producers, that's not much of an argument.
Shirky is right on in his discussion of "mental transaction costs." I think another way to view the same phenomenon is as a bunch of toll booths on the Information Highway. Driving from Washington,
The question isn't whether we will pay for content: We already are.
By and large most of us do not pay for content. How many of us buy magazines that are supported primarily by subscribers? They do exist, and their sales are marginal.
We tend to pay for the physical item or the name or other costs. Why else would we have no problem paying a dollar for a newspaper, but nothing to get it online.
In others, we may prefer to pay
For example consider the following question about minimum credit card charges [bayarea.com]. The retailer says that she pays Visa 3 percent of charges
I've not really tried hard enough yet but thinking of BitPass,
McCloud is right, and Shirky is right.
McCloud is right, people will pay the kind of sums he's talking about for the kind of content he's talking about. It's already happening. The caveat is that McCloud's talking about a certain type of content, that satisfies one of two conditions:
Shirky's right, because the majori
Who goeth a-borrowing goeth a-sorrowing. -- Thomas Tusser


text:
Jazz saxophonist Rick Margitza, who has long been regarded as one of the « Young Lyons » of the International Jazz Scene was born on October 24,1961 and is nowadays one of the most respected musicians of his generation. Excellent tenor and soprano saxophonist, mostly inspired by John Coltrane, Michael Brecker and Wayne Shorter, he has managed to expand and develop his unique voice, highly poetic and sharply incisive.
He started on the violin when he was four. His grandfather was a cellist and his father a violinist with the Detroit Symphony. He then studied classical piano for a bit, and also played oboe before switching to tenor in high school. He attended Wayne State University, Berklee, the University of Miami, and finally Loyola University in New Orleans, where he lived and played for four years.
Back then, Rick was touring with Maynard Ferguson and also with the brazilian musicians Flora Purim and Airto Moreira. He then moved to New York in 1988. That same year he joined Miles Davis' group and recorded three albums with them: "Amandla", "Live around the world" and "Live in Montreux".
He then cut three sets as a leader for the prestigious label Blue Note during 1989-1991. Since 1994, his career found itself enriched with five more solo albums and collaborations with such artists as Maria Schneider, Chick Corea and McCoy Tyner.
Rick plays.
Reference - AAJ

subset: commoncrawl


text:
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Friday night's Overtime featured three high school games and Colorado Mesa wrapping up their homestand.
In high school the Grand Junction Lady Tigers continued their win streak by adding a 35-25 victory to their resume, improving to 11-0.
The Palisade Lady Bulldogs suffered a late heart-breaker as they gave up 13 points to Steamboat in their come-from-behind win. The Bulldogs fell 46-45. The boys were unable to get ahead in their game, as the Sailors took the lead and kept with it for the 55-38 win. Both Palisade teams got their first loss in league play.
In college ball, the Lady Mavericks cruised to yet another victory - their 14th of the season. They took down UC-Colorado Springs 64-46 but early on CMU had their fans worried. They fell into a 10-0 deficit but were quick to pick up before it was too late, pulling into a 15-15 tie late in the first half.
Three Mavericks scored in double digits - Aubry Boehme, Sharaya Selsor, and Erin Reichle.
The men took the stage next hoping to break their 3-game losing skid with a win opposite UC-Colorado Springs, a team having their best season in school history. It was a back-and-forth night that would be decided in the final seconds when Joe Kiely came away with the game-winning layup 83-82.
Ryan Stephan led the way with a career-high 26 points as the Mavs improved to 6-4 in the RMAC. CMU travels to Western State for their next game January 18th.


text:
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Nov 2011 23:06 UTC
Finally! Jean-Baptiste Queru (yes, husband of) has announced the source code release for Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (technically, it's 4.0.1). Naturally, this code dump also happens to include the source code for Honeycomb - however, due to Honeycomb's incomplete nature, there's no tags available for it. Not interesting from a let's-build-it-and-code-point of view, but it is interesting for ROM hackers - bring it on, ICS for my Galaxy SII!
Thread beginning with comment 497282
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
by henderson101 on Wed 16th Nov 2011 00:18 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: ???"
by Thom_Holwerda on Wed 16th Nov 2011 00:24 in reply to "RE[6]: ???"
Except, 99-2000 she was still at BeNews, which might be what you are thinking of? I'm pretty sure she didn't leave BeNews fully till 2001 when the site went belly up, and transitioned to OSNews some time that year.
She just typed "www.osnews.com" in the address bar after BeNews went tits up, and ended up at the stagnant OSNews (v1). She sent a mail to David, and he allowed her to completely overhaul it. That was OSNews v2. Adam then wrote OSNews v3 to overhaul many of the lower systems. He also wrote v4 which is what we're currently using.
Someone who shall remain unnamed started work on OSNews v5, but that project never got finished because we bit off way more than we could chew. We're currently planning something I came up with called OSNews Simple - I'll let you decide what that means (esp. in light of several popular websites getting ever more complex and confusing).
by Beta on Wed 16th Nov 2011 18:14 in reply to "RE[7]: ???"


text:
Slip out from BECK-hands down!
R.O.D the TV - Confidence
Fushigi Yuugi 2nd OVA - Chijou no Seiza
Pokemon 5 OP
Blood+ First OP & ED
FMA Brotherhood First & Second OP & ED
There ARE no accidents ...
these are the songs i listen to alot these days, i mostly listen to songs i recently downlaoded dunno why *shrug*
gintama's ED - Wo ai ni
gintama -stairway generation
azu - cherish
i easily get tired of songs especially when i find alot of new ones ._.
i would hafta say, the opening song to burst angel, or either of the ghost in the shell openings
Making things awkward since 1987
CHALA head chala!! haha.. well for me it's still every heart of inuyasha..
recommend me an anime to watch..
My Secret-Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! opening
Yokan-Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! ending
Purachina-CardCaptor Sakura opening 3
Shissou-Ouran Ending
Sakura Kiss-Ouran Opening
Resonance-Soul Eater opening 1
Hidamari no Gate-Special A ending 1
Goodbye CR
Waltz by Suneohair - Honey & Clover ED 1
Split by Suneohair - Honey & Clover II ED 1
Vermilion by Chiaki Ishikawa - Bokurano ED 2
Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari - Bakemonogatari ED
Waltz is my #1 favourite of all anime songs
durarara op 1
Junjou Romantica op 1+2
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood opening 2+3
you KNOW you love it...
..Hard one ok here goes
Bleach - D-Tecnolife, Rolling Star, Thank You, Never Meant to Belong, Aterisk, Ichirin no Hana
Naruto - Seishun Kyousoukyoku, Go!!!, Naruto Main Theme, Speed, Orochimaru's Theme
Gantz - Super Shooter
Cowboy Bebop - Tank!, Piano Black, Rain(Conte Version), Waltz for Zizi
Fullmetal Alchemist - Rewrite, I Willl, Brothers, Motherland, Way Home, Tobira No Mukou E
FMA Brotherhood - Again
Inuyasha - Every Heart, My Will, Fukai Mori
Ghost in the Shell - Inner Universe, Living inside a Shell, Be Human
Code Geass - World End, Colors, Waga Routashi Aku no Hana
Outlaw Star - Hiru no Tsuki, Tsuki no Ie
Samurai Champloo - The Million Way of Drum, Battle Cry, Who's Theme, Shiki no Uta, Chambers, Sneak Chamber, Hiji Suru Style, Death Wish
Uh..I may have overdone it..weird I'm still not finsihed though..eh...too lazy to continue or delete so...
Check out The Versus Series
Rinne Rondo and Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi from Vampire Knight
Suna no Oshiro and Still Doll from Vampire Knight
Sakura Kiss and Mata Ashita from Ouran High School Host Club
The World and Alumina from Death Note
What's Up People and Zetsubou Billy from Death Note
Colors, World End and Mosaic Kakera from Code Geass
Bon Bon and Kiss Kaerimichi no Love Song from Lovely Complex
Midnight Sunshine from Eyeshield 21
Go! and Remember from Naruto
Never Dying Flower from Fullmetal Panic
Arrival of Tears from 11Eyes
and almost all the songs in Shugo Chara!
almost all songs by Nana Mizuki in Shugo Chara!
Hmm to For Real and Alone from Gensomaden Saiyuki
and All the songs of Full metal panic and Gundam Seed and Destiny
My brain is bleeding from the inside 0_0
I'm currently addicted to listening the first ending song of Durarara!!
Artist: Yuya Matsushita
Song: Trust Me
this is near impossible to answer with just ONE. But my top song from each of certain anime i can handle...i think...:
Outlaw Star - Through the Night
Fullmetal Alchemist - Rewrite
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Period
One Piece - Brand New World
Eyeshield 21 - Be Free
Gurren Lagann - Row Row Fight the Power
Naruto - Seishun Kyosokyoku
Naruto Shippuden - Hero's Come Back
Bleach - After Dark
and many more!
okay, who turned the world upside down?
So far, La corda d'oro's crescendo~All of Len Tsukimori's chara songs, and reborn chara song~~
listen to the stereo, tonight,tonight,,tonight!
hunter x hunter chapter update <3 omg
all songs from bleach and naruto


text:
Merrell Omni Fit lacing system
Moisture-wicking lining
M-Select FRESH odor prevention
0mm heel-to-toe differential / 4mm cushion / 9.5mm stack height
TrailProtect forefoot pad
Imported from USA
Merrell Men's Trail Glove 2 Trail Running Shoe
Trail Glove 2
Race through the trees, splash through streams and inhale the fresh, clean air of the wilderness with the
men's Trail Glove 2 from Merrell. These men's barefoot running shoes are an enhancement of our previous model. They're
super lightweight and flexible with a low profile, anti-microbial lining, and thin mid- and outsole. With a subtle
change to the rock plate for a flattened forefoot and soft fabric upper, a great shoe just got greater. There's more
flexibility for an amped up workout and better protection against rocks and roots. A proven lightweight running shoe on
the trail, the Trail Glove 2 delivers a reliable, close to the ground fit while protecting feet from cold conditions and
rough terrain. When you're looking for a men's minimalist running shoe that's durable, fits like a glove and has strong
Vibram traction on both wet and dry surfaces, choose the Trail Glove 2 from Merrell.


text:
Whenever Robyn informs me of a new Red Robin burger to try, I cringe a little. When I saw that this round of special burgers was centered around the release of the new Wolverine movie, I winced even more, because that's just...strange. (I do, in fact, enjoy the X-Men movies, though!) The press release even states that the special bun has CLAW MARKS in it! Uhh, ok then.
So I wasn't expecting much from these two burgers, especially one dubbed "Kuzuri style" topped with some sort of "samurai slaw." But, to my amazement, these burgers weren't terrible, especially the "Berserker" burger. (Sidenote: Who came up with these names?)
The saving grace of these specialty burgers was that the toppings weren't too wild and crazy. It seems like when Red Robin tries to be wild and crazy, things go badly. So in the case of the Berserker, the relatively commonplace toppings of spicy pickles, sriracha onion straws, cheddar, and "zesty" aioli turned out pretty well.
The amount of toppings helped to disguise the general mediocrity of the standard Red Robin beef patty. Both were requested medium; one was delivered medium and the other was medium well. Pretty good for a chain.
Even though three of the four toppings had some sort of spicy component by name, there wasn't really any heat to anything (not surprising considering their lackluster ghost pepper burger). The onion straws didn't really have any hint of sriracha, but they were still good, crispy onion straws. The spicy pickles were very fresh tasting, and the zesty aioli was more like a tame Thousand Island—if you can imagine that getting tamer. It was all very inoffensive.
I was more worried about the Kuzuri burger since I'm not usually a fan of "Asian-inspired" things, especially slaw, which conjures up too many thoughts of raw ramen and cabbage slaw. But it turned out to be a very dumbed-down version of anything remotely Asian.
The sauce on the slaw—and there was a ton—was really just sweet and Asian in the loosest way possible. Think packets of plum or sweet and sour sauce you get from Chinese takeout, then remove some flavor. That was about it.
At least the cabbage and other components of the slaw were very crunchy and fresh. Wilted slaw would have made it inedible in my book. There was fresh cilantro in the slaw, but I could barely detect its flavor. The garlic ginger fried wonton chips were a mystery, having seemingly no real flavor or purpose. If you'd like your Red Robin burger dripping in sticky, sweet sauce with some cabbage, this one's for you.
As usual, the thing I'm most excited about going to Red Robin for is the steak fries, the bottomless root beer floats, and various other drink concoctions. New for this summer is the Blue Moon shake, made with Blue Moon beer, orange juice, vanilla ice cream and Cointreau. It was like an adult creamsicle with a mild bitterness to keep the sweetness in check.
Steak fries doused in the house seasoning on the table were standard fare. They never really change, though sometimes you get lucky with an extra-crispy batch. I wonder if you can request them to be fried longer? There's nothing worse than soggy steak fries.
I still have no idea what these burgers have to do with the new upcoming Wolverine move, but if you happen to like pickles and onion strings, and you're dragged to Red Robin, you might want to give the Berserker a try. Oh, and those claw marks? Don't get too excited; they're just slashes in the bun before baking.
Love hamburgers? Then you'll Like AHT on Facebook! And go follow us on Twitter and Pinterest while you're at it!


text:
Leeward Community College announces new transfer agreements with UH West Oahu and UH Manoa for teacher education students
Agreements will ease transfer of students in Leeward CC's Associate in Arts in Teaching Program to baccalaureate education programsLeeward Community College
Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences
Kristen Bonilla, (808) 956-5039
External Affairs & University Relations
PEARL CITY, Oʻahu — Leeward Community College signed articulation agreements this week with both UH West Oʻahu and UH Mānoa that will allow teacher education students interested in continuing their studies beyond the associate's degree level a smooth and predictable transition to either campus to pursue a baccalaureate degree.
"These three campuses have stepped up and accomplished exactly what the University of Hawaiʻi System should provide — a clear path for students to begin their preparation to become teachers at a two-year campus and finish with their bachelor's degree at a four-year campus," said Linda Johnsrud, UH Vice President for Academic Planning and Policy. "Agreements like these save students' time and money, and help the university better address the state's need for qualified teachers."
Students in good standing in the Associate in Arts in Teaching (AAT) Program at Leeward CC will now be eligible for admission to UH West Oʻahu to pursue a bachelor's degree in education with a concentration in elementary education.
"These agreements represent the collaboration of faculty and administration from all three campuses coming together to support the best interest of our students," said Leeward CC Interim Chancellor Manuel Cabral. "Our program has grown from 24 students in Fall 2006 to 155 students in Fall 2007, and with these agreements, we know our students will have a smooth academic pathway to pursue their dreams of becoming tomorrow's teachers."
Advisors and counselors at Leeward CC and UH West Oʻahu will partner to ensure timely and accurate advising information for students on pre-admission, admission, degree requirements and other related advising information.
"Through this agreement, we have pledged a smooth academic pathway across campuses as teacher candidates work towards achieving their goal of becoming elementary school teachers," said Dr. Mary Heller, UH West Oʻahu Teacher Education Director. "This agreement also represents our commitment to the children of Hawaiʻi who deserve the best that public education can offer."
Leeward CC's agreement with UH Mānoa will facilitate the smooth transition of students completing the AAT Program at Leeward CC to a number of bachelor degree programs in the College of Education at UH Mānoa. These include the college's bachelor degree programs in elementary education, elementary education with an early childhood emphasis, elementary education with a Hawaiian community emphasis, and the dual preparation program in elementary and special education.
Students in good standing in the AAT Program at Leeward CC will be eligible to apply for admission to these UH Mānoa degree programs with final acceptance contingent upon completion of the program and meeting designated criteria such as a minimum GPA, completion of core requirements, passing exam scores, field experience, and a personal interview.
"Students who complete the AAT will be able to come into the cohort programs in elementary education at the same level as students who began their academic careers on the Mānoa campus," said UH Mānoa College of Education Dean Christine Sorensen. "We are looking forward to our partnership with Leeward Community College to prepare outstanding teachers for Hawaiʻi, and to expanding partnerships to prepare secondary teachers in the future."
Leeward CC's AAT degree offers a solid liberal arts core and specific education classes that prepare students for an entry-level education position or for transfer to a four-year teacher education program. It seeks to improve equity and access to teacher education for underrepresented groups and nontraditional students, and to address the critical teacher shortage in the state of Hawaiʻi by providing more teachers who are locally educated and culturally sensitive to schools in their own communities. For more information, visit www.leeward.hawaii.edu/aat.
For more information, visit: http://www.leeward.hawaii.edu/aat


text:
Parking Information
We are glad you are coming to the Law School event. Parking is a limited resource at the University and therefore we ask that you observe all parking regulations on campus. We encourage visitors to use the visitor parking meters/timed spaces located on campus or to park in the Danforth underground garage. All visitor metered/timed spaces are indicated in purple on the campus parking map below.


text:
Any human mother of multiples knows it's hard to raise two or more children of the same age at the same time. And it's true for other mammals, too.
"Nearly half of all giant panda births in zoos and research stations result in twins," Don Lindburg says. Lindburg is the leader of the giant panda research team at the San Diego Zoo.
"Taking care of tiny infants is an awesome chore, and mother pandas usually can't handle two," Lindburg says.
"Every newborn panda is important," says Lindburg "After giant pandas have grown to adulthood, some of the captive-born bears could be released into the mountainous wilds," he says. Those that mate and give birth to more cubs will help rebuild China's perilously small population of wild pandas.
At China's Wolong facility, caregivers are helping make the mother's situation more "bear-able." They gently remove one of the twins, keeping it warm and well fed for a week before trading it for the cub's brother or sister.
The cubs continue to be swapped for months, until they can eat solid foods and no longer need to nurse.
Bamboo, apples, carrots, and biscuits are added to the diet of mother's milk when the cubs are about seven months old. By adulthood, the pandas will eat fresh stems, shoots, and leaves of wild bamboo plants.
Fast Facts
- In five years female cubs will be mature enough to give birth to cubs of her own.
- Sixteen pandas were born in Wolong Nature Reserve in 2005.


text:
Here's the latest in recruiting around the Big 12:
Total commits: 9
ESPN 300 commits: 6
The latest: Recent commit Jordan Tolbert, a cornerback prospect from Missouri City (Texas) Ridge Point, has a torn ACL but remains committed to the Bears. BU is off to a terrific start in its 2015 class, particularly at the skill positions, but could use some added beef up front with Plano (Texas) defensive tackle Sam Tecklenburg as the lone lineman committed.
Total commits: 1
ESPN 300 commits: 0
The latest: The Cyclones reportedly threw their name into the mix in the chase for Mesquite (Texas) West Mesquite cornerback Josh Butler. The three-star prospect has offers from Baylor and Oklahoma State in addition to the recent ISU offer.
Total commits: 1
ESPN 300 commits: 0
The latest: The Jayhawks hit the state of Texas, particularly the Dallas area, hard last week with multiple reported offers, including Dallas Bishop Dunne receiver A.D. Miller, Denton (Texas) Guyer defensive lineman Carl Thompson and Frisco (Texas) Wakeland linebacker Justice Williams. KU had some success in the Dallas area a year ago, signing Dallas Carter running back Corey Avery.
Total commits: 1
ESPN 300 commits: 0
The latest: The Wildcats became the first Big 12 school to offer Gilbert (Ariz.) Williams Field prospect Cade Cote. The 6-foot-3, 257-pound prospect is projected to line up at offensive guard in college.
Total commits: 4
ESPN 300 commits: 3
The latest: The Sooners sent out multiple reported offers last week, including Olathe (Kan.) North defensive end Josh Moore. He's unranked, but his offer list features some of the nation's elite, including Auburn, Ohio State and Florida State as well as fellow Big 12 schools Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Kansas and Iowa State. The Sooners also made an early offer to 2016 receiver Dionte Mullins of Miami (Fla.) Gulliver Prep, joining Alabama, Ohio State and others on Mullins' offer list.
Total commits: 5
ESPN 300 commits: 3
The latest: The Cowboys made an early offer to 2016 prospect Mike Williams. The Fort Worth (Texas) All Saints Episcopal defensive tackle also has offers from Michigan, Kansas State and UCLA.
Total commits: 10
ESPN 300 commits: 0
The latest: TCU widened its net in the search for more offensive linemen, with reported offers to Fort Bend (Texas) offensive lineman Joshua Jones and Houston Westfield offensive lineman Cordel Iwuagwu. The Horned Frogs also offered 2017 athlete Anthony Hines of Plano (Texas) East, who is currently committed to Mississippi State.
Total commits: 10
ESPN 300 commits: 6
The latest: It was a big week in Austin as the Longhorns could have landed their quarterback of the future with the commitment of Albuquerque (N.M.) Eldorado signal-caller Zach Gentry. The four-star prospect sits at No. 72 in the ESPN 300 and is the second-ranked pocket passer in the nation. Gentry turned down Baylor, Alabama, Oklahoma State and others to make his pledge to the Longhorns.
Total commits: 7
ESPN 300 commits: 2
The latest: The Red Raiders reportedly offered Jefferson (La.) Riverdale cornerback Donte Jackson as Texas Tech continues to expand its recruiting reach and battle the nation's best for some of the hottest recruits in the country. Jackson, who ran a 10.42 100-meter dash and 21.42 200-meter dash to win Louisiana state titles earlier this month, has speed to burn.
Total commits: 11
ESPN 300 commits: 2
The latest: The Mountaineers hit Clairton (Pa.) High School last week, reportedly offering 2016 prospect Aaron Mathews and 2017 prospect Lamont Wade. Mathews is a 6-foot-5 athlete who could end up as a college receiver; Wade could end up at running back or cornerback in college.


text:
I am kinda new here, have been viewing for a while....
how come some people get stuff edited quickly and some not?
it seems that the moderators are quick on some and not so quick on others....
just asking.....
I am not looking for any "points" but just asking to talk directly to one of them...(mods)...please.
I have referred many to the forum but since the recent "mod" domination...it seems i might have made a wrong referal...
I'm not sure how the system works. The system is suppose to automatically blank out certain words but I'm pretty sure it has some bugs in it just like anything technical. I got edited and a warning point for a post that had a word in it that was by no means a swear or offensive word and I have used it on other forums with no issue. But o well ill just wait a year to get it cleared. I really have not noticed a lot of edited posts and really do not think the mods go to far when they do as I have seen some of the posts they had to edit before they got to edit them and I honestly think the members should have gotten more
I once asked a CHP officer why he pulled me over & not the other vehicles involved. Without skipping a beat, the officer asked: Have you ever been fishing? I replied yes, then he askes: Did you catch all the fish?
Touché officer. Touché.
Mini Revo VXL 7107
E-Maxx 3903 - He Lives!
Given the amount of posts, the mods cannot moderate every single one. We have families, and full-time jobs and normal lives outside of this place. Most are not Traxxas employees so the time we are on here is during down time or taking away time from our families.
Read up on the rules which are simple to understand. Traxxas owns the forum so they can set the rules. The Freedom of Speech argument does not necessarily apply since this is private. Did you pay to join? See any advertisement? Prove that you even own a Traxxas vehicle? No. Someone pays for it so they can say what goes. Much like you set rules within your house and I have to follow them. I cannot verbally abuse your family and cry my Freedom of Speech rights have been violated and throw a tantrum when you kick me out.
You'll find that if you abide by the rules--which really are not that bad--you'll have a long life here and see that this is a quality forum. If the forum rules do not fit your lifestyle, there are plenty of other RC forums out there that will fit.
The Super Derecho
Another easier inquiry: What edit of one of your posts do you feel was due to "'mod' domination"?
I suggest you take some time to think about from whom you are getting your information. Do they have an agenda? Did they perhaps recently receive warning points? No matter what, you're not getting the whole story because you obviously have not talked to any of the moderation team.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
The mods are dominant by design. Thats how a moderator system works. Just sayin'
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
well, none of my posts were edited due to "mod domination" but I have seen a few. I have saved them but as you know the links wont work because they were "edited"....so......?
do we undelete the past or admit the arrogance?
if anyone does realize if we do not document the past we are bound to repeat it
Sumosummit I went thru all of your posts and none have been edited or removed. In all honesty after reading all your posts (very few) I have to say you really appear to have joined this forum with a chip on your shoulder. Maybe you should take a step back clear your head and approach the forum with a fresh attitude and open mind. You might also want to read the rules you agreed to follow. So many new members never read the rules and this leads to a lot of misunderstandings about why certain actions are taken.
BlindMan Racing
Rusty - MERV - Pede 4x4-Alias
SPC Lipo Power
thats a good idea no offense but yeah take a metaphorical shower and u will feel much more refreshed
"Do not think this ends here..."
It's your choice: you can stay and be a productive member of this society or you can proceed down the path of "rules are meant to be broken" which leads to a ban.
The Super Derecho
Otherwise there's not much point in this post...
If you notice, there are moderators assigned to certain areas. This is where they can moderate. I am unable to moderate in certain sections of the forums. We are all spread out to help cover the entire forum. Which is done on a volunteer basis...
So feel free to pass any links to any threads you are referring to, we will check it out.
All Lives Matter
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
All i can say is i hope everyone follows the rules. Treat everyone with respect. Keep it traxxas. Having fun is my only plan while i'm here. I'd not be a happy camper if traxxas would discontinue the whole community forum, because it could happen.
I'm not krazy. My mother had me tested.
you make it sound so simple, but the problems are across many forums and many different mods. I actually have decided it is a lost cause. my best course of action is to just be just and keep my opinions to my self on this site.
Again, as you stated not one mod can see all that was deleted.....thanks for your help, but in this site it is lost..........
I've agreed with every deletion I've seen, even my own post that were deleted. I'm grateful to have such diligent moderators to keep us all in check. Sometimes I forget that there are children reading my words and I apologize for anything I have said that may have offended anyone before it was deleted. Thank you Dadx2mj and Ksb51rl for keeping me straight.
I hope Traxxas doesn't shut down their forums, because my LHS have proven to me many times they don't know what their talking about. I trust the people in here more than anyone. And I don't feel like an idiot if I ask a stupid question.
1/10 Slash 4x4
This way you are not singling yourself out. And trust me, we REALLY appreciate those who do report bad posts.... This IS a community forum. I consider it part of being in the community to report a bad post....
All Lives Matter
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Look down just a little and you'll see a post to the rules.
The Super Derecho
Thank you time to start reading!
Love the traxxas forum! But...
Well then if you want to report a thread all you have to do is click on the little exclamation point at the bottom of the username box on the left. Nobody will see you reported it except for the moderators who are assigned to that area... It will be sent to their emails and all mods who cover that area get notified...
This way you are not singling yourself out. And trust me, we REALLY appreciate those who do report bad posts.... This IS a community forum. I consider it part of being in the community to report a bad post....
The mods who see and "mod" are the ones with the powertrip.
I love this place and from the first year it was awesome, and the last few...not so much. I have contacted traxxas on the phone and they seem oblivious to it....i think this will make post onto other forums....well its hump day...lol
If you have read the rules you would see that the moderators are a lot more lenient than the rules would have them be. And you would also see that this thread is in direct violation of rule #9 and they have not deleted it.
This thread has run its course. Sumo, The mods are doing their job. Continuing to state otherwise, or to make other accusations, quickly turns from "stating your opinion" to "trolling" which I STRONGLY suggest avoiding. I am closing this thread. Simply put, do not start another like it.
"Fortunately son, I says fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency!"
Foghorn Leghorn


text:
Ok Guys...
As I had hoped I wasnt gone long but had no idea when id be back. Id like to officially announce I am back. How could I leave such good company?
The 12 hour work days were taking a toll on me. Had to fulfill certain duties first b4 I could continue caching...both personal and professional.
I am preparing to go cache as we speak.
Happy caching to y'all! Its glad to be back!


text:
Spring Vocal Showcase to be Held March 22
March 19, 2009
The Mount Union College Department of Music will present a spring vocal showcase recital on Sunday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.
Mount Union students will perform a wide variety of vocal selections. Performers include soprano Shelley Wyzynski, a sophomore of Cuyahoga Falls; baritone Brian West, a senior of Mount Clemens, Michigan; soprano Marina Iwao, a freshman of Fukuoka, Japan; soprano Ralena Bevington, a senior of East Canton; soprano Rachel Wood, a sophomore of Perrysburg; mezzo-soprano Regina Strumbly, a freshman of Willoughby; baritone Jon Baley, a sophomore of Akron; soprano Erica Burmeister, a senior of Alliance; soprano Alisa Andrews, a freshman of North Canton; soprano Kayla Moles, a senior of Canal Fulton; and mezzo-soprano Alicia Bousner, a junior of Brookfield.
Accompanists include Kathy Reichenberger, Marina Iwao and Kathy Gold on piano and Maria Fesz on cello.
This recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Mount Union College Department of Music at (330) 823-2180.


text:
NEARLY 1200 jobs have been axed in recent days as some of Australia's best-known companies adjust to the weakening economy.
The cuts come as economists await the release of critical jobless figures on Thursday that are expected to show a rise in unemployment. But this is unlikely to convince the Reserve Bank to cut rates when it meets next month, economists say.
Boral, which makes building products such as bricks, roof tiles and doors, on Wednesday announced plans to cut 700 back-office jobs, as part of efforts to "right-size the business" to fit the struggling local building sector.
One-third of the job cuts would come from New South Wales, said chief executive Mike Kane, while Victoria and Queensland would account for 20 per cent more.
Former RBA board member Warwick McKibbin said that instead of monetary policy, the federal government needed to use taxation more effectively to help to improve productivity by reducing the costs of labour, capital and energy.
"The issue is really an issue on the fiscal side, rather than on the monetary side. And you don't solve a fiscal mistake by making a monetary mistake," he said.
The news came days after BlueScope Steel announced plans to sack 170 workers in coming months as it moved to reconfigure its steel production plant at Hastings, south-east of Melbourne. About 110 employees and 60 contractors, from a workforce of 470, are expected to lose their jobs.
Acting Employment Minister Kate Ellis said the federal government was poised to announce its response to the manufacturing taskforce report commissioned by Prime Minister Julia Gillard last year.
"There has been a full and a widespread review and we'll be looking at announcing a response to that inquiry in the near future," Ms Ellis told reporters in Adelaide.
Also on Wednesday, Vodafone said it planned to close its Crazy John's chain of mobile phone stores by late next month, in a move that will affect up to 300 jobs.
It is understood about 40 of 60 Crazy John's shops could be closed, with those remaining to be rebranded as Vodafone shops.
The wave of job losses comes as housing finance figures this week showed a 0.5 per cent decline in the number of home loans in November, and as the ANZ job ads series fell 3.8 per cent in December, the 10th consecutive month of declines.
St George Bank chief economist Hans Kunnen said any rise in unemployment figures on Thursday is still unlikely to convince the Reserve Bank to cut rates at its next meeting, in February. Economists are tipping jobless numbers to rise to 5.4 per cent, from 5.2 per cent.
"We think the RBA will hold off because of the global backdrop. There's less nervousness about Europe and America," Mr Kunnen said.
"The RBA will be waiting to see the full impact of its previous cuts . . . [but] they will possibly be disappointed with the next lot of jobs figures and come April, we think they will move again [by cutting 25 basis points]."
However, Mr McKibbin did not think the central bank should cut rates again.
He said any further interest rate cuts would be unlikely to fix the problems we were now seeing.
"There's a structural adjustment going on and the effectiveness of monetary policy is being offset by substantial portfolio shifts which are keeping the Australian dollar from falling," he said.
"All cutting rates will do is lead to a misallocation of capital within the economy and won't actually change the fundamental story."
Consumer sentiment data released on Wednesday showed households were uninspired by the RBA's most recent rate cut, in December, rising just 0.6 per cent in January, and placing the level of consumer sentiment near its long-term average.
Boral axes 700 management, office jobs to cut costs
300 jobs at risk as Vodafone plans to close its Crazy John's mobile phone operation
BlueScope cuts 170 jobs, downsizes production in Victoria
Boral sheds 90 jobs at Victorian cement plant
Santos cuts 100 jobs in South Australia
Ford cuts more than 200 workers in Victoria
Qantas axes 400 jobs in engineering overhaul
Holden sheds 170 jobs at Adelaide assembly plant
Banksia collapses leading to 47 redundancies
Vodafone cuts 500 office and contractor jobs
Ten Network loses 100 jobs from its newsrooms
Darrell Lea sheds 246 permanent and 172 casual staff in restructure
News Ltd announces 18-month overhaul, in a move expected to cut 1000 jobs
Fairfax outlines 1900 job cuts as part of three-year restructure
Blows just keep on coming
NEARLY 1200 jobs have been axed in recent days as some of Australia's best-known companies adjust to the weakening economy.
Want access to our latest research and new buy ideas?
Start a free 15 day trial and gain access to our research, recommendations and market-beating model portfolios.Sign up for free


text:
Oct. 5, 2010
BOSTON, MA - Junior middle hitter Molly Rattigan (Dorchester, MA) was perfect on the night with nine kills in nine attack attempts to lead the University of Massachusetts Boston women's volleyball team over visiting University of Southern Maine, 25-9, 25-10, 25-6, this evening in a Little East Conference match at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of UMass Boston. The Beacons, who received 32 votes in the most recent Division III American Volleyball Coaches Association national poll, win their seventh straight match to improve to 14-1 overall and 3-0 in LEC play, for their best start in school history, while the Huskies fall to 3-14 and 0-3.
UMass Boston, which owned a scorching .508 hitting percentage for the match, raced out to a 15-2 advantage in the first set, including 10 straight points on the service of sophomore setter Frana Burtness-Adams (Fairbanks, AK). The Beacons increased their lead to 19-3, before coming away with a 25-9 opening set win. UMass Boston owned an early 5-1 lead in the middle frame, but Southern Maine reeled off five straight points during senior outside hitter Shannon Shuttle's (New Ipswich, NH) service to give the visitors a 6-5 lead. It would be the Huskies' only lead of the night as the Beacons scored the next three points and later owned a 15-10 margin, before running off 10 unanswered points on the service of junior setter Cassy Hanneman (Denver, CO) to take the set, 25-10. UMass Boston took a commanding 12-3 lead in the final set, including seven straight points during Burtness-Adams' serve and closed out the match on a 6-0 run on the service of senior libero Michelle Cawley (Canton, MA) to win the set, 25-6, and the match.
Rattigan hit 1.000 for the match and added two total blocks for the Beacons, while sophomore middle hitter Shannon Thompson (Moorpark, CA) hit a torrid .769 for the match with 11 kills and just one error in 13 attempts to go with two block solos and a dig. Freshman outside hitter Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, CA) put down nine kills in 13 attempts and committed just one error for a .615 hitting mark in just two sets, while adding a dig. Hanneman and Burtness-Adams combined for eight aces with four apiece and 29 assists, including 16 from Hanneman. Freshman libero Christine DuPuis (Minden, NV) led the defense with a career-high nine digs and Cawley chipped in with six digs and three aces.
A trio of Southern Maine players finished with a pair of kills with Shuttle adding four digs and senior right side hitter Danielle Netland (Cumberland, ME) contributing with a team-high five and a block assist. Freshman middle hitter Meghan Rumore (Manchester, NH) had two kills as well in addition to a pair of digs. Junior Hallie Noah (Anchorage, AK) directed the offense with nine assists and added a dig and a block assist.
UMass Boston will be in action again on Friday, October 8 when it hosts Kean University at 6:00 p.m. at the Clark Athletic Center, while the Huskies travel to Wenham, MA to take on Gordon College at 4:00 p.m. on October 9.


text:
Older Block Constructed Formats tournament Deck lists
These Older Block Constructed Formats Magic: the Gathering Deck lists of the Tuesday, June 30 Alara Block Constructed #mag Trial were updated by DARKING.
Go back to our Magic: the Gathering Decks Index
See all Magic: the Gathering Decks from this tournament
by HHH1 on 2009-06-30 23:19 CET
by cdubs on 2009-06-30 23:37 CET
Identity crisis is actually really good against alot of the control decks I played. Before they cast their ultimatums you ruin their hand its kinda not fun for them. Alot of good lists are running Esper charm and Blightnings which tend to smash.
by RiQuSP on 2009-07-01 00:03 CET
I dno
by ovmlcabrera on 2009-07-01 00:06 CET
good job Paquita :)
by sandoiche on 2009-07-01 00:40 CET
<3 shooter
by neckfire on 2009-07-01 01:22 CET
i lost to shooter asked for the deck he said i would see it in the top 3 lol good call man
by TugaChampion on 2009-07-01 09:36 CET
Damn that 30 minutes round2 making me arrive late for round3. I would have played a mirror against shooter round3 :(
by Elfandor on 2009-07-01 13:50 CET
cdubs list is mine, mimimimimimmimimi el_fockor like
by OldBear on 2009-07-01 14:09 CET
Technically all lists are mine as when reborn came out, I made lists that included all possible combinations of cards assuming they used atleast 1 reborn card.
by TugaChampion on 2009-07-01 16:15 CET
Trotsky1: they're all mine because I did that before reborn came out.
by Shooter on 2009-07-01 17:33 CET
we all know u ran away tuga, stop fooling urself with the late arrival talk :P
by CalebD on 2009-07-01 21:40 CET
Shooter's list looks really really good and fun to play. Wish I'd thought of Remnant.
by DS_McWerp on 2009-07-01 23:35 CET
shooter still play on ml?
by Shooter on 2009-07-02 00:07 CET
sometimes :D
League Info
Getting Started on Magic-League
Latest Tournaments
Upcoming Tournaments
Contact Us
Sponsored Message
Keep track of the latest casino bonuses and games by visiting deutschercasinobonus.com. Our favorite casino guide online.
If you want a good resource for thrilling, exciting and free casino games, Spelautomater.se is well worth the visit! Also, check out the exclusive bonus offers!.
Rules & Guides
Register an account or share the word
Magic-League on Twitter
Twitter plugin disabled
All content on this page may not be reproduced without written consent of Magic-League Directors.
Magic the Gathering is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
The lights are on
During E3 2013, Microsoft announced that the runaway hit Minecraft would be available on Xbox One. At Gamescom 2013 it was Sony's turn, announcing that Minecraft will be available on PS4, PS3, and Vita. These versions are under development at 4J Studios under the supervision and direction of the original developer Mojang. As lead developer of Minecraft, Jens Bergensten offers suggestions and collaborates with the new Minecraft development team but updating and enhancing the PC version is still his primary workload.
Watch the video interview from Gamescom 2013 below to learn more about the new editions of Minecraft and what it's like to interact with millions of Minecraft fans.
To learn what else Jens Bergensten and Mojang are up to with Oxeye Game Studio, check out our video preview of the downloadable game Cobalt.
Email the author Ben Hanson, or follow on Twitter, and Game Informer.


text:
whith the drafting of winters.who I think will start at left guard.who will be our starting r.g.please don't tell me it will be ducasse.with picks in the 5th,6th,and 7th rounds coming up.I hope that they pick a r.t. to replace howard.lets hear your opinions
You guys forgetting Willie Colon? I would assume he'll start if he can stay healthy, and maybe Brandon Moore is still in play
I think as of now it's...
D'Brick - Winters/Ducasse - Mangold - Colon - Howard
Not bad. Not really great, but not horrible.
I think next year is when we use a high pick (2nd) on a RT.
Peterman just might be worse than Ducasse, still need to look for viable options.
With 5th round Guard, the Jets just solidified the OL
Oday 8th best tackle on Tony's board
I had Winters as the 4th best RT option behind Long, Fluker, and Watson. I think he challenges Howard. Looser gives us a Viable BU either way. 1st year OL rarely make a line better. Odey fell because of his combine. He will compete with Vlad Caleb, and Colon. May very well end up on our PS for one year.
Peterman gave up more QB hurries than ANY other Guard in the NFL last year. Don't be shocked if he's cut before the season starts unless he has some value we don't know about such as being a capable backup Center which make him valuable due to versatility.
I think our days of carrying 6/7 linemen on the active roster are done. Thank God.


text:
Sounds like some tension built up in the five years and two mariachi records since the last Bronx record, as the band's fourth CD is a relentless, dark tirade. While the material on "IV" is bleak — transgressions and disappointments abound — the band's delivery of these dozen songs is consistently cathartic. The LA quintet followed its last punk broadside with two albums as its alter ego Mariachi El Bronx. The mariachi albums seem to have bolstered the Bronx's confidence to be a bit more creative with its brash hardcore roots. Singer Matt Caughthran is bridging guttural howls and melodic nuance here, while the rest of the band roams from parched, lean post-core steeliness ("Along for the Ride") to thick, tumultuous exorcisms ("Too Many Devils"). The Bronx distills its dour outlook through street-level stories writ with a poetic touch ("Sometimes the best-laid plans still end with blood on your hands"). The environment on "IV" is a wasteland of ground-up dreams ("Youth Wasted"), false prophets ("The Unholy Hand"), and existential paranoia ("Style Over Everything"), yet the Bronx has made it so you can't turn from the wreckage. (Out Tuesday)
SCOTT McLENNAN
ESSENTIAL "Style Over Everything"


text:
Shadows of the Damned
Resident devil
Getting crotchety
At other times, you need to pass through demon pube gates – yes, you read that right - unlocked by destroying power sources revealed when submerged in darkness. And each of the game's memorable boss battles cleverly employs light and dark to complicate the standard glowing weak-spot formula.
Reddy, aim...
In isolation, there's nothing novel about these mechanics. But Shadows' coup de theatre is the convoluted mayhem of combat, where pulling off headshots is of secondary importance to your ability to respond to ever changing dynamics by chopping and changing tactics at breakneck speeds.
It's ironic, then, that for all this diversity, the game's latter half descends into monotony, despite the introduction of a couple of mini-games to break the incessant combat. The first is a simple sniping section where you shoot giant demons lurching towards you along restricted paths. And the second is a quaint 2D side-scrolling shoot-em-up in a wood-cut animation style. There's also a one-off spatial puzzle that involves revolving bridges to navigate an intelligently designed room. But these additions arrive too late, and are all too brief and rudimentary to alleviate the game's primary focus on combat.
Blue moon
Shadows' strengths and weaknesses both lie in its preoccupation with combat. There are few games able to rival the intensity and intelligence of its gunplay, but there will also be few gamers, I suspect, satisfied with its punishing relentlessness. And with no multiplayer, co-op or additional difficulty levels to extend the experience, the real horror lurking in Shadows' hell is that it doesn't quite live up to its devilish flashes of imagination. ®
More Games Reviews
Siege 3
|Child of Eden
|Alice: The
Madness Returns
|Infamous 2
Sponsored: Minds Mastering Machines - Call for papers now open


text:
Sony's Mysterious New Bravia OLED TV Ad Transforms a Darkened Forest
DDB Worldwide, 1 month, 1 week
Wine Bottles Are Brought To Life In New Immersive AR App
DBL.E PR, 9 months, 2 weeks
Studio AKA Creates Intricate Animated Sequences for Feature Film Sherlock Gnomes
lbbonline.com, 2 days, 8 hours
BT's 'Moments' Celebrates the Beauty of Human Connection with a Paper Plane Invasion
AMV BBDO, 2 days, 9 hours
Fortnight Lingerie | 'Super Sexy CPR'
Rooster, 2 years, 11 months
Broad City's "Period Pants"
Humble + Postal, 1 year, 1 month
baì – Jentlemen
Superprime Films, 2 days, 4 hours
Momondo "The DNA Journey"
DEM are running for Shelter charity!
Deep East Music
London, UK
LIA Entry Deadline
LBB & Friends Beach 2018
Cannes, France
Build your own personal news stream. Discover the latest work created that interests you, share your favourite stories and follow your favourite people and companies
Hush, 8 months ago
Corporate and social,
BRONZE £500 per annum (you upload your news to the)
SILVER £1000 per annum (we manage page for you)
You can find full details on our packages in our media kit.


text:
ASA rules BT Wi-Fi service works with invisible routers
OpenZone does work - it's just a bit shy
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that BT's Wi-Fi network does extend into open spaces, even if the router isn't visible in the adverts.
Despite running adverts showing people happily surfing the internet in the open air BT has successfully argued that every one of them was within 25 metres of an OpenZone or BT Fon hotspot, which was just off camera in each case.
Two people complained about the TV campaign, which highlighting the fact that BT's ADSL customers get free access to the operator's Wi-Fi networks by showing customers outside a pub, in the park, at a bus stop and in a football ground car park, all with decent Wi-Fi connectivity. The substance of the complaint was that Wi-Fi doesn't work like that, and the advert was therefore misleading.
BT argued that that pub's Wi-Fi would stretch, even into the park, and that many bus stations were near BT phone boxes which host OpenZone spots. The football ground car park, we're told, might be near a residential block of flats containing a BT Fon site, so users in every situation could reasonably expect Wi-Fi to be available.
The ASA found that argument convincing, and the complaints were rejected. ®
Sponsored: Minds Mastering Machines - Call for papers now open


text:
Fisherman Dives to Recover 505-Pound Marlin in Hong KongJuly 16, 2013
Tales of fishermen reeling in huge catches have been going on for centuries, but few are willing to go to the lengths that Captain David Tuthill did when he and his group caught a massive 12-foot, 505-pound blue marlin in the South China Sea.
According to David Strege of GrindTV.com, Tuthill and a group of Hong Kong-based hedge-fund traders executed a once-in-a-lifetime catch, finally securing the marlin when Tuthill dove into the potentially shark-infested water 75 miles southeast of Hong Kong Island and pulled the fish to the surface.
Fellow fisherman Brad Ainslie sent an email to GrindTV describing Tuthill's brave act. Known for fighting until their death, the monster fish started to perish 25 to 30 feet below the boat but refused to be pulled in—after three-plus hours and over six miles of being pursued and wrestled with.
That's when Tuthill decided to go in after it.
Tut then decided to try something that I have never seen on the open water or have ever heard of anyone doing before: He threw on a mask, snorkel and fins, grabbed a gaff and dove down to the fish and dragged the beast to the surface.
That was no small feat, as Tuthill was significantly outweighed by the marlin, but he felt as though he needed to do it so that the fish wasn't wasted.
"The only thing worse than killing a billfish, is killing a billfish and watching them sink, wasted," Tuthill told GrindTV in the email. "Marlin are great eating in the end, so if you do take one home, as we did, at least we fed a big portion of Hong Kong with that fish and kept a lot of the fish (bill, tail and top fin) for mounting, putting everything we could to good use."
According to Strege, the story was originally reported by Danny Lee of the South China Morning Post, but Tuthill's foray into the water wasn't discussed.
Even without Tuthill jumping in, the story is an incredible one. According to Lee, Hong Kong fishing expert Kim Stuart said that no blue marlin had been caught in that area in 15 years, since it is away from their natural habitat.
Tuthill and his crew members have a story to tell for a lifetime, and the captain's heroics certainly make it that much better.
Follow @MikeChiari on Twitter


text:
Basketball Skills Challenge
Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 7:00pm to Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 10:00pm
Basketball skills! We will do a Free Throw Contest (7pm), a Three Point Shooting Contest (7:45pm), and then finish off the night with a Dunk Contest (8:30pm). This is FREE event that participants just need to show up for with their student id. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information. 2-7-13 7-10pm. ASRC Courts.


text:
• Pletcher will be well-represented on opening weekend at Big A as fields take shape for G2 Tempted, G2 Nashua; Breeders' Cup quartet awaiting mid-week flight to California
• Breeders' Cup hopefuls have final works at Belmont
• Stormy Len to step up in G2 Nashua
• Clement could have two starters in G3 Long Island 'Cap
Both horses worked Sunday morning, with Boisterous covering a half-mile over the inner turf in 48.19 and Hit It Rich clocked in 51.03 for the same distance. Boisterous was sent in company with Breeders' Cup Turf hopeful Point of Entry, who was timed in 47.64.
"Boisterous is doing really, really good," McGaughey said of the 5-year-old son of Distorted Humor. "He came out of his last race really good and he was dying to work."
Boisterous picked up a repeat victory in the Grade 3 Knickerbocker at Belmont Park on October 13, which followed a ninth-place finish in the Grade 1 Arlington Million in August. Owned by Phipps Stable, he has four graded stakes wins to his credit.
"I didn't want to do too much with him in between races, so I waited until today," McGaughey said. "He worked really well and he ran so good in there last year, I'm hoping he can do it again."
According to NYRA Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrnes, Bombaguia, Hailstone, Queens'splatekitten, and Westside Corral are also targeting the Red Smith.
Hit It Rich, a multiple Grade 3 winner, will attempt to cap her career with a second victory in the 1 ½-mile Long Island on November 10. Campaigned by Stuart Janney, III, she most recently finished ninth in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational on September 29 at Belmont.
"She'll run in the Long Island and that will be it for her," McGaughey said. "She's got a date with War Front."
* * *
Trainer Todd Pletcher appears to have a busy bi-coastal weekend coming up with a handful of horses targeting the opening weekend stakes at Aqueduct as well as a full contingent for the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park.
Queen'splatekitten, 2 ¾-length winner of an optional claimer on October 11, is scheduled to return to stakes company in the Grade 2, $200,000 Red Smith on Saturday at 1 3/8 miles on the turf. The optional claimer was the first win of the year for the 4-year-old Kitten's Joy colt, who this summer was second and third in the Oceanport and Red Bank stakes, both Grade 3 events at Monmouth Park.
Next Sunday, Pletcher likely will have 2-year-old fillies Kimono, most recently third in the Blue Hen at Delaware Park, and Unabashed, fourth behind winner Kauai Katie in the Grade 2 Matron, going a mile in the Grade 3, $150,000 Tempted.
Likely to meet Kimono, who worked a half-mile in 49.82 on Saturday, and Unabashed, who went the same distance in 48.29, are recent maiden winners Cue the Moon and Emollient as well as My Happy Face and Toasting, the second- and third-place finishers behind Dreaming of Julia in the Grade 1 Frizette. The Tony Dutrow-trained Swinger's Party is questionable, according to NYRA stakes coordinator Andrew Byrnes.
The Pletcher-trained juveniles Darwin, a wire-to-wire winner of his debut on October 6, and Violence, also victorious in his only start, are targeting the Grade 2, $200,000 Nashua at a mile on the same card as the Tempted.
"Both Nashua candidates worked very well on Saturday," said Pletcher's assistant, Whit Beckman, referring to Violence's bullet five-furlong move in 1:00.68 on the training track, over which Darwin traveled the same distance in 1:00.69. "They're both on track for the fourth of November."
Beckman reported that Pletcher's Belmont-based Breeders' Cup hopefuls also emerged from their Saturday preparations in good order, and are ready to ship to California when the weather permits.
"We're still scheduled to ship them all out," said Beckman of Shanghai Bobby (Juvenile), Dreaming of Julia (Juvenile Fillies), Turbulent Descent (Filly & Mare Sprint) and Kauai Katie (Juvenile Fillies or Juvenile Sprint). "My understanding is the flight may be pushed back from Tuesday to Wednesday. But all in all, it doesn't really hurt us."
* * *
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott sent his quartet of Breeders' Cup hopefuls out for their final works Sunday morning, with Royal Delta (48.96), To Honor and Serve (47.72) and Flat Out (48.01) all turning in half-mile works over Belmont Park's main track. Ron the Greek worked four furlongs on the training track in a bullet 47.83. Mott has said that Royal Delta is likely to defend her title in Friday's Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, though she was pre-entered along with her three stablemates in Saturday's $5 million Classic.
Trainer Chad Brown had his six Breeders' Cup contenders out early this morning, with all but Awesome Feather working on the inner turf. Noble Tune and Balance the Books, both headed to the Juvenile Turf, worked five furlongs together in 1:03.99, while Corporate Jungle (Turf Sprint) breezed five furlongs in 1:01.20, Zagora (Filly & Mare Turf) worked a half mile in 48.77 with Watsdachances (Juvenile Fillies Turf), who went in 49.76. Headed for the Ladies' Classic, Awesome Feather covered a half-mile in 48.50 on the main track.
Working on the main track Sunday for trainer Barclay Tagg was Jersey Town, who was clocked in 1:04.08 for five furlongs to wrap up preparations for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.
* * *
Stormy Len, a front-running winner of his debut on September 29 at Belmont, will most likely come back in Sunday's Nashua, trainer David Donk said this morning.
"The intention is to run in the Nashua," said Donk of the 2-year-old Harlan's Holiday colt, who is owned by Leonard Leveen and Michael Shanley. "I'm not used to winning first time out and then having to jump in a stakes."
In his debut, Stormy Len quickly gained the lead and set fractions of 23.29, 46.96, and 1:11.43 en route to a half-length victory in 1:24.46 for the seven furlongs, earning an 82 Beyer Speed Figure.
"He's a horse with a lot of ability – how good is he? And on the dirt?" added the trainer, noting the colt, who is out of a Dynaformer mare, is bred for the turf. "But he's trained really well, and we're going to find out how he stacks up with everyone."
* * *
Trainer Christophe Clement likely will point a pair of fillies for the Grade 3 Long Island Handicap with the British-bred Aigue Marine set to join his string after starting her career in France in the care of his brother, Nicholas, and Grade 2 New York winner Mystical Star returning to turf following a runner-up effort on the Polytrack at Keeneland in the Grade 1 Spinster earlier this month.
"Mystical Star most probably will go here, though I might run her in a 1 ¼-mile race at Woodbine next weekend on the Polytrack," Clement said, referring to the Maple Leaf Stakes on Saturday, November 3. "I'll speak to the owner. She's doing very well and she came back from the Spinster very well.
"Aigue Marine is coming – she's trained by my older brother Nicolas and she will stay with me after the race," Clement continued. "She's an improving 3-year-old filly. The dam, Aiglonne, came to the states and I trained her. She was a useful 1 ½-mile type horse."
In August, Aigue Marine won the Prix Association Graine d'Avenir-Grand Prix de Clairefontaine at Clairefontaine-Deauville, a race run at the 1 ½-mile Long Island distance.
NYRA Stakes Coordinator Andrew Byrnes said that Kissable and Starformer, the 1-2 finishers from the Waya Stakes in August at Saratoga Race Course, were also probable for the Long Island. Clarinet, Senada, and Tannery were listed as possible.


text:
I managed to repolulate a form after validatin fails.
in line 22, and the function 'oldval()' is in helpers/helpers.inc.php'.
Now, I need to repopulate the form for editing the user details. I just select the
data from the database based on the user's id and repopulate the form with that data.
The problem is that I need to put the data inside the form's "value" attribute but I can't
figure out how to do that for both situations (after form validation fails and edit user)
using the same form.
I have this for re-polulating the values after validation fails:
value='<?= oldval('nome'); ?>'
but for editing user I need another function.
I hope someone can give me some insights. Thanks in advance.


text:
"Being an entrepreneur is discovering opportunities where others often see nothing and transforming them into companies"
Pedro Nueno
Professor of Entrepreneurship &
Founder of Finaves
Financing New Ventures, Transforming Ideas into Businesses
Since 2000, Finaves has been a key platform supporting and inspiring the IESE entrepreneurial spirit.
From offering promising entrepreneurs the tools to refine their business plans to raising the seed capital to make their venture a reality, Finaves brings together IESE expertise, investors and entrepreneurs to foster new enterprises.
The result is an impressive contribution to the creation of the new businesses, employment opportunities and wealth that play a vital role in economic development:
Paula Sancho
- +34 93 253 42 00
- firstname.lastname@example.com
Avenida Pearson, 21
08034 Barcelona
Other Resources
More news News


text:
A is for your age:
Old enough
B is for your burger of choice:
Veggie burger with some leaves of basil, sliced tomatoes, black pepper, and either mozzarella or provolone melted over the whole mess.
C is for the car that you drive:
That would currently be Mr. Lime's truck Jezebel since my van is STILL waiting for a $!@^&#*!! transmission...that is on the rare occasions when Jezebel is available.
D is for dog's name:
Quat would be a good name. That way I could call it by saying "Come, Quat!"
E is for an essential item you use each day:
F is for your favorite television show:
You know, I am really pining for a marathon of that show Paris Hilton and whatsherface did when they drove around in a RV and lived with normal people and behaved deplorably. Vapid brats RVing is great TV...not.
G is for favorite game:
Well, up until I was 17 I had a gap in my front teeth. I could do some pretty convincing bird calls through it. My Algebra I teacher was not the brightest woman nor did she do much to aid our understanding. Our classroom had a window out to the courtyard. I sat next to the windows and whenever things got excruciatingly dull (pretty much most days) I'd chirp until she waddled over to the window to look for the pretty birdies while the class stifled giggles. She'd give up and haul herself back to the front of class then I'd start chirping again. I could burn up about 10-15 minutes of class on that. Yeah, that was a fun game.
H is for hometown:
A place known for producing caskets and baseball players.
I is for instruments played:
J is for favorite juice:
Orange. If you think deprived coffee drinkers are ugly in the morning just mess with my OJ supply and see what happens.
K is for what you'd like to kick:
The person who drank the last of the OJ and didn't tell me we needed more before the morning.
L is for last restaurant you dined at:
Panera when I had my little escape from rude children and unsupportive husbands. I had a strawberry poppyseed salad, with a whole grain baguette, chocolate crumb pastry, and a half lemonade/half iced tea to drink. I enjoyed every mouthful. It was delicious.
M is for your favorite Muppet:
I always loved when Grover was a waiter and he drove his poor customer out of his mind. I am terribly fond of Ernie for his joie de vivre (and the way he got under Burt's skin too). Kermit was smart and gentle and I loved him for it. I think it is heretical that Cookie Monster now eats only healthy food. Part of his appeal to a kid is how he got away with a bad diet and bad manners. We all knew that was naughty. Give us some credit for being smart enough to know he wasn't intended as a positive role model. Moving from Sesame Street to the Muppet Show...Animal ROCKS! Miss Piggy irritated me beyond reason. Kermit was utterly henpecked...pigpecked? Ok, so I've expounded at some length rather than answering this...you'll live.
N is for number of piercings you have:
I'm told my screams are piercing.
O is for overnight hospital stays:
No thank you, the beds are lumpy, the fashions are drafty, and the food is ghastly.
P is for people you were with today:
Do you mean only those who are physically present or all the ones in my head too?
Q is for what you do in quiet times:
What are quiet times?
R is for regrets:
I've had a few...
S is for status:
Socio-economic? Financial? Marital? Mental?
T is for time you woke up today:
Blessed joy that is mine...whenever the heck I felt like it. I set this to post automatically while I am still snoozing under my tie dyed sheets and visions of chocolate dance in my head.
U is for what you consider unique:
V is for favorite vegetable:
Cacao grows on trees so that makes chocolate a vegetable or a fruit at least, right?
W is for your worst habit:
Procrast.....meh, I'll get to this when I have time.
X is for x-rays you have had:
Crimony, my arm alone has had dozens of them taken. And I am really annoyed that when I asked for copies of that dramatic compound fracture they wouldn't give me one. Yeah, I am weird. I know. You're not the first person to tell me that. You certainly won't be the last either.
Y is for yummy food you ate today:
On the day I answered this I made more of that German Potato Salad for another picnic. In the last 4 days I have consumed my USRDA of bacon grease for the next decade.
Z is for zodiac sign:
Traditional? Chinese? Or Madame Lime's Chocolate Zodiac?


text:
SPRING VALLEY – The Hall Red Devils followed a narrow 3-1 win over the Sherrard Tigers with an even closer tourney-eliminating 3-2 loss to the Mendota Trojans Saturday afternoon at Foley Field in the Legends Wooden Bat Tournament hosted by Putnam County High School.
"It's a good confidence-builder," said Mendota coach Aaron Sester of his team's third win in 11 tries this year. "These guys are young. Our record does not show what kind of talent we have on this team. I think we're starting to come around. This was a big win for our guys. They've been working hard this whole season."
Mendota mounted an early two-out, two-run rally in the game's first inning.
With two outs, No. 3 hitter Garet Zinke doubled to deep right center, Trae Blumhorst followed with a single to left, then Mendota soph Riley Schuhler delivered a clutch, two-run double to deep left field that staked the Trojans to a quick 2-0 lead.
All told, the Red Devils managed only three base hits, all singles, off Mendota senior starting pitcher Trae Blumhorst. Brett Fanning singled to center with two outs in the first and was stranded there.
Austin Schmitt singled to left to lead off the third, but was quickly erased on a 1-6-3 double play grounder. And Ian Trevier singled to right field to lead off the bottom of the seventh.
Mendota's pivotal third run scored on an infield-fly-rule out in the fifth inning. The ball ticked off the glove of Hall catcher Adam Sangston, and Mendota runner Evan Schultz broke for third base. The anxious Hall defense ultimately threw the ball down the left field line, allowing Schultz to scamper home.
"I told our young kids at the beginning of the season, 'Be aggressive, take the extra base, put pressure on the defense,'" Sester said. "I was thinking, actually, when (Schultz) took off from second, 'no, no, no.' And then they threw the ball away, and I was like, 'all right, score.' Heads up play by him."
Fanning, who was hit by a pitch, scored Hall's first run in the bottom of the fourth on a wild pitch.
Then, one inning later, Matt Boucher, who had walked, came plate-ward on a Mendota two-out error that could have ended the frame.
Thus, it was a 3-2 Mendota lead after five stanzas.
Hall left the potential game-tying-run on third base in both the sixth and seventh innings. Fanning walked, then stole both second and third base in the sixth, but Blumhorst responded by registering strikeouts of Hall's fourth and fifth place hitters.
Trevier led off the seventh with a bloop single to right, stole second base, then moved to third on a Schmitt groundout.
Zach Urbanski, ahead 3-0 on the count, saw a called strike, then swung and missed at the next two pitches to end the game.
"That's kind of been us, that's been us," said Hall coach Tom Keegan. "Sometimes we get those big hits, and sometimes we don't. The losses that we have, we just have not been able to get those big hits."
Blumhorst earned his first victory of the season on the mound, yielding two runs (one earned) on three hits, walking two, hitting one Red Devil, and striking out nine.
"Trae's our No. 1 (pitcher), and he's tough to beat when he's on," Sester said. "And when we make plays behind him, play normal defense, come regional time, we're going to be a tough team to beat."
Schmitt went the distance on the mound for Hall (11-3), taking the hard luck loss. The Hall junior allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits, walking two, hitting one batter, and striking out nine Trojans.
"Schmitty threw well," said Keegan. "Got off to a rough start there with the (two-run) double. That was two-thirds of their runs right there. He really settled down, got into a groove, and threw really well after that, got stronger and stronger as the game went on."
"Just some unfortunate things, the fly ball error that was dropped and then the overthrow at third base. You get into close games, and those things are magnified. You (only) bust out for three hits and strike out nine times, it's not a real good combination."
Notes: Winning pitcher Danny Nolasco scattered six hits in Hall's 3-1 win over Sherrard. .... Mendota was no-hit in an 9-0 loss to Sherrard in a game shortened to five innings by an eight-run rule per tournament rules.


text:
So I'm watching the NBA playoffs Saturday night with my wife and enjoying a very exciting and well played game between Dallas and Oklahoma City when it dawned on me that somebody in the marketing department for the Thunder got the free t-shirt colors very, very, wrong. For those that missed it they literally gave each fan in the arena the exact color of shirt of the Mavs road uni's making it appear, on TV at least, like a very pro-Dallas arena.
Tonight they got it right (fans got white shirts to match the Thunder's home colors) but Saturday night was hilarious.
Take a look at Saturday's game shots - remember, the home Thunder is in white!


text:
LEOMINSTER -- Patty Vallee was in a fierce game of cribbage at the Leominster Senior Center on Thursday.
Tables around the room were filled with other games and players.
"Seniors are living a lot longer, and they are doing a lot more, I think" Vallee, 66, said.
In a room next door there were more laconic games of billiards playing out.
During his State of the City address Jan. 7 Mayor Dean Mazzarella said he plans to reallocate some resources toward the elderly to meet the changing needs of the community.
What that means is still unclear, but Mazzarella said he plans to convene a roundtable discussion with his advisers and department heads this week or next to discuss the plan.
He cited the story of an elderly North Leominster woman who rode the bus downtown to City Hall so she could pay her tax bill and walked around the downtown, then got back on the bus to go home.
"If you were a business, you would say, how can we better serve them?" said Mazzarella.
The roundtable discussion will focus on elderly issues from transportation to nutrition.
Gene Capoccia, director of the Leominster Housing Authority, said he is ready to sit down with Mazzarella and other city officials to find ways to improve services for seniors.
Part of the problem is getting seniors to go along with any plans to help them.
They are from a generation that grew up not expecting or wanting help from the government, and Mazzarella said he doesn't want residents thinking the government plans to pull them from their homes.
Elderly used to be removed from their homes when it was considered unsafe to live independently, but that is changing through programs such as the Fire Department's popular smoke detector program, which was designed to help keep elderly in their homes.
There are already a number of programs and services in place for the elderly such as Meals on Wheels, the Leominster Senior Center and the R U OK program in which police officers check on the elderly.
"You've got a lot of elderly out there who are home-bound," Mazzarella said.
The Police Department has already named Detective Pat Aubuchon to the newly established elder affairs office.
He'll start his new position when he returns from medical leave for a shoulder injury.
The Police Department's crime analyst, Carol Fitzgerald, will be responsible for preparing an analysis of crime trends against the elderly, who are often targeted for scams, Mazzarella said.
Half the brilliance of a scam is scamming somebody who normally wouldn't be expected to be scammed, he said.
"There must be a factory somewhere coming up with scams for the elderly," Mazzarella said.
There is funding available through the Community Development Block Grant that is meant to serve the elderly and veterans.
The Police Department normally gets a Justice Assistance Grant that can be used toward elderly issues.
Baby-boomers are turning into senior citizens, and they aren't going quietly into the sunset, said Laurane Brooks, director of the Leominster Richard J. Girouard Senior Citizen Center.
Dee Curran is the Community Development Block Grant elder liaison for the Planning Department.
"They are a younger elder generation," Curran said. "They are not our grandmothers."
They take part in Zumba Gold and yoga, they play Wii fitness games and tai chi videos; play card games, shoot pool, take trips.
Curran likes the idea of having people assigned to assist the elderly with their problems such as Aubuchon.
"They need familiar faces to talk to," she said.
Brooks said she could use some help at the senior center, which serves 80 to 100 people daily.
She started as the principal clerk, and when she was elevated her position was not staffed.
Volunteers work at the senior center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. but a paid clerk would free her to expand the work she can do.
""I need a full-time clerk; I need more staff," she said. "I have no way to go out to meetings, networking."
Don "Sir Scratch A Lot" Bastarache, 76, was shooting pool with friends Bob Cross, 66, Harold Caisse, 89, Bob Eriksson, 67, David Courtemanche, 65, Brad Boone, 83, of Fitchburg, and Bruce Gorrie, 64, of Northboro last week.
The pool players have a can near the door for contributions to pay for chalk, recover the tables in felt, and other expenses related to the game.
They don't complain about the contributions. The other groups in the center also take up contributions to pay for supplies.
"This all helps keep the senior center running smoothly," Bastarache said. "I'm surprised more people don't come here, but there really isn't enough parking if more people did come here."
The group agreed the center needs more parking space, but that would be difficult because there isn't much space available.
"It's a very active center and draws a lot of people so it needs more parking," Gorrie said.
Cross gave a vote of confidence to Mazzarella and the work he is doing for seniors.
"I'm satisfied with the way it is," Bastarache said.


text:
White StarPlitvička jezera
The idyllic house is situated at Croatia's first National park Plitvice Lakes. We are centrally located in the heart of the National park area and the valley is so picturesque that it definitely merits a visit. Three room family house as our main building and a lodge. The lodge is located in front of the main house, sharing the same front yard.


text:
Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/perfect_kilogram_rollout_prep/
Boffins cook raw numbers, hope to bake PERFECT kilogram
Say watt? Pass the foil, my balances don't balance....
Posted in Science, 20th December 2012 10:02 GMT
A "recipe" to deliver the perfect kilogram as a mass standard that the world can trust is coming closer to completion as the physicists behind the project bake their raw numbers.
International scientists met in late November and pushed forward a 21-page document that'll eventually instruct boffins responsible for managing weights and measures how to adopt a planned quantum kilogram as an SI standard. This comes after decades of work attempting to redefine the kilo in terms of a fundamental constant of nature. It is the only SI unit still directly defined by an artefact.
Ian Robinson, a fellow of the National Physical Laboratory in the UK who has worked on the kilogram for NPL, described the document – called a mise en pratique - as a "recipe for realising an SI unit at the highest primary level".
It "will describe the processes that will be used to get from an abstract definition to a concrete top-level standard which can be used in the process of disseminating the quantity to science and industry," Robinson told The Reg.
The quantum kilogram will replace the current SI standard: a kilogram mass of metal cast in 1879, housed in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) outside Paris. The metal kilo is considered unreliable because over time its mass does change by minuscule amounts.
Among other things, the mise will tell national measurements bodies how they should combine results from different projects to define the quantum kilogram to help ensure reliability. Mise en pratiques accompany all SI units.
And that's the tricky part, because right now the results from the three different projects on the quantum kilogram disagree too much to be considered reliable.
Robinson's watt balance: know your apparatus
Two teams are working to define the kilogram mass in terms of Planck's constant using watt balances – they are the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Canada's Institute for National Measurement Standards. The latter group are using a device built by Robinson at NPL. Another approach is to count the number of atoms in a silicon sphere using the Avogadro constant.
But the watt balances don't agree and can't as yet produce sufficiently reliable results while there's also a gap between the watt balances and the Avogadro work.
The gap is small – in the range of parts per billion - and both sides are going over their numbers. The Canadians have already made changes to their balance suggested by Robinson. These included shortening the balance's arm to change the way the mass is raised and lowered and replacing wires with rods that suspended the magnetic coil. NIST has removed superfluous wiring.
Robinson told us NIST is conducting experiments on their balance's super conducting magnet to make sure it's correctly generating the required magnetic fields.
"They are trying everything they practically can – they are revisiting all the uncertainty," Robinson said. "You have to look at every corner of the thing. I spend a lot of time looking [at the watt balance] to see if there's anything wrong.
"I found I had a problem at NPL only by looking at some data and I said: 'I don't like that' and it led me down a deep rabbit hole. But that's the problem: you have to be used to the apparatus and know what's going on.
"When people come across it, they say: 'That's easy and I can do it in five minutes' - but the people who've done it have worked on it for 10 to 12 years. It takes a long time. It's all in the detail. It's all in the little pieces. It's how well do you trust every little piece'?"
The clock is ticking. The goal is for results that everybody can agree upon in time for a meeting of diplomats at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) of the BIPM in 2014; the work's been going on since the 1970s. They are pushing hard," Robinson said of the kilogram teams. "They are planning to produce results as soon as they can. They are pushing down their uncertainties in all their devices. People are treating it [2014] extremely seriously."
Following requests from Reg readers during out recent Live Chat on the kilogram, Robinson has compiled a helpful list of links, below, for more reading. Warning, the IOP Science will disappear behind a pay wall within the next 30 days, so download sooner rather than later. ®
- This site details the proposed redefinition and the methods of realising the kilogram in the new SI.
- You can read about the Avogadro constant via the X-Ray crystal density methods here.
- Michal Stock of the Royal Society here (warning: PDF) gave a presentation on the end of the kilogram as we know it.
- You can find data here from NIST and NPL data.
- METAS here talks about the fundamental mass.
- For details of the quantum standards underpinning the work, read this IOP Science paper (warning: PDF).
- Robinson writes on IOP Science here on the largest sources of uncertainty in a watt balance.


text:
Aww. Lower futures? So sad.
Sent from my 8.6 acre property with 4 bedroom house with waterfront views and low utility costs because of the gas well on my property using fireworks...
To all of you Obama lovers....futures are lower again. It's "risk off" as they say, as billions of dollars will go poof! Again today as our disastrous President is intent on raising tac rates for the top 2% WITHOUT committing to spending reductions....he knows and any other half wit should know It's a spending issue, not a revenue issue, that our country has to deal with....he's happy to take us off the cliff, I am 100% convinced. Thanks again to all u simpletons who voted for him.
Aww. Lower futures? So sad.
Sent from my 8.6 acre property with 4 bedroom house with waterfront views and low utility costs because of the gas well on my property using fireworks...
Yeah, but that is only b.c Wall Street is evil and investors are the devil.
The constituents aren't getting off anytime soon.
One day the milk will go rotten, but that will be because of Bush.
To all the simpleton Fox News watchers who did not vote for him....suck it up.
If you were smart enough to put some money under your mattress a buying opportunity is about to present itself. As an investor for the long run the opportunity to buy good companies at lower prices is a very good thing.
Hey Tucker I thought Obama was going to "get his ass kicked" in the election? What up with that homey?
FF2, you are a simpleton w a sad life....but u know that already.
The good news is PA and Ohio are getting hit the hardest.
A pox on all their houses.
It's time to seriously consider asset relocation:
Obama Phones can do wonders with some folks!
Most US companies will perform well over time because they have people in place who will drive their companies into the future successfully.
We don't always agree, but you are 100% on here.
I invest in America. I have no equity investments anywhere else. Slightly slower growth is still growth. I have not sold anything in 4 years. Why? Every stock I own grows plus they all have a 3% dividend. Some 5%+.
I only own boring stuff. And 2/3+ of my money is in bonds.
If I sell, I have to pay capital gains tax. And where do I put my money then?


text:
Organization Tuesday: Keepin' it Pretty
Posted by
Becky |
View all posts by Becky
Leave a comment!
Being organized and being pretty don't have to go hand-in-hand, but it really helps. I recently treated myself to a fun class, and one of the first things our teacher told us was to get a pretty notebook. Cynic that I am, I kind of snorted at that, but two days later I found myself at Papersource plopping down twenty-five bucks for a KOLO linen three-ring binder.* Let me tell you why it was worth it. I put all of my assignments in it and left it out on the coffee table. I wasn't constantly trying to stash some ugly vinyl binder somewhere out of eyesight and losing track of where that spot was! It looks so nice I want to grab it and read what's inside.
Unlike Flavia, who showed us her Style Files last week, my notes for blogging are usually scribbled on scraps, post its, paper-clipped to lampshades, stashed in a folder I forget is in my filing cabinet, etc. I decided to bite the bullet and splurge on a blogging files binder. Or maybe I just wanted an excuse to go back to Papersource; I'm not sure. However, now when I mercilessly rip sheets out of magazines because they inspire an idea, they don't wind up crammed between books when I need to pick up. I stash them in plastic sleeves.
Finally, (OK, I swear, after this, no more Papersource for me for AT LEAST a month – that place is my own personal crack den), I took a good hard look at my most hated binder. I've had the actual binder since grad school. I think it still says "QUEST" on the side, which was this stupid kumbayah snoozer of a class we budding landscape architects had to take with all of the architects, urban planners, and preservationists our first semester. The lectures were OK sometimes, but the early morning discussion sections – I'm still pissed that they robbed me of hours of my life. The point is, the cheapo hideous binder already has bad juju all over it. In its repurposed life, it says "2008 Expenses" on the cover in Sharpie, and it has two and a half year's worth of tax receipts in there. I dread having to use it. I actually keep it hidden so I don't have to think about doing my taxes. Now it's time to say goodbye to it and hello to the new KOLO home for my tax crap. Of course it's black! I think I'll put a skull and crossbones in the square on the front.
So, too review, here's why you should organize with pretty stuff:
1) You won't lose it because won't be throwing it under the sofa and out of sight all the time.
2) You will actually want to look at it and interact with it, because it's right there in your face and you'll be admiring it.
3) It will make you actually keep your stuff all in one designated place.
4) It gives you an excuse to go to Papersource and spend obscene amounts of money. OK, maybe this one should not be in the pro column.
Sayanora Quest Class/I.R.S. Folder!
*The Unclutterer recommended these in this New York Times article a month or so ago, and I had been unable to get them out of my head. They make really beautiful photo albums as well.