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Town of Tonawanda Warns of Credit/Debit Card Breach | News
TOWN OF TONAWANDA, NY - Town of Tonawanda Police are warning people of a recent breach at a local merchant that could affect your bank account.
The department posted on their Facebook page Monday that they have received numerous complaints from residents in the past two weeks that some Key Bank credit card/debit card accounts may have been compromised.
2 On Your Side contacted Key Bank who said there was not a breach at Key Bank, but at an area merchant. They say Key Bank's systems are safe and secure. They could not identify the merchant, other than it was a fast food chain in the area. Sources have confirmed to us that the business the suspect to be at the center of the case is Ted's on Sheridan Drive.
They also point out that skimming and this type of theft can occur in a variety of ways and it is likely Ted's itself could be considered a victim in this case.
Key Bank says they are closely monitoring all potentially affected debit and credit cards in the area.
They say any Key Bank customer whose card may have been compromised will be contacted directly by Key Bank, by telephone. There is no charge to replace the card. Key Bank also has a hotline for you to call is you suspect fraudulent activity 1-800-KEY-2YOU.
Town of Tonawanda Police ask all residents to check their accounts. They say if you have any questions, you should contact your bank.


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By Ben Levisohn
People buy biotech stocks for the big moves, but some moves might just be too big.
Consider: Yesterday, Sanofi (SNY) agreed to buy 12% of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) for $700 million, 21% higher than Alnylam's pre-deal price. Alnylam gained 41%.
Morgan Stanley's David Friedman and Brienne Kugler say that's too much and cut Alnylam to Equal Weight from Overweight. They explain why:
We view Alnylam's technology as potentially transformative and see the prospects for the drugs that have been tested in humans as robust. In addition, we view the recent Sanofi/Sirna transactions as steps that likely will help maximize the platform from many perspectives. However, in light of the recent stock strength over the past 12 mos, we see a more balanced risk/reward for shares heading into the major TTR program data catalysts in 2H14. Above-expectations TTR data in 2H14 or human proof of concept from an earlier-stage program (e.g. hemophilia) are events that would trigger a valuation re-evaluation
Shares of Alnylam have dropped 3.3% to $90.17 today, and it's not the only big mover having a tough time. Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT) has plunged 24% to $276.64 today, a day after falling 18% (it's still up 305% in January).
Instead of Intercept and Alnylam, investors seem to prefer larger, less volatile biotechs today: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) has gained 2.5% to $78.93 today, while Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) has risen 3.8% to $278.91 and Biogen Idec (BIIB) has climbed 4.3% to $295.86.

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What Is Europe to Do?
Some of our American friends worry that our Christian civilization in Europe (you must remind us about that sometime) is about to be overwhelmed by Islamic hordes—the ramparts of Vienna stormed at last. Others become a little fretful perhaps that we Europeans have forgotten what one has to do in order to matter to the world.
The hope in Brussels is that this may have now ended. Horse-trading there has produced the previously little-known names of the first permanent president of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy) and of a theoretically powerful high representative for foreign and security policy (Catherine Ashton)—Europe's first foreign minister, in tabloid-speak. These jobs are the progeny of the Lisbon Treaty and some people believe that they will represent the answer at last to the question that Henry Kissinger says he never asked: "If I want to call Europe to find out what it thinks, what is the telephone number?" Is the answer now more clear? I wish the chosen appointed well, but I am not sure that Europe has suddenly discovered a single voice. Certainly, Mr. Van Rompuy and Baroness Ashton will want to take an early look at the state of the transatlantic alliance. When they look west, what will they see?
First, what flourishes largely unheralded is the marketplace—to the benefit of both sides of the ocean and of the rest of the world too. The Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University regularly assembles the figures for the flow of trade and investment between America and Europe. The US and Europe remain by a long way each other's most important commercial partner. Before the financial crash and the onset of the recession the transatlantic economy was generating about $2.5 trillion in total commercial sales each year.
Some think that the commercial ties could be stronger still if only we could negotiate an Atlantic Free Trade Area. I rather doubt the value of trying such an endeavor. Most of the impediments to further trade flows are not tariffs but regulatory issues that need to be tackled one at a time by agencies that are sometimes quasi-independent of government. Consider, for example, how long it took to negotiate a pretty unsatisfactory open skies agreement governing air traffic between America and Europe. European politicians tend to take the success of our commercial relationship with the US for granted. When they go to Washington they look for other things, above all perhaps the assurance that they still matter, that they are still loved, that the US gives a fig about what they have to say about the world's many problems.
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Bell paid more than $1 million to give 12 city officials — including six former council members now on trial in a municipal corruption case —- substantial boosts in retirement pay.
The biggest payment, $930,000 for 11 employees, was made under a California Public Employees' Retirement System program that allowed those it covered to buy as many as five extra years of service time for their pensions. Pensions are partly determined by the employee's highest salary and the number of years in CalPERS.
According to CalPERS, employees must pay for extra service credit themselves. In Bell, however, the city picked up the bill and the council never approved the payments, officials in the city said.
FULL COVERAGE: Bell corruption case
CalPERS has since disallowed the pension upgrades for the officials and placed the money in an account the city can tap.


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You'll fall in love with the elegant style inside this large suburban estate. The 8,900-square foot home sits on a secluded lot. This $4.75 million home is located at 6 Georgian Row in The Woodlands.
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A Class of Dilation Integral Equations
We present a class of dilation integral equations. The equations in this class depend on a dilation parameter $a\in\mathbb{R}.$ The existence of non trivial solutions in $L^1(\mathbb{R})$ is studied as a function of the dilation parameter. The main result establishes the non existence of these solutions for $|a|<1,$ a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of solutions with non vanishing integrals in case $|a|>1,$ and sufficient conditions for these equations to have no solutions but the trivial one or to have an infinitude of non trivial solutions in case $|a|=1.$ In all these cases, the dimension of the space of $L^1(\mathbb{R})$-solutions is determined. When $|a|>1$ we have succeeded in writing the frequency domain representation of the solutions as convergent infinite products.
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Dell | Oracle systems using the PowerEdge family of servers are tested and validated configurations to help reduce risk and cost. Get the performance you need to get the job done right.
"Oracle Validated Configurations provide easier, faster, and lower-cost deployment of Linux and Oracle VM solutions in your enterprise. The program offers pre-tested, validated architectures—including software, hardware, storage, and network components—along with documented best practices. The result: Improved performance, scalability, and reliability of Linux and Oracle VM solutions, with faster, lower-cost implementations." —Oracle
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All OVC listings on Oracle's webpage: Dell's Oracle Validated Configurations
"The Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Hardware Certification List (HCL) provides users with information about x86 servers, x86 64-bit servers and storage arrays certified for Oracle Linux with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel or Oracle VM."
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In trying to use this tar to deploy on a clean install of RHEL 5.7, I am getting the following when attempting to install the dell validated RPM.
root@server Dell-Oracle-Deployment-Lin-2011-11]# yum localinstall dell-oracle-utilities* --nogpgcheck
Loaded plugins: product-id, rhnplugin, security, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm: dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.centos.noarch
Marking dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm to be installed
Excluding Packages in global exclude list
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package dell-oracle-utilities.noarch 0:2011.11-1.el5.centos set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: dell-validated for package: dell-oracle-utilities
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.centos.noarch from /dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.noarch has depsolving problems
--> Missing Dependency: dell-validated is needed by package dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.centos.noarch (/dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.noarch)
Error: Missing Dependency: dell-validated is needed by package dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.centos.noarch (/dell-oracle-utilities-2011.11-1.el5.noarch)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
package-cleanup --dupes
rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
The program package-cleanup is found in the yum-utils package.
Hi jstahmer,
Apologies for the delayed response. I think this might be a side effect of some metadata populated from our build environment but we're not sure because we didn't encounter the issue you're seeing in our testing and validation of the release but myself and a team member are currently looking into the issue and will update as soon as possible.
Sorry for the trouble and thank you for the feedback,
Hi jstahmer,
Upon testing, it would appear that you just need to make sure and install the dell-validated rpm first and that will satisfy the dependency issue. I thought initially it might have been a metadata problem on our side so I wanted to verify that first but in our follow up testing we've found that as long as you install the dell-validated rpm first and then install the dell-oracle-utilities second it will successfully install. (Which is noted in the README file provided with the deployment TAR).
Thank you once again for your feedback and let me know if you have any other issues,
Under above tested and validated configurations, PowerVault MD36xxF is certified only for Oracle RDBMS/RAC 11gR2 Standard Edition only. Is there any additional info or compatibility regarding Oracle RDBMS/RAC 11gR2 Enterprise Edition & PowerVault MD36xxF?


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) Kobe Bryant is working hard to get back on the court and not wasting any time thinking about Dwight Howard.
Bryant said Wednesday his surgically repaired Achilles' tendon is "progressing faster than anybody expected," though he won't start shooting again until next month.
"I could shoot right now, but you just don't trust that the tendon's holding yet," the Lakers' All-Star guard said. "Typically it's four months minimum until the tendon's holding and it's not going to overstretch."
Bryant spoke at a brief press conference at the start of his annual youth basketball camp at UC Santa Barbara. He said he will be on the court with the campers and walk through some drills.
"I'm not going to be able to go out there and do too much without the Lakers having a heart attack," he said.
Last week, he joined the Lakers in their meeting with Howard, who eventually chose Houston instead of re-signing in Los Angeles.
Bryant said he doesn't know why Howard left.
"You think once a guy decides to go someplace else I'm going to waste my time trying to figure out why that happened?" Bryant said.
Bryant created a stir shortly after Howard's decision when he stopped following the center on Twitter.
"It's just me. It's just how I am," Bryant said. "I have a hard time following people that, you know, want to beat us. I have a hard time doing that. Not to say we're not friends, I don't respect him. It's just hard for me to do that."
Bryant and Steve Nash sat in on a meeting with Howard and Lakers executives three days before the center decided to leave the team. Nash took Howard's rejection harder than he did, Bryant said.
"Steve's like a quintessential teammate. Steve takes that stuff to heart. I didn't really care," Bryant said.
Bryant implied that Howard was not a good fit with the Lakers, who offered a contract worth about $30 million more than Houston.
"Everybody's cut differently," he said. "He has his way of leading that he feels like will be most effective and work for him. Obviously, the way we've gone about it with this organization, the leaders we've had – myself, Magic (Johnson) and Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar) – we've done it a different way."
Of the Lakers' struggles during the past season, Bryant said, "It was a lot of moving pieces going around, a lot of things that happened."
He repeated a word Nash had used to characterize it.
"Nightmare's a pretty good description," Bryant said of a season that ended with a first-round sweep against San Antonio after his late-season injury.
The Lakers recently agreed to a deal with veteran center Chris Kaman. Bryant said the team needs "a couple guys with length and the ability to cover ground at the defensive end of the floor."
Asked if he might be writing off the 2013-14 season, looking ahead to next year when the free-agent market and the draft will be more favorable to rebuild the team, Bryant responded sarcastically
"Fold the tent. White-flag it. We have no shot," he said. "Come on, guys. Jeez."


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Posted on 08/30/2013 7:57:59 PM PDT by annalex
The issue of homosexual "marriage" is a controversial one today.
It is being voted into law, or imposed by courts, across the United States and across the world.
What does the Catholic Church have to say on the subject, and why does it teach what it does?
Here we offer an "interview" with Pope Benedict XVI that draws on his previous writings on the subject of homosexuality, on giving legal recognition to homosexual unions, and on the duties of Catholic politicians.
The Church's conscientious effort to resist this pressure calls for a reasoned defense of marriage as a natural institution consisting of a specific communion of persons, essentially rooted in the complementarity of the sexes and oriented to procreation.
Sexual differences cannot be dismissed as irrelevant to the definition of marriage.
Defending the institution of marriage as a social reality is ultimately a question of justice, since it entails safeguarding the good of the entire human community and the rights of parents and children alike.
Since this question relates to the natural moral law, the arguments that follow are addressed not only to those who believe in Christ, but to all persons committed to promoting and defending the common good of society.
The Church's teaching on marriage and on the complementarity of the sexes reiterates a truth that is evident to right reason and recognized as such by all the major cultures of the world.
No ideology can erase from the human spirit the certainty that marriage exists solely between a man and a woman.
There are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family.
Marriage is holy, while homosexual acts go against the natural moral law. Homosexual acts close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
Sacred Scripture condemns homosexual acts as a serious depravity (cf. Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10).
This judgment of Scripture does not of course permit us to conclude that all those who suffer from this anomaly are personally responsible for it, but it does attest to the fact that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.
This same moral judgment is found in many Christian writers of the first centuries and is unanimously accepted by Catholic Tradition.
According to the teaching of the Church, men and women with homosexual tendencies must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided.
They are called, like other Christians, to live the virtue of chastity. The homosexual inclination is, however, objectively disordered, and homosexual practices are sins gravely contrary to chastity.
Homosexual unions are totally lacking in the biological and anthropological elements of marriage and family which would be the basis, on the level of reason, for granting them legal recognition.
Such unions are not able to contribute in a proper way to the procreation and survival of the human race.
Society owes its continued survival to the family, founded on marriage. The inevitable consequence of legal recognition of homosexual unions would be the redefinition of marriage, which would become, in its legal status, an institution devoid of essential reference to factors linked to heterosexuality; for example, procreation and raising children.
In this area, one needs first to reflect on the difference between homosexual behaviour as a private phenomenon and the same behaviour as a relationship in society, foreseen and approved by the law, to the point where it becomes one of the institutions in the legal structure.
This second phenomenon is not only more serious, but also assumes a more wide-reaching and profound influence, and would result in changes to the entire organization of society, contrary to the common good.
Civil laws are structuring principles of man's life in society, for good or for ill. They play a very important and sometimes decisive role in influencing patterns of thought and behaviour.
Lifestyles and the underlying presuppositions these express not only externally shape the life of society, but also tend to modify the younger generation's perception and evaluation of forms of behaviour. Legal recognition of homosexual unions would obscure certain basic moral values and cause a devaluation of the institution of marriage.
The possibility of using recently discovered methods of artificial reproduction, beyond involving a grave lack of respect for human dignity, does nothing to alter this inadequacy.
As experience has shown, the absence of sexual complementarity in these unions creates obstacles in the normal development of children who would be placed in the care of such persons. They would be deprived of the experience of either fatherhood or motherhood.
Allowing children to be adopted by persons living in such unions would actually mean doing violence to these children, in the sense that their condition of dependency would be used to place them in an environment that is not conducive to their full human development.
The principles of respect and non-discrimination cannot be invoked to support legal recognition of homosexual unions.
Differentiating between persons or refusing social recognition or benefits is unacceptable only when it is contrary to justice.
The denial of the social and legal status of marriage to forms of cohabitation that are not and cannot be marital is not opposed to justice; on the contrary, justice requires it.
Not even in a remote analogous sense do homosexual unions fulfil the purpose for which marriage and family deserve specific categorical recognition.
On the contrary, there are good reasons for holding that such unions are harmful to the proper development of human society, especially if their impact on society were to increase.
Because married couples ensure the succession of generations and are therefore eminently within the public interest, civil law grants them institutional recognition.
Homosexual unions, on the other hand, do not need specific attention from the legal standpoint since they do not exercise this function for the common good.
In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty.
One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application.
In this area, everyone can exercise the right to conscientious objection.
When legislation in favor of the recognition of homosexual unions is proposed for the first time in a legislative assembly, the Catholic law-maker has a moral duty to express his opposition clearly and publicly and to vote against it.
To vote in favor of a law so harmful to the common good is gravely immoral.
When legislation in favor of the recognition of homosexual unions is already in force, the Catholic politician must oppose it in the ways that are possible for him and make his opposition known; it is his duty to witness to the truth.
The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.
The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society.
Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behavior, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity.
By the way, if you've found this interview helpful, don't forget to share it with friends so that they can benefit from it, too!
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To learn more of Pope Benedict's wisdom, be sure to read his writings on this subject. They include:
Address to the Bishops of the United States of America from Region VIII on Their "Ad Limina" Visit (9 March 2012).
Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homosexual Persons (June 3, 2003).
For your pinging pleasure.
Yes, if your ignore God's will as revealed in the Holy Bible, then same-sex "marriage" is controversial.
This is considered hateful and prejudiced. Count me in.
Surprising full of clarity. I'll give the Pope props for this interview. He makes the case very effectively. I do think the media is distorting him sometimes or not providing context, in order to further their agenda.
His answers.
The homo propagandists paint the Pope as not having a problem with their deviant relationships being recognized as marriage.
This proves them wrong, he also calls the likes of Pelosi immoral
Good stuff
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Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
The Church abolished some precepts of the Old Testaments, so each time you make a reference to the Old Testament alone, someone would challenge it on the grounds like "but we don't stone for adultery anymore, do we?"
The condemnation of the same sex "marriage", and even same sex sexual practices has to come from the specifically Christian view on human sexuality. It can't come from the Old Testament alone.
This is NOT an actual interview with Pope Benedict, let alone with the present Pope, Francis. It is an assemblage of some of Pope Benedict's statements on the subject of homosexuality. The content is the selection of Mr. Akin, not everything Pope Benedict has said or written on the topic.
It is very likely that, at some point during his long career as a theological writer, Pope Benedict mentioned the Old Testament prohibitions on homosexual behavior, as well as the many relevant New Testament passages.
What purpose would quoting the Bible to people who don't accept it serve?
Precisely. I believe in God's Word but to those who won't accept it you can say that homosexual acts are a violation of the natural law, of reason. Don't get your hopes up, of course, for then the typical modern brainwashed by relativism will say:" Natural law accord to whom?" The patron of relativists is Pontius Pilate: "What is truth?"-John 18:38
Personally, I'm tired of this fight. To those who don't accept that. God said it, that settles it. Proceed at your own peril.
I think, the quotes around "interview" and my assigning authorship to Akin make that clear. Is there a problem with the post?
Not at all. It seemed there was some confusion among the readers, so I pointed it out, and just included you because you were the original poster.
Even those who revere Leviticus as Scripture are often hard-put to explain why they consider 9/10 of it irrelevant to their own personal behavior, let alone public policy. Unless you offer animal sacrifices, segregate menstruating women, and keep kosher, I'm talking about you, too.
That's why it's actually indispensable to explain moral abhorrence of perverse sex acts, in terms of Natural Law.
It's not slighting God. He is the Author of both the Book of Scripture and the Book of Nature.
I agree. People should be scripturally and philosophically literate for such situations when objections are raised
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Local boat captains say charter fishing is showing signs of improvement after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill.
Local boat captains say charter fishing is showing signs of improvement after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill.
Many charter boat captains saw fewer customers as a result of the spill, but they say the recovery has arrived — for now.
Marty LaCoste, of Absolute Fishing Charters in Dularge, said this is the best year he's ever had.
The bulk of his customers come from out of state, he said, which is different, but welcome.
"I'm getting people from New York, Boston, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio — you name it."
Mike Ledet, of Mike Ledet Charter Service in Chauvin, said it's been his busiest season in five years and, like LaCoste, most of his customers have come from out of state.
Charter fishermen are beginning to see the payoff from advertising campaigns focused on promoting Terrebonne as the Salt Water Fishing Capital of the World, said Sharon Alford, director of the Houma-Terrebonne Visitors Bureau.
Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes received more than $2 million each from BP as a result of the oil spill with much of the money going to tourism advertising.
In addition to using the money to advertise fishing, local festivals and the new Terrebonne branding received a monetary boost from the BP money, Alford said.
Overall, preliminary numbers show tourism is up through the first part of this year in Terrebonne, Alford said.
Terrebonne Parish, the Louisiana Charter Boat Association and the Louisiana Tourism and Coastal Coalition have also tried to be effective in promoting Louisiana's coast.
Soon, Alford wants to hang banners around Cocodrie using the town's $3,500 cash prize to promote it being named the Southeast regional winner in the World Fishing Network's Ultimate Fishing Town Contest.
Additionally, Cocodrie and Dularge will be featured this July in the World Fishing Network's new series, "Guided with Mark Melnyk," as part of the bureau's 2013 marketing efforts.
"We have the opportunity to tell people across the country about the fishing in Terrebonne," Alford said.
Alford said the bureau has also brought eight new fishing tournaments to the area, and the bureau's television budget is $325,000 this year — the largest it's ever been.
"And that has to promote not only fishing, but our overall parish as well," Alford said.
Alford said the bureau can even trace direct bookings based off particular shows where the commercials run.
While all this new advertising is welcome, Daryl Carpenter, president of the Louisiana Charter Boat Association and captain of Reel Screamers Guide Service, is concerned about what will happen when advertisement revenues dry up.
"The issue now is the fishing promotion is entering a lag period," he said. "Yeah, we are starting to see that return, but without additional funding from BP, we are left with a lag period where there is nothing to pick it up."
Approved during the recent state legislative session was a bill to increase fees for certain charter boat fishing licenses from $5 to $10. Additionally, out-of-state charter licenses will increase by $500.
The revenue generated will be used in marketing and promotion efforts overseen by the Louisiana Charter Boat Association.
According to an analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Office, the measure will raise about $1 million over the next five years.
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As the title says I am just looking for the fuel tank capacity of a 78 brat.
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78 brat fuel tank size?
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I think it is the same size as the wagons, so 45 litres or 11.8 gallons... But I might be wrong!
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How good would you say you are at console Battlefield games? If the answer is "extremely," then you either have an inflated ego or a real chance at winning a lot of money. EA announced a partnership with Virgin Gaming today, to open the Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament. The competition is set for early 2012 with a $1.6 million purse at stake.
You can pre-register at the Virgin Gaming site as a 360 or PS3 player. For whatever reason, it doesn't extend to the PC version. The announcement teases that the players will take a share of the large prize, so the live finale will most likely group a team of players together to split the reward.
"We're always looking to raise the bar for our members, to give them truly epic gaming experiences they won't find anywhere else and Battlefield 3 hits the mark," said Virgin Gaming co-founder Zachary Zeldin in the announcement. "This partnership with EA and DICE is exactly the kind of relationship it takes to deliver on that goal, and we can't be more excited to be working with them to host the greatest competitive gaming event I've ever seen."
Battlefield 3 is set to launch on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 25, so you'll have a little time to practice and learn the maps before the competition starts next year.


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There are many types of self catering accommodation available for holidays in Wheelers Hill, but very few types come close to that of a new caravan. This article takes a look at five of the main reasons that static caravans are an ideal choice of accommodation for your next self catering holiday.
Choice of Locations Caravan parks are situated all across the Victoria and as such you a sure to find a holiday park in the area that you want to visit. If you want to just escape for a weekend away there is bound to be a good selection of parks within a 50 mile radius of your home. From beachside caravans to caravans hidden in valleys there is certainly a holiday park to cater for everyone.
Know How To Spot The Best Caravan For You In Wheelers Hill?
A static caravan is a great investment in your families future holidays. You can enjoy amazing times in your new holiday home but you should look at after your static caravan to ensure it stays in tip top condition year on year.
I thought I would give you some hints and tips on maintaining your caravan and I will write some more detailed advice in other articles, but this one covers the main areas.
1) Gas and Electric Maintenance
Your holiday home will most likely be fitted with a gas boiler which in some cases will be connected to a central heating system.
Annual maintenance of your boiler should be completed by a competent and registered engineer, however you can ensure that it's running smoothly and highlight any concerns to your engineer as soon as possible. This will keep your overall costs down in future years.
As for electric systems I would recommend getting these annually checked for safety. Again, you can check if the fuses are in place correctly and that when you leave your static caravan that both the electric and bass is turned off at the main connection points to your plot.
2) Exterior Maintenance
This will reduce any issues of water leakage and also reduce down any damp that could be created when not in use.
9) Internal Cleaning
I would recommend that you clean your caravan on a regular basis. As you perform the cleaning you will be able to notice any signs of wear and tear that could effect the life of your static caravan.
If you are unable to perform a deep clean your park manager will be able to advise of local cleaning companies that specialise in static caravan cleaning. They will report any problems they notice to you so you can react quickly and repair any problems before they get worse.
10) Static Caravan Insurance
Please, please, please ensure you have adequate static caravan insurance.
This is one area where many owners fail to get the correct level of cover. If its too cheap, then it probably won't meet your requirements. Check your policy wording carefully and ensure that you are correctly covered for accidents or other insurance related claims.
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Although caravans and motorhomes can give a great sense of freedom to their owners, sometimes they can be a little cramped, especially if a number of people are staying in them. There are various solutions to this problem, but the most practical and effective is to use a caravan awning.
Caravan awnings are structures made of materials such as acrylic or PVC-coated polyester supported by a frame made of aluminium, carbon fibre or zinc-coated steel poles. Designed to be lightweight and portable, with practice they can be easily set up, giving extra living space on the outside of the caravan or motorhome. In the most basic models this can mean a simple roof giving shade and some protection from the elements, while more elaborate models can give an extra room with a door, windows and even a carpet.
Lastly, when actually purchasing an awning, there are a few things for the buyer to watch out for. Does the awning dealer have a solid knowledge of his product, or does he rely on product brochures? Does he try to push for a big sale with many superfluous extras, or does he listen carefully to the buyer's requirements and tailor his advice accordingly? Does the dealer have a good reputation for after-sales service? Consideration of these points will help the buyer in selecting a reliable dealer and therefore decrease the chance of purchasing an unsuitable awning.


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I read and watch a lot of detective stories, and the type I really enjoy are place-centered. The ones where the crimesolver's hometown is as much a part of the story as the crime that starts the story rolling. New York, Chicago, L.A. and San Francisco have more than their fair share of detectives. So does London, and for some reason, rural England. The butler rarely does it, but mystery readers seem to really love any crime that takes place in one of the "stately homes of England."
But now, for every mystery story that takes place in a big city, there seems to be one that takes place in a small town. The king of that, on television at least, was "Murder, She Wrote," which was set in the fictional town of Cabot Cove, Maine. During the show's 12-year run, 274 people were murdered in a town of roughly 3,500. According to the London Daily Mail, "This gives it an annual murder rate of 1,490 per million -- more than 50 percent higher than Honduras," the current murder capital of the world.
As a successful mystery writer, the show's heroine, Jessica Fletcher, would travel for business and pleasure, dead bodies piling up behind her wherever she went. If she signed a book for you, there was a pretty good chance that you would die before you ever got a chance to read it. It's a surprise that no one turned "Murder, She Wrote" into one of those ultra-violent video games. Instead of shooting people, though, in this game you would simply walk Jessica Fletcher through a small town and people would start falling over dead as she passed. If she ever bothered to turn around, she'd see a trail of dead bodies.
Craig Johnson writes a series of very entertaining mysteries featuring no-nonsense, good-hearted Sheriff Walt Longmire, which has been turned into a TV series called, as you might expect, "Longmire." All the action takes place in fictional Absaroka County, Wyo. -- another tiny, out-of-the-way place with more elk than people -- but the carnage is equal to any gang-riddled city. Writing on the website Grantland.com, Ben Lindbergh reports that in Sheridan County, the actual sparsely populated Wyoming county where the author lives, there have only been five murders in 12 years. In the TV series, there have been 27 murders in 22 episodes spanning a few months' time. If that were really true, Wyoming would have to change its slogan from "Like No Place on Earth" to "Like Shooting Fish in a Barrel."
The late detective writer Robert B. Parker's Jesse Stone is the off-again, on-again police chief of the small town of Paradise, Mass. New York, Chicago and L.A. put together don't have as much crime as Paradise, but not to worry: It's all taken care of by a four-person police department that still has time to write traffic tickets and work regular hours.
Every state in the union has detective writers that fill their books with local color and regional quirks of speech and action, but you don't have any local detective fiction if you don't have any local crime. In big cities they can rip the stories from the headlines. In Manhattan, anything less than a triple murder won't even make the newspapers; even then, a celebrity or a politician has to be involved, no matter how distantly, before it will get any coverage. "Mayor's Third Cousin, Twice Removed, Gets DUI!" But an uncomplicated, celebrity-less gangland killing? Nothing.
In small towns, it's just the opposite. The brave sheriff has to keep the gangs from moving in in the first place. The world-weary veteran detective sends the mafia bosses scattering. The real mystery isn't whodunnit, but why is it so easy to believe that small towns could have such huge crime waves.


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Give an example of an election with four candidates A, B, C, D and satisfy the following:
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2) C is the Condorcet Candidate, but has no first place votes.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. ( TheStreet) -- Anacor Pharmaceuticals' ( ANAC) toenail fungus therapy tavaborole achieved the "complete cure" goal of a phase III study but the drug's efficacy appears to be inferior to a competing drug from Valeant Pharmaceuticals ( VRX) and only on par with a currently approved treatment. Shares of Anacor are down 25% to $3.84 in early Tuesday trading on the positive (but still disappointing) tavaborole study results. In the phase III study of 600 patients with toenail fungus (onychomycosis), 6.5% of patients treated with tavaborole achieved a complete cure compared to 0.5% of patients treated with an alcohol-based delivery vehicle (essentially the placebo.) The 6% control-adjusted difference in cure rate favoring tavaborole was statistically significant and met the primary endpoint of the study. Complete cure was defined as the percentage of patients in each arm who were fungus free (mycologic cure) plus had completely clear nails after 52 weeks of treatment. While Anacor's phase III study was successful, tavaborole appears to be less or equally effective as competing and current treatments for toenail fungus. In two phase III studies recently published, Valeant's efinaconazole demonstrated complete cure rates of 17.8% and 15.2% compared to placebo rates of 3.3% and 5.5%. Valeant used the same definition of complete cure as Anacor is using for its phase III studies. The FDA is currently reviewing efinaconazole, with an approval decision date of May 24. The other relevant comp is Penlac, currently the only approved topical treatment for toenail fungus. Penlac's complete cure rate is in the 5-8% range, according to the drug's FDA-approved label. That's similar to the tavaborole cure rates reported today by Anacor. Anacor is conducting a second phase III study of tavaborole. Results are expected in March. -- Reported by Adam Feuerstein in Boston. Follow @AdamFeuerstein
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The Tomb of the General, also known as the Pyramid of the East, is thought to be the burial tomb of King Gwanggaeto or his son King Jangsu, both kings of the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo。The pyramid is located in Ji'an, Jilin province China, a former capital of Goguryeo. The base of the pyramid measures approximately 75 meters on each side, about half the size of the Egyptian pyramids and is eleven meters in height. The pyramid is composed of 1,100 dressed stone blocks. The monumental size of the tomb suggests that the Goguryeo elite were very powerful and the kingdom had the ability to mobilize large numbers of people for building projects. The pyramid-style tomb was typical of Goguryeo culture and was transmitted to the Korean kingdom of Baekje's burial practices.else see:
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Microsoft has signed a deal to open its Windows 7 source code up to the Russian intelligence services. Russian publication Vedomosti reported on Wednesday that Microsoft had also given the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) access to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server source code, with hopes of improving Microsoft sales to the Russian state. The agreement will allow state bodies to study the source code and develop cryptography for the Microsoft products through the Science-Technical Centre 'Atlas', a government body controlled by the Ministry of Communications and Press, according to Vedomosti. . . The agreement is an extension to a deal Microsoft struck with the Russian government in 2002 to share source code for Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2000, said Vedomosti.


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The evil part of me wants to see the Cardinals sign Tavares and he go 340/400/350 with 100 steals and 125 runs scored. Imagine the pandemonium as Wily Willy comes to the Queen City and goes 4-5 with eight stolen bases while the Cardinals win 4-3! Computers across Redszone would explode!
Then, reality slaps me in the face and I realize Taveras, at his best, should be a fifth OF and pinch runner. And that Jocketty has stated he really liked him. And that the Reds are currently not enamored with Dickerson (for whatever reason). And that Cincinnati has holes Tavares could fill (though not well) at CF and leadoff. And that Dusty seems to like him.


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The Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD) API specifies a mechanism for defining modules such that the module and its dependencies can be asynchronously loaded. This is particularly well suited for the browser environment where synchronous loading of modules incurs performance, usability, debugging, and cross-domain access problems.
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I think Yii2 could ship an AMD-loader like RequireJS or curl. This loader could be used internally by the ClientScript class or maybe also by the asset manager (didn't elaborate on this, but at least RequireJS supports optimization of scripts, so maybe this could be done when publishing assets in production mode).
jQuery can be loaded as AMD module since v1.7. jQuery UI doesn't support it yet, but it seems like it is not too difficult to turn the widgets into AMD modules (see here).
I stumbled over this when I was playing with backbone to implement a facebook app. Very soon, I encountered some problems like backbone depending on jQuery and underscore (both need to be loaded before backbone), race conditions between jQuery's ready event and facebook sdk's asyncInit, ...
Finally I decided to give curl a try, and it seems to do a good job. I still miss lazy-loading dependencies, but I'm not sure if this is covered by AMD. Also, loading non-AMD scripts like underscore and backbone was no problem, so it seems like using the loader does not mean you limit yourself to AMD modules only.
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Staraya Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast : Staraya Ladoga
Staraya Ladoga (Russian: Ста́рая Ла́дога), Finnish: Vanha Laatokka), or the Aldeigjuborg of Norse sagas, is a village (selo) in Leningrad Oblast, located on the mighty Volkhov River eight km north of the town of Volkhov. Annexed by the Viking Rurik, from whom the Tsars traced their bloodline, Staraya Ladoga was the first capital of Russia.
It is believed that Staraya Ladoga dates back to 753, as a young port on the Volkhov River, but its rise to prominence began with the arrival of the Viking Rurik in 862, who would make it his capital. While he moved his residence to Novgorod in 864, the town quickly became one of the most important trading ports of Eastern Europe, along the Baltic–Ladoga–Novgorod–Constantinople trade route. While the capital of Rus was moved to Kiev shortly thereafter, Ladoga remained the prominent northern trading post on the Varangian–Greek trading route until the mid-tenth century. The Rurikids' legacy today stands out in the huge kurgans, burial mounds on the town's outskirts, one of which is believed to be the burial place of Rurik himself.
Ladoga's second period of prominence came under the rule of the wealthy Novgorod Republic in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when, in addition to being an important trading outpost, it became a major fortress town. Its huge stone kremlin was built in 1114 under the oversight of Posadnik (Governor) Pavel, and would become the first line of defense against northern assaults on the Republic, withstanding a major Swedish assault in 1164. In honor of the victory, the Republic funded the construction of the magnificent Church of St George the Conqueror. As the town continued to grow around the kremlin, more magnificent twelfth century churches were constructed: the Church of the Assumption in the north of the town, the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle Worker, and the Church of St Clement—the city's main cathedral. While the Church of St Clement now lies in ruins, the churches of St George and the Assumption still stand tall and their interiors still bear exquisite, though faded, twelfth century frescoes, including several by the handiwork of the early Russian master, Andrei Rublev.
The town fell into a slow decline with the construction of new kremlins further west. The fortress was rebuilt in the mid-fifteenth century to accommodate the advent of firearms, and saw further battles in the Russo-Swedish Wars. In 1703, however, Tsar Peter the Great founded the town of Novaya Ladoga (New Ladoga) at the mouth of the Volkhov River on Lake Ladoga and stripped the original town of city status, giving it its name Staraya Ladoga (Old Ladoga).
Today Staraya Ladoga remains a sleepy backwater far off the beaten tourist path. But as part of resurgent nationalist pride in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union, the village is seeing major restoration of its important historical sights, especially of the kremlin, the reconstruction of which is expected to finish sometime in 2010. The village is a natural stop for cruise lines along the Volkhov between Kizhi and Novgorod, and as such looks set to enjoy a new period of revival as a major Russian travel destination.
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By train
The closest station is in Volkhov (Volkhovstroy-I). From Saint Petersburg, you can get there via elektrichka (suburban train) from Moskovsky Station. The trip will take about three hours.
By bus
From the Volkhovstroy-I station in Volkhov, catch the bus #23, which will get you there in about 50 minutes, costing about 25 rubles (2009). The bus tends to be well synced with the arrival times of the elektrichka from Saint Petersburg. It's not terribly easy to tell when you have arrived in Staraya Ladoga if you haven't been there before, so it's best to ask a local to tell you when you have arrived: не скажите мне, пожалуйста, когда мы дойдём до Старой Ладоги (nyeh skah-ZHEE-tyeh mnyeh, puh-ZHAHL-uh-stuh, kahg-DAH myh digh-DYOHM dah STAH-ruy LAH-duh-gee).
By car
Staraya Ladoga is on the A-115 between Volkhov and Novaya Ladoga, which intersects with the M-18 from Saint Petersburg (120 km), 7 km north of the village. Coming from Novgorod/Moscow, take the M-10 until turning right on the A-115. From Vologda, take the A-114 to the M-18 towards Saint Petersburg, eventually making a left on A-115.
Get around
Staraya Ladoga is a small village and is easily covered on foot via leisurely stroll. Locals often opt for bicycles, but there are no rentals available.
While it is certainly possible to day trip from Saint Petersburg, there are a couple options for lodging in Rurik's capital. Volkhov to the south also has a good number of hotels.
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Brokenness is in the Body of Christ
The church needs to open its doors to the broken bodies of Christ.
Of all the body parts I didn't expect my busted knee to affect, it was my eyes. But I'm here to tell you that the first thing that changes when you're hobbling around is what you see. Specifically, what I see are obstacles: stairs, curbs, uneven pavement, short drops—all of which, if not negotiated properly, result in exquisite little bursts of pain.
Nowhere has this been more apparent than at church, where I have to climb three steps just to get into the building and five more to make it into the sanctuary. Heaven forbid I should be scheduled to read that Sunday (three more steps) or, worse, be a communion minister (add two more). I would never have imagined that my moderate sports-related injury would make it much harder for me to fully participate at Mass on Sunday.
Having a limp myself, I've also become more aware of the signals of injury in the other bodies around me. There are the obvious canes and wheelchairs, but there are also the subtle shuffles and limps of joints with arthritis, the winces when it comes time to kneel, the person whose left hand doesn't seem to respond as well as his right.
And those don't even touch some more "invisible" brokenness in the bodies that gather on Sunday: depression and anxiety, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cancer, HIV, you name it. What other pain and brokenness is the body of Christ hiding?
How odd, then, that our churches so often presume that we are all "able-bodied," all possessed not only of knees and ankles that can navigate a liturgical obstacle course but eyes that can read small print in dim light and ears that don't ring from years of hard use as well. It's especially odd since in the Eucharist we remember the broken, disabled body of Jesus. If anything, our gathering should be the one place in the world where broken bodies are not only on public display but are the norm rather than the "accommodated" exception—celebrated, cherished, and cared for as images of Christ.
It's not that my parish hasn't had conversations about making our church building more "accessible"—which means we are looking for a place to install an elevator for people who have a hard time negotiating stairs. That's fine, as far as it goes, but it's a far cry from really honoring the members of Christ's body who don't meet the customary standards of mobility. An elevator may help a sister in Christ who travels with a wheelchair to get into church and settle in a "designated parking place," but it won't make it possible for her to be a lector if she's so inclined and gifted. Her full, conscious, and active participation will still be impaired.
It would be easy to dismiss such concerns as an overabundance of political correctness or merely a question of architecture. But if we take the incarnation seriously—a God who has a human body—then something more is required.
That's not to say we shouldn't be talking about accessibility and building improvements, but the goal isn't so much meeting the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act—which, incidentally, religious groups lobbied to be exempted from—as it is the acknowledgment that the glory of God is the broken body of Christ, the mystery we celebrate in every Eucharist and receive in every communion. When we gather, that brokenness made present in us deserves all the honor and care we can muster, even if it requires a wrecking ball on our "beautiful" old church.
In my former parish there was a family with a son who had cerebral palsy and traveled in an enormous motorized chair—actually more like a stretcher. When the parish renovated its century-old building, its members chose to place moveable seats up front so there was always room for him not only to "sit" for liturgy but to drive his chair forward to receive communion. He got in line with the rest of us "able" folks—that is, those of us able to hide our pain—and led us to the table. Communion has never been quite the same.
This article appeared in the February 2013 [1] issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 2, page 8).
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OK, I have to admit it. I'm an old man. Remember, I played when they wore leather helmets. So I barely understand this whole system of tubes they call the Interwebs.
But my buddy, Yost, assures me that this MySpace thing is the real deal. In fact, he signed up himself the other day. Told me he's a babe magnet on there (and not to be misled by the fact that 98% of his cyber friends are guys).
So, I went and checked it out. And though I don't understand any of the words of the rock and/or the roll and the hip and/or the hop that's blaring through my computer when I go to people's pages, I do like making friends.
That's why I now have my very own MySpace page. So go on and visit and become one of my friends. I'll even be nice to the Buckeyes who come and visit. After all, we have to do something until the season starts.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Hi, I'm Benny. Let's Be Friends.
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- John said...
You guys are so waaaay behind the times, its not even funny. MySpace is a place for child predators, Facebook is the site that you need to join.
- May 18, 2007 3:28 PM
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We could say that the Elder Scrolls games are massive, but that would be an understatement. Think you've seen every sight and completed every quest in the series? Think you know where the series is headed next? Why don't you share some of your knowledge he
Hearth Fire is rumored to be the next add-on for Skyrim. Bethesda has yet to officially announce it, but considering this is how we first heard about Dawnguard, there isn't really much reason to doubt it. There is a book in Skyrim called Hearth Fire, and it's also the name of a month in The Elder Scrolls.
Considering that mounted combat, archery and magic killcams, better underwater visuals, vampire lords, werewolf and vampire perk trees, and darker dungeons have all been added from the Game Jam video, that could hint at what's next. So, discuss! What are your thoughts?
Spears? Throwing Weapons? Maybe? I mean, i was dissapointed when I found out that I couldnt use spears.. and I miss the throwing knives and darts that were in Morrowind.
Who knows with Bethesda. I just know it will be awesome if it is near as good as dawnguard (even though it is short by Skyrim standards).
Yeah, spears would definitely be nice. I just recently played Morrowind, and the spear was my weapon of choice.
Dawnguard could have been a bit longer, but the actual content made up for it; to me at least.
Also, I just thought about this, Maybe it has something to do with the Thalmor and The Aldmeri Dominion? Maybe? I sure would love to bring the fight to those snotty, orange- skinned elves. haha
That would be pretty cool. I really hate the Thamor lol. Every time I see them with a prisoner, I always free him, give him a weapon, and take 'em down lol.
actually the thalmor are almost allways yellow skined..... whatever
I think ranged weapons would be a nice add-on although I have never played morrowind i think a spear would be a nice weapon also the thalmor could respond with what happened at the college of winterhold with ancano and the eye and even the resurfacing of the monks
I think it would be pretty cool if they based it on the island of Solstheim. It is where they based the Bloodmoon expansion for Morrowind. The island is half frozen half forrest.
Yeah, I remember being surprised at just how different from Morrowind Solstheim looked. Most of all, I really hope we get a new non-Oblivion area to explore.
Oh yeah killing those stupid prejudiced jerks!
I hope for were bears myself and maybe a new faction? Dwemer would be cool too.
Hearthfire will be a great add on. Purchase land, create a house, adopt children. some new "crafting" tables. I'd like to see some new quests and some new interesting places like blackreach though. I've beaten just about everything there is to beat, Platinum trophy and all.
Yeah it is a neat add-on and isn't meant to be anything more. As far as things like that go Hearhfire is a cool one.
I like being able to adopt kids now, as well as custom-building my own home. I've currently made one with a trophy room and I'm trying to decide which figures I should add to it.
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I have a small problem, hoping someone running CentOS might be able to help.....
I look after a number of server/gateways for small business, all of which run SME Server 7.5.1 (based on CentOS 4.8 ). For backup purposes, I've been using Synbak (http://www.initzero.it/products/opensource/synbak/). Works well, and is a good deal more flexible than the backup routines provided by SME.
I need to upgrade to a recent version of Synbak, since the 1.2.2 version I have on the SME machines doesn't support DAR, which I need for a couple of them.
When I tried to install the latest version, I ended up with a couple of problems. First were dependancies which I really didn't need, so I tired using rpm with the --no-deps argument, and hit a second problem - an error from CPIO - Bad Magic.
After a bit of hunting, I've discovered that the problem is that the latest Synbak rpms are all built for Fedora, and use LZMA packing, which is not supported by CentOS. So I need to rebuild the rpms on a CentOS system.
Small problem with that - the only machine I can install CentOS on has a number of ext4 partitions, and CentOS blows up every time I try to run the live CD or install it - doesn't like ext4 one little bit.
So I'm wondering if someone running CentOS could run rpm --rebuild on the latest Synbak source and email me the rebuilt package? Or suggest a way that I can force a Fedora install (I have Fedora 12 running on one machine) to rebuild the rpm without using LZMA compression?


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Barry University's Renato Lombardi will meet Nunez Academy's Mark Losev at 2 p.m. Tuesday for the Nunez Open men's tennis singles championship at Buccaneer Tennis Center.
Lombardi came from behind to beat Franco Echenique, playing as an independent, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, in Monday's semifinal. Losev defeated Barry's Ollie Lemaitre in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to reach the finals.
Losev, a junior affiliated with the academy, beat Barry's Romain Costamagna earlier in the tournament.
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This doesn't appear to address fragmentation at all. To the contrary, fragmentation will be even easier, according to the article:
To be clear, this doesn't mean the death of phone makers' user interface customizations, such as HTC's Sense or Samsung's TouchWiz. Far from it: Google is also making it easier for developers to accommodate these custom interfaces, with a bit of code that adopts whatever theme the device is using by default. Essentially, app developers will be able to choose whether their apps wi
The problem is that the carrier's business model is to sell you a new phone every six months.
I don't think carriers and handset makers are actually that clever. I just dont' think they consider software updates at all relevant. Given even in the days of yore, with WinMo and PalmOS, OS updates were largely nonexistant. Want Winmo6 from Winmo5? Buy a Winmo 6 device!
The idea that you can have the latest and greatest OS with out custom flashing your ROM is kind of new.
The problem is that the carrier's business model is to sell you a new phone every six months.
Why in the world would they do that? The carrier's primary goal is to get customers is to commit to the most expensive 2 year contract possible. The insane overage rates are really just to prod customers into upgrading to more expensive contracts is all. Smartphones require the most expensive contracts because they consume voice minutes, SMS texts and data more than any other type of phone. Thus carriers subsidize the phones to give customers the equipment to consume those resources. The ideal customer is one with a modern enough smartphone to require an expensive contract, who that keeps that same smartphone as long as possible.
Does your monthly rate decrease after your contract is up? Does it decrease if you buy your own phone straight out? Of course not. Yet the carrier makes even more money off of you because you're still paying a monthly rate that factors in the subsidization cost of the phone.
So to sum it up, there are only two reasons a carrier wants to put new cell phones in their customers' hands. To upgrade customers with regular or premium phones to smartphones that require a more expensive contract, and to keep the more demanding customers from switching to other carriers because they offer more cutting edge hardware.
Or reason #3, minimize churn by getting your customers in a new contract before the old one expires. By getting them to lust after a shiny new phone.
With all due respect, you don't understand what you're talking about. The greater fragmentation threat revolves around custom implementations of core parts of the OS. Most specifically "ContenProviders" (the API, not media companies, although those are a problem for everyone of a different sort). This is even a problem with Google not following their own APIs but asking developers to use the MediaStore API (but that's a different discussion).
With regards to upgrades, certain older devices had limited inter protected storage for the OS an apps. The original Samsung Galaxy S is one of these. Right after that phone came out more and more devices were implementing larger internal storage. This particular problem with upgrades, is an unfortunate one-time-only growing pain. That's not to say those devices cannot receive security updates, just that they cannot fit the entire ICS image + apps + a skin on the protected storage.
You can sit back and play monday-morning-quarterback, but the truth is the internal storage+SD had some nice advantages for the user, but ultimately it was decided (rightly so) that there needs to be more room for apps and the OS.
Finally, the point of this article, which has little to do with upgrades, is that app makers now have some more reliable and consistent APIs for UI widget appearance. There is nothing bad about this. Sure it's a small step, but it's a step in the right direction. It even allows devs to maintain a style inline with whatever skin the user is currently using, or use the more stock looking one. Finally, when you consider many apps use their own look and feel above and beyond any OS look and feel, this is probably not a huge deal regardless.
Your tirade again fragmentation, especially being so uninformed on the issue, just seems irrational. iOS is great, Android is great. They have different strengths and weaknesses.
Flurry is a joke to Android devs. They specifically cater to iOS devs, and were embroiled in a privacy scandal in early 2010 on Android. Further, Google Analytics provides a similar service for free, and one that is already hugely popular among web developers. Flurry puts out that same press release every year to garner press about themselves. This is absolutely the worst kind of skewed statistic. "Iphone analytics company that was previous burned by bad behavior on Android, says more of its customers are iphone devs than in the past" It was sad to see so many media companies pick up the PR release.
With regards to who does the most web surfing, you would need a statistic that accounts for the fact that many Android phones used to report the UA string as "mobile safari" and that many Android users use a variety of browsers: Firefox, Opera, Dolphin, xScope, and more. I'd look to admob or comScore as at least decent approximations. Certainly
There are some very valid fragmentation and bloatware arguments to be made against Android, but none of what you brought up holds any water when you dig a little deeper.
Full disclosure: I'm and Android dev myself, as you can see in my sig.
*Thankyou*. I'm an Android dev too, and it constantly astonishes me that the form of "fragmentation" that most of the tech world complains about (OS version number) has nothing to do with the form of "fragmentation" that actually causes me any sort of real problem (screen aspect ratios / device bugs / differing OS implementations).
I'm and Android dev myself...
Given that you are, what do you think of this [networkworld.com]? (Seriously.)
The AC post sums it up well, there's more money in iOS for sure. I wouldn't dispute that. Thought certainly there is a different revenue model via ads vs paid apps. Still, I think the conclusion there is correct, though note they quote the flurry study.... To be honest, I have a hard time ever taking any *World article seriously though.
[T]here's more money in iOS for sure. I wouldn't dispute that.
What about the actual development? For Android, you have far more software/hardware combinations to code/test for than you do for iOS. Not only is developing for Android less money, but it costs more in terms of developer time.
The iPhone 3GS runs an underclocked CPU running at 600 MHz. It received iOS 5 and runs it perfectly. The iPhone 3G contained the exact same hardware as the iPhone 2G, the original iPhone released in June 2007. Until just a few months ago the 3G ran the latest version of iOS.
If the Galaxy S, a "halo" phone from a year back, can't run the latest version of Android, something is desperately wrong with Google's OS.
As I've observed in other comments [slashdot.org], the iPhone 3GS running the latest version of iOS by version number isn't that impressive since the major new functionality is still locked out of the device (typically for sales reasons rather than hardware reasons such as with Siri). It's cool that you get to see a number which is the same number on newer phones, but it only grants you a carefully selected subset of the most basic of the new functionality, so it's not really the same version after all.
In contrast, on An
but it only grants you a carefully selected subset of the most basic of the new functionality, so it's not really the same version after all.
That's a pretty huge exaggeration. The only missing features for the 3GS are Siri and in-place photo editing. 2 features of 200+ added with iOS 5. Big deal.
I've been an android user from the start - I really don't know what this fragmentation thing is you speak of. I think its a buzzword invented by apple to scare people away from Android.
My honeycomb tablet even runs regular phone apps with zero problems.
If it is an issue - I certainly don't see it as a regular user.
Just look at this chart of the completely broken upgrade cycle
Although I agree that things are much easier to maintain in the black-and-white-world of one hardware platform, one software stack and one source of development, Google is allowing manufacturers to have the ability to innovate and experiment without being locked-in to doing everything "one way". That kind of trickles down to the consumer by allowing them to have a platform where they can experiment and innovate also.
Yeah it's easier to support one single platform but I think the freedom to innovate is more
The fragmentation issue is something Google desperately needs to solve if it wants to avoid the same fate that desktop Linux did.
What I'm really confused about, though, is why a trolling post like this has been modded up to +5. You make one good point (regarding fragmentation) but then sully i
Recall that TouchWiz is the reason the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab won't get Ice Cream Sandwich [slashdot.org] despite being only months old..
Specifically the 7" Galaxy Tab, only 15 months old and the Galaxy S, only 20 months old. In the tech world that's ancient.
Sure it does. It adds an additional point of commonality to all compliant devices. It may be an incomplete solution, but it does address the problem.
Agreed on all points.
A few years back, I needed a new cell phone. Despite being a big PC freak, I had avoided smartphones for a very long time. I preferred using a cheap phone, and a separate Palm Pilot. Anyway, when shopping for phones, I didn't know much about iPhones and Androids, so the wife and I decided to get one of each, with the option of swapping them, or replacing one outright if it sucked. Despite being Motorola's then-flagship, the XT720 was running an outdated version of Android, with no u
Holo theme is not mandatory, only support for the Holo theme for devices that use the Android marketplace. So applications can be written that use the Holo theme with some confidence that they will display correctly. This is a good thing. It gives developers a minimum standard look and feel that is required to work.
Most GUIs on PC work perfectly accross different look and feels why is it such a big problem on mobile?
Holo theme is not mandatory, only support for the Holo theme for devices that use the Android marketplace.
That's said in the very first line of the summary. Sure, technically the subject is incorrect, but isn't it de facto correct for a large portion of big name brand Android phones?
...for me has always been that any OS or device I've used has been riddled with bone headed design decision. Things that break easily with normal use. UI elements that are the wrong size or in the wrong place. Poor choice of fonts. In all honesty, you'd have to be pretty simple minded to love every product that comes out of a single company or every bit of software that comes from the same developer. I mean look at the Ford vs. Chevy guys. That's the ultimate outcome of customer loyalty: a lack of thinking. Given that most of us here are rugged individualists, it's a natural assumption that we're going to want to do things our own way. Sometimes that will be just giving in an saying, "Oh the heck with it, Apple makes a pretty decent device and I don't have the time to fiddle". Other times it will be, "Good lord Microsoft can't code a decent UI to find their way out of a virtual box of nothing. Screw this I'm going back to (insert better OS choice for your needs here)". Show me a person who says, "Everything that (insert company or developer) created has always been perfect and I've had no need to change a thing" and I'll show you a liar. Config files, preferences, options, themes, control panels all exist for a reason: nothing is perfect.
That even more devices wont have default access to the market.
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Repeating Courses for Credit. Some of the courses listed below are general titles under which varied topics may be offered. Such courses may be repeated for credit with departmental permission. Most of the courses available for re-election are signaled below. Students must obtain the proper approval form from the English Office, 3187 Angell Hall and return it for approval within the first two weeks of class.
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While she was studying psychology at San Diego State University, she started modelling and was noticed by Playboy. She met Hefner on Halloween in 2008 and started dating him in January 2009 while he was also dating identical twin glamour models Kristina and Karissa Shannon. But he ended his relationship with the twins in January this year and has remained monogamous to Crystal since. Crystal once said that she believes she and Hefner were able to bond because she lost a long-time boyfriend in Iraq and he was going through a break up with Holly Madison, whom he dated for 8 years.It all fits together!


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The "Classic Controller PRO" will add extra shoulder buttons and hand grips to the original classic controller concept. As with the classic controller, the PRO will apparently still need to be wired to a Wii Remote.
The new pad is slated for a vague "summer" release date in Japan. No pricing details were released.


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Mercedes trials 'megaphone' exhaust
Mercedes has trialled its new 'megaphone' exhaust at Wednesday's in-season test at Barcelona.
The exhaust is designed to make the V6 turbo engines louder after complaints from fans and race promoters about the lack of noise from the cars this year. The 'meagphone' exhaust is designed to amplify the exhaust note, but Mercedes stressed it is a "prototype part to test a concept, not the finished article". The team tested it early on Wednesday morning before reverting to its standard specification.
Reports from trackside suggested there was no obvious increase in volume, meaning the teams may have to go back to the drawing board if the perceived lack of noise is to be addressed.
For any change to stick it will need the unanimous agreement of all the teams and will be introduced across all cars. However, teams and engine manufacturers are keen that revised exhausts do not sacrifice performance just for the sake of a louder noise.
Big news in the @MercedesAMGF1 garage? Well @nico_rosberg is back behind the wheel! We're sure there was something else...#SoundTheHorn #F1— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) May 14, 2014