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"We are very pleased with the results of our long-term partnership with STMicroelectronics, which has led to their decision to adopt the Mentor implementation and verification tools for 32nm," said Joseph Sawicki, Vice President and General Manager of the Design-to-Silicon division at Mentor Graphics. "We have worked together to define the requirements and solutions for rapid design and verification of high-performance, low power 32nm ICs that ramp to volume production quickly and without surprises. The traction our implementation and verification solution is enjoying in the marketplace is a good indication that we have addressed customers' most pressing concerns."
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The Olympus-SoC implementation platform was architected from the ground up to address the key challenges of physical design at 32nm. It provides native concurrent multi-corner multi-mode optimization, DFM-aware routing, automation for all low power design methodologies, 100M+ gate capacity, full multithreading, and the industry's only parallel timing engine to deliver efficient scaling on multicore, multiprocessor computing platforms.
The Calibre nm platform, with the Calibre nmDRC and Calibre LVS tools, has become the golden standard for verification of advanced ICs. Mentor's comprehensive DFM solution is tightly integrated with the Calibre platform and supports the highest performance designs at 32nm with better control of manufacturing variability for cell libraries as well as full-chip layouts. The Calibre DFM solution includes the Calibre LFD™ product, which provides accurate modeling of lithographic process and etch characteristics, and is the standard sign-off flow for litho hotspot and variability analysis for IP and full-chip applications. It is fully integrated with the Calibre nmDRC, Calibre LVS (Layout vs. Schematic) and Calibre xRC™ products, allowing critical device and interconnect characteristics to be extracted based on accurately modeled, "as-built" contour geometries. The resulting physical data can be plugged into Mentor's Eldo high-performance SPICE simulator, the first tool available for the STMicroelectronics 32nm cell library characterization flow, to produce an accurate timing simulation of how physical blocks will actually perform.
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When I ask other people what I should learn they always mention some RAD language like VB.
I know you can do alot more with C++ then write DOS programs but It seems like everyone is moving to RAD tools and support for DOS is next to none.
Most of the RAD Tools themselves are created in VC++. Please let mek now your comments or thoughts.


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An underground system of online chat rooms exists for people to get rid of kids they have adopted, a joint investigation by NBC News and Reuters has found.
On average, a child was advertised for what's euphemistically being called "re-homing" once a week on one Internet message board Reuters watched for a five-year period.
Most of the kids were between 6 and 14 years old and had been adopted from abroad. The youngest was 10 months old.
These children are not protected by any law enforcement, the investigation found. There are no government agencies monitoring these bulletin boards.
"The thing that I find particularly appalling is, it seems we're dealing with a situation where the child is doubly vulnerable," Lisa Frydman, associate director and managing attorney at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, UC Hastings College of the Law, told TechNewsWorld.
"They're both an adopted child and a foreign child brought to the U.S. -- they have that many less ties and protections in the U.S.," Frydman explained.
It is difficult to clamp down on this type of activity because "there is not a clear Internet-related crime classification to control this type of behavior," Frydman said. "There need to be more, clearer federal laws."
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Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector
Plume, 1993 - 405 pagine
"Reinventing government" details the most revolutionary idea of our time-an idea whose time has come. Its authors give proof positive that government does not have to be a gigantic and inefficient bureaucracy. Instead, it can govern in the true sense of the word, by tapping the tremendous power of the entrepreneurial process and the force of the free market. In case after case, the authors show how this approach already has proven its worth all over the country-in schools, in slums, in sanitation, in a host of other areas where enterprising and innovative public officials have delivered a far bigger public service bang for every budgeted buck. To cut taxes and improve services at the same time may seem too good to be true. Yet now we have in our hands a way to make it come true-if we and politicians of all parties and persuasions read it and use it.
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Kosher Sushi?
I attend a lot of business functions where they serve sushi and caviar. I try to eat only kosher food. What is the story on this?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
The Torah (Leviticus 11:9) teaches that a kosher fish must possess both fins and scales. (Fins help the fish swim, and scales cover the body.) Even if the fish has only one scale or one fin, it is permitted. Tuna, for example, has very few scales, yet is kosher. Other popular kosher fish are bass, carp, cod, flounder, halibut, herring, mackerel, trout and salmon.
Crustaceans (e.g. lobster and crab) and other shellfish (e.g. clams) are not kosher, because they lack scales. Further, all mammals (e.g. whales and dolphins) are not kosher.
There are kosher varieties of sushi – providing the sushi itself has proper rabbinic supervision. This is necessary because mislabeling is a major issue in the fish business, and you would need to see the whole fish with scales to rely on it.
There are other potential kashrut problems as well: "Unsupervised" seaweed may contain sea creatures and bugs. The sauces, oils and even rice could have any number of issues. The fish and vegetables must be prepared with only kosher utensils (e.g. knife, cutting board, etc.). Especially in today's world of highly processed foods, unsupervised sushi should not be relied upon.
As for caviar, the term typically refers to sturgeon roe, which is not kosher. If you are looking for alternatives to sturgeon roe to serve at a fancy dinner, there are kosher-supervised varieties available.
Even if you feel you are not yet ready to commit to kashrut fully, it is still meritorious to minimize the likelihood, frequency and severity of transgression.
So I should point out that if you consciously avoid the varieties that are certainly forbidden – such as sturgeon caviar, eel and shellfish – and limit yourself to things like tuna and salmon, you are avoiding certain multiple prohibitions, but may still be incurring others.
This is acceptable as a short-term solution, because Judaism is not all-or-nothing. Rather it is a process, a journey, where every step counts.


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PvP Mounts - Twilight Drake PvP Mounts
Gladiators get a brand new mount next season! As far as datamining goes the color of the new Vicious Gladiator's Twilight Drake seems to be that one.
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PvP Mounts - Epic Wolf and Horse PvP Mounts
Two new awesome PvP mounts have been added, the Horde War Wolf and the Alliance War Steed are rewards of the Veteran of the Horde II and Veteran of the Alliance II achievements. There's also a couple of recolors but as far as I know only the first 2 pictures below are used.
PvE Mounts - Fire Hawks
3 different Fire Hawks are currently in the game files but only 2 seem to be implemented/have a known drop location.
- Corrupted Fire Hawk (Purple) is used by Corrupted Egg of Millagazor, a reward of Glory of the Firelands Raider
- Pureblood Fire Hawk (Orange) is used by Smoldering Egg of Millagazor, a rare drop from Ragnaros in the Firelands Raid. (Doesn't seem to be heroic-only so far)
- Green Fire Hawk (Green) is used by Green Fire Hawk Mount but doesn't seem to be implemented.
PvE Mount - Fire "Raven God" / Flametalon of Alysrazor
The Fire "Raven God" model is the Flametalon mount from Flametalon of Alysrazor. The mount isn't listed as a loot from Alysrazor in the Encounter Journal for the moment but it's very likely that it will drop from this boss, let's just wait and see if there's an official confirmation in an upcoming PTR build.
PvE Mount - Flameward Hippogryph
The Flameward Hippogryph is a reward of the The Molten Front Offensive, you can get this achievement by completing all the questlines of the new Firelands daily quests area.


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Been thinking about the revenue streams that good people (like LXF) try to gain from advertisements on their websites, and why I continue to use Firefox's ad-blocking toys with such glee.
It comes down to intrusion in my personal mindspace. The ads I hate are the popups and the animations. The irritation of clearing popups is obvious enough. The irritation of distracting motion in the corner of one's eye is obvious enough too, when one stops to think about it. In my case, such animated adverts can help to trigger a migraine attack. Not nice.
Other web sites place ads in the middle of the page, with the content flowing round. I block those, too.
I'd like to suggest that the online advertising community get together to agree ethical and practical standards for the way they present their material.
Sadly, ethical advertising methods are something of an oxymoron at the moment. Hard sales techniques work, there seems no point in doing something different that won't. But think for a moment about where and when to do the hard closing. A good saleman doesn't wave promotional leaftets right in your face the moment you walk in the shop. That would make you pass right on by. No, the introductory manner is unobtrusive and relaxed. Only when you show an interest does the hard sell begin.
The same should be appied to web sites. It's common sense. A scattering of static, clickable adverts - great. Text links for those who have blocked images from other websites - great, too. Flashy, irritating nonsense leaves us passing right on by: save it for after we've followed the link.
Appropriateness of the material to the subject of the site is important, too. I have before likened Microsoft adverts on this website to General Motors advertisements in a Ford showroom - absurd, and to loyal customers surprisingly offensive.
These things could be got away with in the bad old days of anything goes. But that was then and this is now. Firefox has changed the rules of the game. Microsoft have had to add pop-up blocking to IE, with more me-too features due this Summer. The customer is king again and pop-ups are dead. Learning how to tactfully dissuade the likes of me from reflex ad-blocking is somthing which the online advertising community needs to embrace as a matter of urgency.
Hence my idea for ethical standards. If I saw a logo and banner proclaiming "Ethical Advertising Standard 1.0 compliant", I'd be more likely to go "Oh, yeah, now where's that Enable button?".
<fantasy>Down the line, a register of compliant sites could be hooked into the web browser, to automatically enable advertisements on compliant web sites.</silly_daydreamer>
IMHO the LXF website would be a great place to start. After all, what have you got to lose? (Oooh!)


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Fiery bits of Euro satellite to rain down on Earth this weekend
No one knows where...
Europe's GOCE satellite is due to come tumbling out of the sky to crash-land on Earth sometime next week – and nobody quite knows where it will land.
The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has stayed in its low Earth orbit for an extra two-and-a-half years on its planned mission, but came to the end of its life earlier this month.
The UK and European Space Agencies said the mission came to a natural end when the satellite ran out of fuel and it would re-enter the atmosphere around 3 November. Most of the craft will burn up, but the agencies are expecting some smaller parts to reach the surface.
"When and where these parts might land cannot yet be predicted, but the affected area will be narrowed down closer to the time of re-entry," the UKSA said earlier this month.
In an update yesterday, the ESA's Space Debris Office said that the GOCE was now at an altitude of 205km, having lost around 19km in height since it ran out of fuel on 21 October. The agency said that no major problems had been encountered so far, but atmospheric drag had increased a lot because of solar activity.
"Interesting days may lie ahead, as several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are expected to reach our planet, which may spark storms in Earth's geomagnetic field and hence lead to a large increase in the atmospheric drag at GOCE's altitude," GOCE operations manager Christoph Steiger said in a blog post.
Higher atmospheric drag slows down the orbit of low-flying satellites and thus causes earlier re-entry into the atmosphere.
During its mission, the GOCE satellite mapped variations in Earth's gravity with extreme detail, helping boffins to come up with a hi-res map of the boundary between the planet's crust and its mantle. The spacecraft also provided dynamic topography and circulation patterns of the oceans with unprecedented quality and resolution, among other results. ®
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old woman. For the past three years, I have been experiencing pain in the very center of my right buttock. It comes on after three to four minutes of walking. I have tried walking through it --stopping, then starting walking again. It hurts so very much that I cannot continue walking, and I have a high pain threshold. My cardiologist thought it might be a blocked blood vessel, but it was not. The pain stays in that one spot and does not radiate to other locations. I love to walk and would like to get back to it. --N.N.
ANSWER: Back pain that comes on while walking should raise, as it did to your cardiologist, the suspicion of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The symptom is called claudication, and is caused by blocked blood vessels in or to your leg. The hallmark is leg pain while walking, which gets better after a few minutes of rest.
This condition often is not diagnosed. It causes not only symptoms of pain on walking, but it also is associated with a high risk for heart disease. I am glad you were checked out for it, even though classically the pain is more common in the back of one or both calves.
The other condition I immediately think of can look so much like claudication that it is sometimes called pseudoclaudication. That is spinal stenosis, pressure on the spinal column caused by misalignment or arthritis in the vertebrae.
The symptoms of spinal stenosis are a bit different. People with PAD usually just stand and rest, allowing the muscles to get more oxygen from the blood while they aren't using it up. In spinal stenosis, people will sit down or even lie down to take pressure off the spinal column. Another clue is that people with spinal stenosis often can walk indefinitely while pushing a stroller or shopping cart, because being bent over slightly reduces the bony pressure on the spine. You can tell someone with spinal stenosis because it looks like they are walking into a stiff wind. A CT scan or MRI makes the diagnosis of spinal stenosis, and if the symptoms are severe enough, it is appropriate to consider surgery.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I wonder why, when people write to you with concerns about taking statins, you never suggest that they try niacin. I quit taking statins a couple of years ago after a friend had a major heart attack and was prescribed niacin by his cardiologist. My cholesterol is just fine, and I have no concerns about muscle damage. --C.D.
ANSWER: I've written about niacin a few times. In addition to causing flushing -- a sensation of warmth or redness in the face and neck --it has possible side effects of liver damage, increased blood pressure and higher blood sugar. However, what really concerns me is that the past few studies have shown that although niacin improves cholesterol, it doesn't seem to protect against heart disease well or at all. There still isn't consensus about this, and the data remain conflicting. I think niacin is a second-line treatment, to be used only if someone really can't take statins at all.
DEAR DR. ROACH: For several years, my husband has been drinking at least four cans, if not more, of Diet Pepsi a day. He is 68 years old. What are the long-term effects? What is this doing to his well-being now? --B.A.
ANSWER: On the good side, four cans of Diet Pepsi have only about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, and there's no sugar. On the downside, the sweeteners occasionally cause some stomach trouble. The acid in the soda may hurt teeth. And, people who drink diet soda still are more likely to gain weight.
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SMF Support > Server Performance and Configuration
IMPORTANT: Large sessions table on Debian/Ubuntu Linux hosted forum?
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--- Quote from: Daniel15 on December 16, 2007, 08:00:14 PM ---Hi everyone,
If you're using Debian Linux to host a SMF forum and are using database-driven sessions, I'd suggest to apply the below change immediately.
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my hosts uses Debian Linux ver-4.0
regarding this data base driven - how to know whether i am using this feature or not..
i am new to smf.. but i am interested to learn
could u pls help me..
Are you on shared hosting or have your own VPS or Dedi?
--- Quote ---I suppose this will do the same trick for SMF2.0b1?
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It should... I've been clearing mine manually, haven't had time to implement this yet. :P
--- Quote ---A Cronjob could be set up to empty it couldnt it?
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That should also work :)
Although, I think using the in-built garbage collection is better. Basically, it runs the sessionGC() function in Load.php to delete old sessions:
--- Code: ---function sessionGC($max_lifetime)
global $db_prefix, $modSettings;
// Just set to the default or lower? Ignore it for a higher value. (hopefully)
if (!empty($modSettings['databaseSession_lifetime']) && ($max_lifetime <= 1440 || $modSettings['databaseSession_lifetime'] > $max_lifetime))
$max_lifetime = max($modSettings['databaseSession_lifetime'], 60);
// Clean up ;).
return db_query("
DELETE FROM {$db_prefix}sessions
WHERE last_update < " . (time() - $max_lifetime), __FILE__, __LINE__);
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--- Quote ---regarding this data base driven - how to know whether i am using this feature or not..
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Admin panel → Server Settings → Feature Configuration → Use database driven sessions. If that's ticked, it's using database-driven sessions.
Whoa, exactly my issue!!
I'm on Ubuntu 6.06 and began researching because my sessions table reached 250Mb..
Thank you Daniel.
PS: lucky for me I was patient enough. Was searching for the 'sessions table' using the forum's search function, and this post was the LAST one. Why aren't sticky posts displayed first in the search result ?
Thanks for the info, I've got a fairly large Debian hosted forum which currently has a 2.8 GB sessions table, even after having truncated it about a year ago. :P
Looks like I'll be truncating the table again for sure and everybody will have to log back in, oh well. At least after this change the sessions table should remain a manageable size.
Again, many thanks.
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As the investigation continues into a stabbing at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Farmington, Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero assures residents and patrons that they are not in imminent danger.
FARMINGTON — As the investigation continues into a stabbing at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in Farmington, Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero assures residents and patrons that they are not in imminent danger.
"The investigation is ongoing," Povero said Saturday night of the stabbing, which occurred between 10 and 11 a.m. Friday, July 4. "We're still trying to locate a suspect from yesterday. We have not at this point, but that continues."
The victim of the attack, a horse groomer at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack, remains in stable condition at Strong Memorial Hospital as he recovers from wounds, Povero said. His identity is not being released, as police are still trying to identify some of the individuals who may have been witnesses, he said.
This is the second attack on a horse groomer this past week. Luiz Garcia Cruz, 23, of 419 Terri Drive, in Hunt's Mobile Home Park in Farmington, sustained multiple gunshot wounds in front of his home at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2. Cruz remains in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital, as of press time.
Povero said it is believed Cruz knew the assailant, and the shooting may have occurred as a result of an altercation between the victim and the shooter.
"It is unfortunate," said Povero, "but we really want to remind people who frequent the racino and the racetrack and reside at Hunt's Mobile Home Park that the targets were specifically identified, and residents and persons attending should not feel any threat or ill at ease."
FLGR Senior Director of Marketing Steve Martin released the following statement Friday: "The assault that occurred this morning took place within a secured area of the property that is not accessible to the public and is far removed from the racetrack and gaming floor patron areas. This appears to be a domestic incident between two individuals who assist trainers in caring for horses and are not directly employed by our company. Our thoughts are with the victim and his family at this time and we will continue to actively support the Ontario County Sheriffs Department and New York State Police in their investigation of the incident. Our focus will always be on providing a safe and comfortable entertainment experience for our guests."


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It is not very often that Oklahoma hosts a North American premiere of a classic, European opera. Oklahoma Christian University will do just that on April 17 when the music department offers free admission to its performance of the comedy "Ten Brides and No Groom."
The U.S. premiere of this new, authoritative edition will be conducted by Ken Adams, professor of music at Oklahoma Christian, and directed by Vince Leseney, associate professor of musical theatre at the University of Oklahoma. The performance is fully-staged and costumed with a professional orchestra.
"We are incredibly honored to bring this comic opera to music lovers here in Oklahoma," said Adams. "It's a very funny and entertaining work. The cast has really enjoyed preparing for this production, and we're confident the audience will have a lot of fun too."
Written by Austrian composer Franz von Suppé in 1862, the opera involves a desperate father who can't find suitable husbands for his 10 grown daughters. The opera takes an interesting turn when a single man arrives looking for a wife. Musical numbers include solos and duets in the musical styles of several European countries, military marching and a grand finale featuring 11 xylophonists.
John Longstaff, a professor of music at Leeds College of Music in England, prepared the orchestral and vocal performance materials for this new edition of "Ten Brides." His search for von Suppé's original orchestration began in 2009 and took him to the Cambridge University Library, the Library of Congress and ultimately to Bavaria where he discovered the manuscript in the archives of the Landesbibliothek in Coburg. From that source, Longstaff assembled new scores and parts for a modern performance. He also orchestrated two numbers by von Suppé that existed only in a vocal score published in the 1930s.
"We have worked so hard for this performance," said student Morgan Edwards, a cast member. "We can't wait for opening night when others can enjoy it as well."
Additional cast members include Melissa Eastman, Emily Eldridge, Hannah Faye Foster, Leah Graefe, Kaylee Kain, Sarah Locke, Hayley Neff, Connor Weaver, Lauren Wheeler, Lavon Wheeler, Brian Wilcox and alumnus James Parker.
"Ten Brides" will be performed in Hardeman Auditorium on the campus of Oklahoma Christian at 7:30 p.m. on April 17. Admission is free and seating is open. For more information call (405) 425-5530.


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*Does osstest work?
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*Are the outputs muted in the mixer?
*Is the default
*Is the default (the one linked to /dev/dsp) the one connected ? If not, see [[Tips_And_Tricks#| here]] how to change that.
*HDAudio: Are the jacks detected by OSS as output, actually the jacks connected to the speaker?
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This page provide general troubleshooting tips. If these cannot help to solve a problem with OSS, you may wish to consult the 4front support forum.
- Always read your driver's manpage. You can get the name of driver from 'ossinfo'.
- Always test with osstest.
- When consulting the forum, attach the output of 'ossinfo -v3' and 'ossmix'.
How do I...
- Change mixer settings - ossmix (command line), ossxmix (GUI)
- Start and shut down OSS - soundon, soundoff (both require root)
- Save and restore mixer settings - savemixer (saving requires write permissions for mixer.save)
- Build OSS from source
- Other Tips And Tricks
I can't hear any sound!
- Did OSS load at all?
- Does osstest work?
- Are the outputs muted in the mixer?
- Is the default output (the one linked to /dev/dsp) the one connected / outputting sound in osstest? If not, see here how to change that.
- HDAudio: Are the jacks detected by OSS as output, actually the jacks connected to the speaker?
- Is this an hardware issue?
- Are the speakers muted?
- Is the soundcard connected correctly to the speakers?
- Do other drivers available for your OS (e.g. ALSA for Linux, FreeBSD native) work?
I hear noises!
- Many soundcards' hardware requires output mixers be set to less than maximum (60% at times).
- Set vmix0-src to an higher setting.
- Is the cable from the soundcard to the speakers connected correctly? Could it be too long?
- Build and use OSS using the source from public hg repository.
I can't get multiple sound clients to play on the same device!
- multiple clients to same device aren't supported on FreeBSD version. Either set programs to use separate devices, or use sound server like aRts, esd, etc.
- Is vmix loaded?
- If yes, Is vmix attached to the default output device? (Check if 'ossinfo -v3' shows more than one engine for the default output device).
- (Doesn't apply to build 1016:) If vmix is not attached, make sure vmix1_masterdev in vmix.conf is set to the output device's device index (this can be determined via 'ossinfo -a').


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hdd partition for dual boot
I am about to attempt my first install of linux.
I have read differing opinions on the best partition software, but (possibly out of ignorance) I seem to find a greater concensus that gparted will be the least likely to lunch my existing XP installation.
I will, of course, backup before I begin.
I have an 80g drive...the new XP installation lives on 50g formatted ntfs (of course) leaving me about 25g for my install. I would like to reclaim at least 10g as I have revised my original estimate of what I would need for linux. I think this reclamation is what is considered a little risky.
Sound right? Any advice before i begin????
Assuming this is successful (it will be...even if I have to reinstall XP on a smaller partition); the next step is the following partition plan for the 35g...
sda1 - / (root) - 5g - ext3
sda2 - /var - 5g - ReiserFS
sda3 - /home - 20g - ext3
sda4 - /extended partition
sda5 - swap - 5g - ext3 (logical)
Sound right? Anyone?
I want to be sure I'm not shooting myself in the foot before I begin.
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Holy moly, four straight?
The win means that Calgary is 5 points ahead of 29th-place Edmonton, and 9 points ahead of last-place Buffalo. We really could be losing better.
After dropping a franchise record seven straight on Scotiabank Saddledome ice, the Flames have rebounded to win four consecutive games to start a five-game home stand after dispatching of the struggling San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Thursday.
Karri Ramo made 27 saves for the victory, San Jose's third straight defeat. The Sharks, who had been shut out in their previous two outings, did manage to end a 160:36 scoreless drought early in the third period courtesy Eriah Hayes' first career goal, Ramo's only blemish on the night.
It didn't take long for the Flames to work towards their season-high four game-winning streak.
Mikael Backlund danced around Matt Irwin before firing a shot on Alex Stalock, who kicked a rebound right onto the stick of Lee Stempniak. Stempniak made no mistake in converting his eighth of the year near the midway mark of the first to put Calgary up 1-0.
That lead was extended to 2-0 thanks to Mark Giordano 3:38 into the second.
Hayes pulled the Sharks back to within one with his first, but Sean Monahan batted his team-leading 15th of the year out of the air and behind Stalock at the 13-minute mark to restore Calgary's two-goal lead.
Jiri Hudler erased any doubt of the win with his empty netter in the late stages of the game to help the Flames continue their streak.
The Flames, who are enjoying their longest winning streak since reeling off five victories in a row in March 2012, are 4-0-0 with one game to go on a five-game homestand.


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L'Osservatore Romano
Now that they have bid farewell to Pope Benedict XVI, the cardinals begin the work of choosing his replacement. It begins in earnest Monday with official meetings and off-the-record dinners where alliances are forged and names are considered, experts say.
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Let the papal politicking begin. The College of Cardinals will meet Monday for the first time since the pope's resignation.
Officially, the princes of the church will gather every day to deal with important ecclesiastical business -- setting a start date for the conclave, receiving reports on the state of church affairs around the world.
But Vaticanologists say the most significant discussions will unfold at private apartments, in restaurant back rooms, around the coffee urn, as cardinals meet in small groups to suss out who among them will be the front-runners to become the next pope when they are locked up for voting some time before March 20.
"All the real business takes place at night over anisette and grappa," said Christopher Bellitto, associate professor of history at Kean University.
Gossip will be traded and names will be Googled. Coalitions will start to form, and lists of first and second choices will start to take form.
L'Osservatore Romano
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, shown here with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, will preside over the general congregations that start Monday and give papal candidates a forum to shine.
"This is the chance, especially for the cardinals out of Rome who don't travel a lot, to get to know the other cardinals better," said the Rev. Thomas Reese, Vatican analyst for the National Catholic Reporter.
Once or twice a day, the cardinals will converge on the Vatican for what are called general congregations, formal meetings that could touch on a wide range of worldly and spiritual issues -- from reforming the Roman bureaucracy to the church's "new evangelization" ethos.
A cardinal can boost or doom his chances during these confabs, which are presided over by the non-voting dean of the college, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, experts say.
Make a dismissive comment about the sexual abuse crisis and a potential candidate could lose the support of the Americans or Irish. One who stumbles on the subject of Islam could be written off by the African cardinals. But a lower-profile cardinal who impresses the group with his eloquence or energy could suddenly have dark-horse status.
After the congregations, the caucusing continues in informal, intimate settings.
"You're not going to do this in McDonald's," Reese said. "This is where the Roman cardinals have the home-court advantage because they have apartments, they probably have a cook, they know a restaurant with a private room where they can have three or four people for dinner."
James Weiss, a theology professor at Boston College, said it's an intricate dance, and this time there will be an overlay of intrigue because of the Vatican document leak scandal that exposed infighting and back-stabbing in the church hierarchy.
An internal report that may address accusations of financial skulduggery, sexual activity and even blackmail is being kept secret until the new pope is chosen.
"What's going to complicate this is they don't know who they can trust any more," Weiss said. "They know something bad was happening at the highest levels of the Vatican, but they don't know who. The level of distrust has not been this great since 1730."
Still, if recent history is any indication, by the time the 115 cardinal-electors actually go into the conclave -- not to emerge until the puff of white smoke is seen -- there will be a handful of front-runners.
It's possible none of those names are the one that will be announced outside St. Peter's. Two early leaders can cancel each other out, forcing their supporters to look for a compromise candidate who can get the two-thirds vote needed to score a pair of red shoes, Weiss said.
He said that unconfirmed reports out of the 1978 conclave -- all the ballots are technically secret, but there's always the possibility of post-election leaks -- had nearly 50 old-guard cardinals coalescing around a conservative.
When they realized their man would never reach the threshold, everyone started moving toward a more electable moderate, and Poland's Karol Wojty?a, championed by an Austrian cardinal, suddenly jumped from 18 to 30-plus votes. He became the new focus of the conclave and, eventually, Pope John Paul II.
While there is alliance-forging during the actual conclave, the opportunities are more limited, experts said.
There are two ballots every morning and night, and the process is tedious and time-consuming, with each cardinal taking an oath before casting a vote and the totals being tallied three times. It all happens in the Sistine Chapel, where silence is mandatory. There is no Internet access, so checking Google to see if a certain cardinal really said a certain something a few years back is impossible.
Jerry Lampen / Reuters file
There is a lot of politicking to be done before white smoke rises from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, as shown here in 2005.
Vatican watchers say the quicker the conclave happens, the less chance outsider cardinals will have time to research and talk up their colleagues. That likely benefits the cardinals of the Roman Curia who have the most to lose from major upheaval.
Modern conclaves have not lasted more than a few days -- not surprising, since the whole point of them is to make a quick decision.
They were created by Pope Gregory X after a papal election that dragged on for nearly three years, from 1268 to 1271, infuriating the people of the medieval town of Viterbo, where pontiffs lived at the time.
"The people of Viterbo had finally had it and locked the cardinals in a big hall until they elected someone. They still wouldn't elect, so the good people of Viterbo ripped the roof off the hall. They still wouldn't elect, so then they started to give them only bread and water," Bellitto said.
The townspeople finally threatened to start throwing garbage down on the cardinals if they didn't settle their differences, and "lo and behold, they elected Pope Gregory," he said.
Gregory decided that all future elections would be done by conclave with the cardinals cut off from the world until they picked a new leader.
For this election, a repeat of Viterbo isn't in the cards, but some speculate it could be the longest conclave of the last 100 years.
"While there are many possible candidates, there is no front-runner or front-runners, as there was in 2005," said NBC News Vatican expert George Weigel. "There's also a sense that this is a critical moment in the church's history, the cardinals aren't all that familiar with each other, and thus there's a concern to take the time required to get the decision right."
He guessed that if it isn't over in two days, it could take as long as two weeks, but Weiss thinks the cardinals are under pressure to get it done in three days or less for public relations reasons.
"One thing they're all concerned about is maintaining face," he said. "And once it goes beyond three days, the world knows the divisions are running pretty deep."
Ettore Ferrari / EPA
The pope delivers his final audience in St. Peter's Square as he prepares to stand down.
Cheers and tears as Benedict flies to temporary home in hilltop town
Inside Castel Gandolfo, Benedict's spectacular temporary retirement home
How the pope's retirement package compares to yours
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|2008-03-07, 00:46
|Link #1
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 31
ONE ~To the Radiant Season~
Seeing as i have been occupying myself with Visual Novels more than usually as of late, i decided to go ahead and check out ONE, the supposed "predecessor" of Key games figuratively speaking. I have finished one path thus far, and while the game isn't as refined as the newer visual novels and has some rather abrupt scene changes and transitions and other things i could nit pick on, it was fairly decent ... if not for one thing.
That thing being - Kouhei irritated me to the very core and by the end i wanted to see nothing short of someone (seriously, i would not have minded a random stranger) come along and thrown an "accidental" punch at his face. As you may have guessed, the path if finished is Nagamori. And after undergoing the joy of having to treat her rather horribly (not like he even normally is nice to her), i am sure of one thing: He did not deserve her ...what he did deserve was a kick across his teeth. It is extremely rare of me to feel this irritated after playing/watching something, but Kouhei managed to get on my nerves at commendable rate with his egoistic, imposing and bratty attitude to being downright mean and a complete prick at times.
And i am facing a dilemma now: should i continue the game ? I am rather interested in several of the girls and see what their path has to offer (especially Misaki), but i am not sure if i want to tolerate seeing more of the asshole that is Kouhei in action. I still have no idea what Nagaromi sees in him ... he never does anything nice for her. Never! ... and he was mistreating her when they were kids as well, and in the absence of any other information i have to wonder why does she harbor any positive feelings for him. He doesn't even have the usual male lead "kindness" going for him. Ye, sure ...they tried showing that he has "improved" by the very end of her route ...though at that point it was far to late for me to care and wish for anything but to see someone deliver a punch to that thick skull of his.
What i want to ask is: does he display at least a reasonable amount of courtesy when we get deeper in some other girl's route ? (though courtesy as a whole doesn't seem to be in his dictionary). From what i have seen of his brief interactions with other girls while playing Nagaromi's route i suppose that he can be reasonably "nice" if he wants to , but if i have to sit through another one of them being treated dirt poor like Nagamori then i rather not; I play the game for fun, and my idea of fun is not ending up completely irritated and annoyed.
Thank you to whomever answers
|2008-03-07, 05:42
|Link #3
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
|2008-03-08, 23:45
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= Porsche 997 Twin Turbo
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: NZ
I don't have much memories of the other routes in the game.
|2008-03-09, 04:13
|Link #5
Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 31
Well, i completed Misaki's and Akane's routes and indeed - we see the worst of Kouhei in Nagamori's route. He is fairly reasonable in these two. It is kinda interesting to see how the characters have a good deal of resemblance to those found in Kanon
Misaki (absolutely charming by the way ^^ grew on me quickly ever since she was introduced) seems like Nayuki with Shiori's quirkiness, Akane reminds me of Mai with her silent and somewhat stoic demeanor, Nanase reminds me somewhat of Makoto and Mio is a mute version of Ayu ^^
I find the characters rather likable and interesting, but the weakness of the title lies in its drama, which is already becoming somewhat monotone. It is the same issue in all of the paths, so only variation comes from the slightly different reactions from the different girls.
Not only that, i feel the mystery is rather forcibly connected to the plot as a quickfix for some drama and comes about in a rather abrupt way.
Now, it might be possible something more gets explained if i complete more of the routes, but i doubt it seeing even Nagamori's route didn't really explain much.
Oh well - other than that the game is fairly nice and the voice actors are doing a good job of bringing forth the personalities of the characters they want to portray. The story may not be as refined as the newer titles, but it is a fairly good ride non the less.
|2008-03-09, 05:21
|Link #6
Join Date: Mar 2008
The routes that best explain the Eternal World are probably Akane's and Hikami Shun's, but it's mostly an interpretation thing. Like pretty much all Key games (I consider ONE and MOON. both Key games, even if they weren't actually made by Key =p) it's a somewhat 'magic realist' setting. Spoilers follow:
For reference, I favour the routes in the following order:
Misaki > Akane > Nagamori > Nanase (Nanase's H scene was the best in the game, though =p) > Mio > Shiina. Not including Hikami's route in that, because I don't think it really counts. =p
|2008-03-09, 05:46
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Lost in my dreams...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 31
Spoiler for Akane:
Spoiler for eternal world:
|2008-03-27, 05:21
|Link #8
Join Date: Jul 2006
Naoki Hisaya is in charge of:
Akane, Mio and Misaki's routes in ONE
Ayu, Nayuki and Shiori's routes in KANON
Then he went off doing doujins and did Moon Childe and SOLA later.
Jun Maeda is in charge of:
Nagamori, Nanase and Mayu's routes in ONE
Mai, Sayuri and Makoto's routes in KANON
Then he did the Misuzu's dream and air route in AIR, Nagisa/Tomoyo/Fuko's (and some others) routes in CLANNAD, then finally rin's route in little buster.
So you can see it's that Jun Maeda who picked on the girls the most.
Naoki Hisaya on the other hand is a romantic type of guy.
Oh yeah, kj1980 or Asceai, you guys played MOON right? What's it like? I heard it's kinda bloody
|2008-03-28, 00:05
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Join Date: Mar 2008
MOON. is great. Not to everyone's taste at all, but I do like the whole exploring-one's-psyche themes.
It's not as good as ONE, but then again, not much is =p
|2008-03-29, 11:37
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Lemme give you a bit of an idea. This is a screenshot of one of many locations in MOON.:
You're the red dot, and you have to pick options to move around the map, as well as search for stuff. There's only one map in which you literally have to search every single tile for something, but it's fairly small. That's not the issue here. The issue is that just moving around is painful. The mouse position actually resets after every option you pick, meaning that you have to reposition the mouse each time, even if you're moving several steps in the same direction. It gets tiring because you need to move back and forth between locations as the time of day changes and certain events happen or become unlocked. You are (to an extent) guided through the game, but it's still tiring.
Now, that itself would be semi-okay if they didn't go and abuse it near the end of the game.
This level. You follow an exit down from the upper floor to get to that floor, which has an exit going up (the one you came through) and an exit going down. Go down, and you'll see a level quite similar, but rotated around. Go down further and you'll get different rotations until you're on a floor that looks the same as the one you went down before. And there are 20 levels of this torture. The thing that threatened my resolve to play the game more than anything else. Why does it even EXIST? It's the combination of that inane spiral-staircase-like climbing exercise and the game's painful system of navigating your way around that make this murderous.
MOON. has flaws. Very, very big ones. They can't NOT hurt its standing in my book.
Plus all the rape. I'm not too big on rape.
MOON. is still great, but yeah, there's a lot of better games, and MOON. itself would have been better without some of those things I found distasteful.
..you're very close, and might have been right before (apart from Maeda, whom I think is potentially a better scenario writer than るーすぼーい. Scenario writing isn't everything in a game, though). But I've found a new love. He wrote a sunflower story too. ^_^
Himawari is something you tend to pick up on more and more with multiple replays, even re-exploring the same routes. It's quite long, but I don't mind personally =p There's also stuff written on blank-note's website that helps to elucidate confusing aspects of the complex and extremely multifaceted plot. I do want to talk about Himawari, but I think that can be saved for another time.
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|2008-06-19, 23:27
|Link #12
Rewrite of the Life
Finally getting to play through this game. Finally got a copy after all these years XD. Back then I had no idea ONE was related to Kanon. I'll give my full impression once I complete the routes.
I noticed the Hamburger Bus in ep 23 of Kanon XD I thought so before but I wasn't sure...but it is definatly it ^-^ I wonder if Kyo ani will consider a ONE remake since the OVA's did a huge mess. With the references it seems it could happen.
|2011-11-14, 04:09
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Look up. I am hanging from your celing
Spoiler for quote:
Well Moon is more of a straight up ero game, with girls suffering for no reason other than showcase a fetish (rape, scat, etc)...it had a disjointed ending also which didn't make a lot of sense. It felt like it was starting to develop some interesting elements, and then it just suddenly ended...I often have wondered who was in charge of the last section of the game, particularly who came up with the Akira-style break the wall idea.
@Asceai yeah you're spot on about that maze. That alone almost completely ruined the game for me, and I can't stand to replay the final phase of the game....well I did it a few times, but only because I had to!
@OP Nagamori's route was the worst of all. I'm tempted to pretend what he did was non-canon written on a bad day, since it doesn't even fit with his personality in any of the other routes. Yeah he acts a jerk sometimes, but he's more a teaser/prankster than a malicious abuser, and he seems to actually care about the girls.
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Rita Meinerding, 88
Rita E. Meinerding, 88, 815 Heather Drive, St. Marys, died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2011, at her residence.
She was born April 27, 1923, in Fort Recovery, to Veronica and Henry Sudhoff.
On Nov. 24, 1945, she married Wesnensalus C. Meinerding, who died Jan. 22, 1986.
Survivors are a son, David (Jane) Meinerding of St.. Marys, four daughters, Elaine (Sam) Yancey, JoAnn (Richard) Meckstroth, Mary Jane (Steven) Mackenbach and Doris Meinerding, all of St. Marys.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday ay Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Marys, with the Rev. Anthony E. Cutcher officiating. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery inn St. Marys.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home in St. Maaryss.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Rev. Jerry Schetter ordination fund or Grand Lake Hospice.
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BPI Admits It Screwed Up Over Napster... But Why Should We Trust It Now?
from the leaves-that-part-out dept
Except... that's not true at all. As a recent Harvard study showed, the amount of money going into the "music ecosystem" has grown -- tremendously. The only thing that's dropping is the sale of plastic discs.
In the meantime, considering BPI and others were so incredibly wrong 10 years ago, and they're only willing to admit it now, why is it that they think everyone should trust them now -- and that those of us who were actually right 10 years ago should still be brushed off as wackos who just want stuff for free? Perhaps it's time to start actually listening to those who have been pointing out new ways to embrace what consumers want to do with music in order to make more money. Otherwise, we'll be seeing the same thing in another 10 years, about how BPI's Geoff Taylor (or whoever replaces him) made a mistake trying to shut down The Pirate Bay.


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Flo Dufrene and her family were among thousands of people flocking Saturday to the Thibodeauxville Fall Festival that celebrates Thibodaux's culture and promotes downtown businesses.
Flo Dufrene and her family were among thousands of people flocking Saturday to the Thibodeauxville Fall Festival that celebrates Thibodaux's culture and promotes downtown businesses.
"I love it, I come every year. I've been coming ever since it started," the Thibodaux resident said.
The party included hundreds of craft and food vendors. For the kids, there were games, bounce houses, face painting and a petting zoo.
Officials estimate more than 15,000 people attended last year's festival and hoped for 20,000 this year.
Named after the city's original name, the festival began shortly after 7 a.m. with a kids' fun run, toddler trek and 5K race. Rubber ducks later raced down Bayou Lafourche during the annual duck race, the festival's most popular activity.
For Dufrene, the highlight is seeing kids and families having a good time together.
"The kids enjoy it. You get to see arts. You don't have to park a ways away, and you just have fun. It's an enjoyment day," she said.
Some festival-goers even chose to dance the day away to the music of The Americanos, Gypsy Soul Dancers, Good Feelin' Band and Coobie Joe, who played on two main stages
The 21-year-old festival draws in visitors from down the road and down the bayou.
With 200 vendors, 24 food stands and three stages of music, the festival has taken off since it's inception in 1992.
"Back then we had 13 vendors, one stage of music and six food vendors," said Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce President Kathy Benoit.
The festival was originally created to convince businesses to come back to the downtown area. At the time strip malls had become popular, causing some businesses to move out of downtown.
"(Downtown) has as sense of culture and history. You can see it in the beautiful buildings. We wanted to bring the people back," Benoit said.
Benoit said the festival has succeeded with its original goal.
"We have almost every shop in Third Street and Fourth Street filled. We enjoy a wonderful daytime business, and there's a great night-time atmosphere as well with our restaurants and lounges. It's 24 hours now," she said.
Traveling vendors Hilda and Doyle Breland set their tent up at the corner of Fourth and Focus streets, selling handbags and homemade duck calls. Hilda said her 81-year-old husband has been making duck calls since he was 12.
"We're somewhere every weekend at a craft show, but Thibodeauxville is our favorite," she said.
The couple, who travel all around the state, plus Mississippi and Arkansas, said they have a loyal following in the Queen City of Lafourche Parish.
"The people, they're down to earth and they're so friendly. The people that support us here in Thibodeauxville, they've been coming since the first time I ever came here," she said.
Future cowboys could stop by a booth sponsored by the Lafourche Roping Club. Club facilitator Melony Ordoyne said the group uses the festival to appeal to the children in attendance.
"We're just trying to promote our club today by letting kids learn how to rope. We're just showing them and we're giving them free prizes," she said. "We're trying to let them know what's going on, to let them know we're there."
Coming to the festival is a no-brainer, Ordoyne said, because of how popular the party is.
"There are so many people that come to this big event. This is the top event every year. People are always looking forward to it," she said.
The Southeast Tourism Society recognized Thibodeauxville 2011 as a "Top 20″ Event." That made the festival eligible to be nominated for the Shining Example Award, which honors the No. 1 festival in the Southeastern United States, which the event won, according to the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce website.
The party kicked off Friday evening with the Big Boy's Main Street Cook-Off, where more than 30 teams grilled, fried and sauteed for judges and party-goers.
"It's just a fun time," said Rhonda Dempster, executive director of Thibodaux Main Street. "People can bring their children and have a good time. It's a family-friendly environment."
When approached by several festival-goers asking about the event, Mayor Tommy Eschete advised them to walk around and take in the atmosphere.
"Crafts and buying things are fine. But when you're walking around and observe the people you'll see what our culture is about," he said.
The laid-back atmosphere serves as a break from football season and the grind of fall festivals, Eschete said.
"A lot of local people come down and have a good time and find friendliness downtown," he said.
The party couldn't happen without the partnership between the Chamber of Commerce and the community, he said.
"It doesn't hurt to have gorgeous weather like today, either," Eschete laughed.
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ja_batte


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Got her from Ebay years ago. She was a bit of an impulse buy. As such I had forgotten about her until I got the notice to pick her up from the post office. Her face is slightly darker than her body and her arms have gotten lighter and lighter since I first had her. So the other day I decided to dress her in a Poppy Parker outfit that covers her arms. You can barely tell her flaws this way and she displays beautifully!
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Spring is in the air, literally, as a warming trend will take temperatures into the low 80s this week around the Tampa Bay area.
After a chilly morning, highs today will reach the mid-70s under sunny skies, News Channel 8 meteorologist Leigh Spann said.
Lows tonight will only drop into the low- to mid-50s.
HIghs will continue to gradually climb this week, as highs approach 80 on Tuesday, and inch past 80 starting Wednesday and heading into the weekend with lots of sunshine and virtually no chance of rain.


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Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez believes he is on the brink of unlocking Fernando Torres' goalscoring potential after seeing his former Liverpool protege blast back into form with four goals in his last two games.
Benitez was widely believed to have been hired by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to get the best out of misfiring £50 million hit-man Torres and the Spaniard feels his compatriot is responding well to his promptings once again after the duo were reunited at Stamford Bridge following their successful spell together at Anfield.
"I'm not being asked so many questions about Fernando and this means people are getting used to seeing him scoring," Benitez said ahead of his side's FIFA Club World Cup semi-final against Mexican side Monterrey in Japan on Thursday.
"Everybody has been talking for months about, 'Fernando has to score more goals', so to score four in a week he must be pleased. He's happy. When a striker is scoring, he is happy and I've noticed the difference in him.
"Fernando has been in good positions only because the team has created more chances. It is the team that is doing well. Maybe I can communicate with him a different way sometimes but the main thing, for me, is his team-mates.
"The team is doing really well. I'm not surprised because they are all training very well. You don't have anyone who is lazy. Everyone is trying to do the right things."
Meanwhile Benitez has hailed the FIFA Club World Cup as a hugely significant piece of silverware to aim for and suggested victory would represent one of the greatest moments in Chelsea's history.
"This is a massive competition and for Chelsea to win it would be a big victory for this club," he added. "I think everyone here in this club has the same idea as me, to win every trophy that you can and this one is right in front of us. It will not be easy, but we have a chance and you can feel the confidence coming back into the team now."


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Pierre Louis LeQue, age 9, of Woodbury and Lake Elmo, Minn., born in Stillwater, Minn., and formally of New Richmond, and Eau Claire, Wis., passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 11. Pierre was doing something he loved on Sept. 4, riding his bike, when the accident occurred.
Pierre became a hero by giving the gift of life by donation to many others with his passing.
He was preceded in death by great-grandfather Joseph Lenz; great-grandparents Louis and Gertrude LeQue; great-grandfather Lloyd Beaudette; grandfather Eugene Meyer; and grandmother Diane Meyer.
Pierre will be deeply missed by his dad, Brian and step-mom Darby LeQue; his mom, LuAnn Meyer; his grandparents Gerald and Karen LeQue; great-grandmother Elizabeth Beaudette; aunts and uncles, Pam Sheldon, Denny (Missy) LeQue, Mary (Keith) Smith, Randy (Denise) Meyer, Joyce (Robin) Boche, Bob Meyer, Terry Kramer, Cheryl (Ross) Sellinger, Deb (Jeff) Ludwidwoski; cousins, Stewart Sheldon, Abbigail LeQue, Devin LeQue and Colton Lenz; and many other cousins he loved. Pierre's special friends Owen and Becca as well as his dogs Buckles and Lilly.
Pierre will be remembered as a very energetic little boy who enjoyed riding bike, playing his iPad & Wii, fishing, rollerblading, swimming, singing, dancing, playing with his dogs, hanging out with dad, snuggling with mom and shopping with Darby, and he was an avid Packer fan. Pierre had attended school in Eau Claire, and just entered the 4th Grade at Red Rock Elementary in Woodbury.
Visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, at Cullen Crea Funeral Home, 307 South Arch Avenue, New Richmond, Wisconsin. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 151 South Washington Avenue, New Richmond, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. until time of service. Luncheon to follow.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to LuAnn Meyer or Brian LeQue.


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"Our partnership with Tri-Tronics serves as a model for what a sponsorship relationship should be," remarked Bob West, longtime NAVHDA Director. "The high quality Tri- Tronics builds into their e-collars assures our members a reliable product with a wide range of levels fitting the needs for each situation which in turn promotes humane ethical training".
The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to foster, promote, and improve the versatile hunting dog breeds in North America; to conserve game by using well trained reliable hunting dogs before and after the shot; and to aid in the prevention of cruelty to animals by discouraging nonselective and uncontrolled breeding, which produces unwanted and uncared for dogs.
"The North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association has long played the role of a vital caretaker of the sporting dog world by establishing hunt test criteria and maintaining breed standards," commented Gary Williams, Marketing and Sales Manager of Tri-Tronics. "Because of NAVHDA's dedication to the birddog community, we consider our relationship as a vital part of our marketing strategy."
Tri-Tronics, a Garmin company, manufactures a full line of electronic dog training equipment. Training collars are backed by a 30-day money-back, 2-year warranty. All products are made in the USA.
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Driver of fatal accident in Bayfield County has lengthy driving record
Washburn, WI (Northland's NewsCenter) - Some disturbing information is emerging about Chelsea Cadotte, the driver, in the fatal car accident that claimed the life of a 2 year old girl.
Cadotte was cited twice in 2008 for underage drinking and her driver's license was suspended.
Between 2008 and 2012, she was cited three times for driving with a suspended driver's license and twice for driving without insurance.
Later in 2008, she was fined for driving without a seatbelt.
In October of 2011, Cadotte was fined for speeding up to fifteen miles per hour over the 55 mile per hour limit.
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An angular 5-storey residential complex has been completed in the Dolomites mountain range in Italy. Designed by the international architecture practice Plasma Studio, the Dolomitenblick complex covers an area of 1,050 sq m and is split into six separate holiday homes, all with panoramic views out onto the Dolomites through the floor to ceiling windows. The homes have been designed to ensure a high level of privacy to each of the owners, partly through the division of the building into two distinct parts but also through the use of stepped balustrades.
Located on a hillside in the Italian mountain range, the building is situated at the end of a residential area with the complex punctuated by the distinctive 'cut' through the building which Plasma Studio say is the 'main defining element of the building'. Mentioning the 'very eclectic and non-coherent appearance' of the building, the architects stated that to blend the building in with the surrounding environment, local wood and materials were used, including larch wood and pre-oxidised copper.
Speaking about the materials used and how they were utilised within the design, Plasma Studio said: "Both the copper and the larch wood are exposed to a natural change of colour by the atmospheric influence of sun, rain and snow. Through the repetition of the colours of old, close-by farmhouses with dark, sunburned larchwood facades this building's volume blends into its natural surroundings."
As well as using local materials, the careful configuration of each of the five floors means they follow the natural slope of the hillside. These floors also contain extended living spaces with each house having large sun terraces and its own private garden. The inclusion of the sun terraces and the balconies also serves the dual purpose of minimising overheating during the summer.
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$5.7 Million Recreational Trail Grants to Texas is Largest Award in Program's History
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Thursday approved $5.7 million in federal grants for 33 recreational trail projects across the state. This is the largest amount of grant funds awarded from the Recreational Trail Grant Program in the 20-year history of the program in Texas. Seventy-two project proposals were submitted requesting almost $12 million in funding assistance.
The National Recreational Trails Fund (NRTF) comes from a portion of the federal gas tax generated by gasoline purchases to utilize off-road motorcycles and four-wheelers. The purpose of the NRTF is to create new, or improve existing, recreational trails.
A requirement of the NRTF is that 30 percent of the total funds must be spent on motorized recreational trails, 30 percent on non-motorized trail projects and the remaining 40 percent is discretionary.
Motorized trails project sponsors that were awarded funding include the city of Childress, the city of McAllen, Schertz Seguin Local Government Corp., Sam Houston National Forest and the White River Municipal Water District.
The city of Childress in Childress County was granted $165,280 for ATV and Moto Park improvements that include a new 10 mile trail, staging area, unloading ramp, tools, and erosion control.
The White River Municipal Water District in Crosby County was granted $500,000 for the White River multi-use trail system. The funded project will include a new 15 mile motorized trail, 10 miles of trail that will be renovated, a restroom, fencing and equipment.
The Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation in Guadalupe County was granted $400,000 for the SSLGC Motorized Trail which will include a new 35 mile motorized trail, restroom, staging area, signs and an entry booth.
The city of McAllen in Hidalgo County was awarded $218,400 for the McAllen Motocross Park. The funds will be used for a new 2.5 mile motorized riding area, restroom, fencing and signs.
The Sam Houston National Forest in Walker County was awarded $476,000 for multi-use trail rehabilitation that will include a 10 mile dirt trail that will be renovated, bridges, a trailer and training.
The non-motorized trail projects awarded funding are listed in alphabetical order by county below:
The San Antonio River Authority in Bexar County was granted $150,000 to fund the Helton-San Antonio River Park Trail. The funds will assist in the creation of a new 1.2 mile granite/concrete trail.
The city of Universal City in Bexar County was awarded $117,600 to go toward the Cibolo Creek Recreation and Nature trail. The funds will be used for a new .6 mile granite trail, renovation of a 2.7 mile trail and signs.
Bowie County will receive $158,400 to fund the Northeast Texas Trail project that will convert 2.1 miles of an abandoned rail corridor into trail.
The city of Pearland in Brazoria County will receive $200,000 to fund the Phase II Connectivity Trail. The grant money will help create a new 2.75 mile concrete trail.
The city of La Feria in Cameron County will receive $200,000 to go toward the creation of the Arroyo Colorado Overlook Point Trail. The funds will be used to create a new 2.3 mile asphalt trail, parking area and install signs.
The city of Wylie in Collin County will receive $200,000 to fund the Municipal Complex Trails. The project will include a new .95 mile concrete trail, bridge, benches and signs.
The city of New Braunfels in Comal County will receive $200,000 toward the Fisher Park Trails to add a new 2.5 mile concrete trail, signs, a shade structure and a boardwalk.
The National Audubon Society in Dallas County was granted $74,880 to fund the Trinity River Audubon Center Trail project that will add a new mile-long dirt trail, signs and a boardwalk.
The city of Denton in Denton County was awarded $199,613 that will go toward the CCNHC-Davis Trailhead and Trail. Improvements to be included in the project are a new 1.3 mile dirt trail and elevated walkway.
The city of Stephenville in Erath County was granted $141,600 to fund the City Park North Trail Link. The funds will be used to create a new .4 mile concrete trail, benches, trash cans, and parking.
The Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No.146 was granted $164,394 to create a new 1.4 mile concrete trail, benches, and signs at the Oyster Creek Hike and Bike Trail.
The city of Kilgore in Gregg County was granted $195,787 toward the Kilgore Recreational Trail. The project includes a new 1.25 mile concrete trail, a bridge, benches, signs and trash cans.
Harris County was granted $200,000 to fund the Anderson Trail project. The grant money will help create a new .8 mile asphalt trail and erect signs.
The city of Seabrook in Harris County will receive $156,800 to fund the Seabrook to Armand Bayou Trail. The grant money will help create a new 1.3 mile granite trail that will connect the city to the nature center.
The city of San Marcos in Hays County was awarded $92,375 for a new 1.4 mile granite trail and parking extension to Purgatory Creek Natural Area Trails.
The Friends of Trinity River Refuge in Liberty County was granted $45,000 for the creation of a new that will link the City of Liberty to the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge.
The Sam Houston Trails Coalition, Inc. in Montgomery County was granted $200,000 for the Richards-Raven Trail Network Phase 2 project which will add a new 10 mile equestrian trail to the Sam Houston National Forest.
The city of Emory in Rains County will receive $143,710 to go toward the Emory Recreational Trail project which will create a new .5 mile asphalt trail, parking area and a bridge.
The city of Lindale in Smith County was granted $145,860 for the creation of .65 mile of concrete trail, restroom and bridge.
The city of Tulia in Swisher County was granted $66,771 to fund improvements to the Mackenzie Park Trail. The improvements will include a half mile of trail renovations and culverts.
The Fort Worth Mountain Bikers Association in Tarrant County was granted $27,502 to renovate and address erosion on the Marion Sansom Park mountain bike trail.
The city of Grapevine in Tarrant County was granted $200,000 toward the Wall-Farrar Trail to add 1.6 miles of granite and dirt trail, bridges, signs and shade shelter.
The city of Pflugerville in Travis County was awarded $172,500 to go toward the Gilleland Creek Trail. The grant will help fund a new .55 mile concrete trail, signs, benches and trash cans.
The Westcave Preserve Corp. in Travis County was awarded $70,192 to fund the Westcave Preserve Trails. The funds will be used toward the creation of a quarter mile of new ADA compliant trail, renovate a half mile of trail, an ATV and trailer, signs and tools.
The city of Canton in Van Zandt County was awarded $179,440 to fund improvements to the Mill Creek Lake Park Trail. The improvements will include a new 4.48 mile granite and dirt trail and signs.
The Greater Houston Off-Road Biking Association in Walker County was awarded $100,000 toward the Huntsville Trail Expansion project to construct a bridge to access a new trail area.
The city of Leander in Williamson County was awarded $56,000 for the creation of a new .4 mile granite trail and bridge to extend North Branch Brushy Creek Trail.
The city of Taylor in Williamson County was awarded $158,250 to fund the Taylor Cross Town Recreational Trail project that will add a new .5 mile concrete trail, renovate a .4 mile trail, add benches, and signs.
For more information about the grant awards or the recreation grant programs, see TPWD's grants Web page, phone the Recreation Grants Branch at (512) 389-8224 or email: Rec [dot] Grants [at] tpwd [dot] state [dot] tx [dot] us.


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Friday, July 15, 2011
in technicolor & sepia tones
wednesday night i had the privilege of attending an event at the coach store on bleecker street. it was a lovely event (as per usual, the waiters pegged me as "the girl who will eat anything" and always came to me first with their trays of h'ordeuvres and champagne [not that i'm complaining,]) not only for the food, drink, & beautiful bags, but it was teeming with lovely ladies - claire, christine, keiko, kim, natalie, lindsey, katy, and jenni. we all chatted, ate and drank, eyeballing the lovely purses all the while, until closing time when we got to choose whichever one we wanted. i selected this bright red shoulder bag from their new collection, which i think will work nicely with all the color in my wardrobe. i wore this peter jensen dress i snagged on sale at asos awhile ago and have been saving for a special occasion since. (for the purpose of full disclosure, these photos were actually taken in my kitchen last night while macarons were resting, haha. i woke up too late wednesday morning to take pre-event pictures, and got home way too late on wednesday.)
dress: peter jensen
brooch: c/o tiffany
shoes: thrifted
belt: thrifted
purse: c/o coach
i adore this dress. it has all this smocking (is that the right word?) coming off the collar that floats behind you as you walk. it's a tad big, though - i need to figure out a way to take it in a tad at the waist. and the red of the purse and blue of the dress are pretty much my favorite color combination, ever.
so! one of my exciting weekend plans is attending a bastille day party tomorrow evening in manhattan. i have a feeling i was invited half because they wanted me to bring sam and half because they wanted me to bring macarons - but hey, if i can put on a dress and dance, i'll take whatever invite i can get. so i stayed up last night baking a batch of vanilla bean shells, to be filled with dark chocolate ganache.
now. a word about macarons. i get emails asking for tips or advice from time to time, and i'm always happy to share any tips i have - after all, i've made my fair share of them, for events large and small, and i even went to french culinary school to be taught the proper way, for goodness sake. i STILL have my struggles with the things. some of it i blame on my awful, brooklynite oven - it's got hotspots worse than a damn volcano, and it often leads to leaning, wonky-footed macarons. sam has seen me lose it over a botched batch on more than one occasion. BUT. after a few pretty-damn-perfect batches in a row, i think i have three words that will change your macaron world forever: egg.white.powder.
when i'm having a tough time with macarons, i turn to this lady: she is a macaron master. her most recent french macaron recipe (linked) includes 5 grams of egg white powder with your sugar (what you use to make the meringue) and every time i've used this recipe they've been spot on. last night i tried it in my awful oven for the first time, and every single macaron came out, dare i say, perfect. here's the recipe i used last night:
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vanilla bean macarons with dark chocolate ganache
100 g egg whites (room temperature)
29 g sugar, with one whole vanilla bean's seeds scraped in
5 g egg white powder
125 g almond flour
200 g powdered sugar
sift together the almond flour and powdered sugar; set aside. combine sugar & egg white powder. whisk your egg whites (i just use a hand mixer, it gives you a bit more control than a stand mixer,) until there's no more yellow and they're white and foamy; slowly add the sugar/egg white powder, whisking all the while, and beat and beat until you have not-quite-stiff peaks and your mixture is white and glossy. use a sieve and sift in the almond flour/powdered sugar mix in five batches - mix in a fifth, fold in with a spatula until it's well mixed, and repeat 4 more times. once it's all combined and no lumps remain, spoon this into a piping bag and pipe onto parchment paper on a heavy duty sheet pan (pipe a tiny bit of batter onto the four corners of the tray, so that the parchment sticks down,) leaving about an inch between each dollop. tap the tray twice, hard, on a table to release any bubbles and let the macarons sit until they don't stick to your finger when you touch them - i let them go for about an hour. place them in a pre-heated 300 degree oven and bake for about 12 minutes, rotating halfway through.
for the ganache:
4 ounces of dark chocolate and 4 ounces of cream. bring the cream to a boil and immediately pour over the chocolate; let it rest for a minute or two, then whisk slowly, from the inside, until it's all combined and smooth. let it sit until room temperature and then pipe a little dollop onto one half of a paired up macaron shell. voila!
what are your plans for the weekend? tonight i think we're staying in and taking it easy, and then tomorrow we've got some more baking to do (and i'm hoping to sneak off to the brooklyn flea) before our party in the evening. then on sunday, any of you new yorkers should come to williamsburg - my friend rachel, who started up terrific magazine, is bringing together a bunch of awesome brands, food, and booze for a big sale at union pool.
i'll be stopping by there early afternoon then heading to another friend's place for some barbecue and homemade ice cream.
hope you have a great one!
xo audrey
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Red with bright blue or turquoise is definitely one of my favorite color combinations. That dress is so cool, and nice bag choice! The macarons on your blog always look amazing. I've never tried making them myself, but there's a bakery called Euro Pane in Pasadena that sells REALLY good ones. They're probably best known for their sea salt macarons: chocolate shells with creamy caramel-flavored filling and sea salt sprinkled on top.ReplyDelete
those macaroon are to DIE for! i hope my brooklyn oven can handle them!ReplyDelete
try pulling the fabric from your dress to the back when it is belted like that. it will look tight from the front and somewhat asymetrical from the back. i recently lost a lot of weight and do that to my dresses all of the time!
I'm not normally a 'purse person'. But that bag is FIERCE.ReplyDelete
This is an AMAZING look! Those shoes are so classy!ReplyDelete
great outfit for the party, that dress is such gorgeous colours! & i love that you pinned the cute tiffany's bow on too..ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing the macaron recipe. I tried to make salted caramel ones once, they were far from perfect (although still yummy!), so i will have to try out your recipe, i've bookmarked for a rainy day (scrap that, bookmarked for ANY day!)
Katie x
macarons are so intimidating to me--you make it look so easy! and that bag is awesome...looks amazing with your bright blue dress!ReplyDelete
I love this dress and the new bag..that blue is amazing on you. These macarons look perfect,I'll be trying out this recipe soon!ReplyDelete
That dress is so cute! So original!ReplyDelete
Okay, that dress is on of the most gorgeous of those that I've seen lately. Love it.ReplyDelete
I never ate macaroons. There were no chance yet. I did not know egg baking powder exist! Everyday there's something new :D
Peace and love!
@29 Skirtsi love caramel sea salt macarons - i was actually hoping to make some but i want to get some good cocoa first. sam's dog ate mine when i was cooking for the wedding (it was a disaster, but thankfully it wasn't enough to hurt the poor pup.)ReplyDelete
@gabriellegive thema shot and let me know! if my shitty oven can handle it, i'd wager yours can, too. and thank you for the tip! i'm using it today!ReplyDelete
@Loren right?? i feel the same way - i usually just snag purses at a thrift store (i abuse my purses like whoa) but this one just sang to me.ReplyDelete
@Emma thank you dear! can't beat $5 shoes!ReplyDelete
@Katiethey are so tricky and i really feel like your oven makes as much difference as anything. try adding a few grams of egg white powder to your recipe - it made SUCH a difference for me!ReplyDelete
@Anna Jane i really think this recipe will work for anybody! give it a shot, and thank you! i am so happy with the bag!ReplyDelete
@Kate thank you! i'm very happy with it. @dear winsome thank you!! let me know how the macs turn out! @beba thank you so much! i am so glad i found it. you can find egg white powder on amazon.com if you like! xoReplyDelete
Ooooh, those look so tasty. I'm coveting them big time.ReplyDelete
I have never, in all my days, seen a dress like that. It's so unique and lovely! You pull it off so marvelously.


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Police in Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park are comparing notes on back-to-back robberies at bank branches inside local Safeway stores that may have been hit by the same man responsible for a similar heist in Santa Rosa two weeks ago.
In each case, a Latino man with a goatee and a stocky build wearing a black baseball cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt entered a supermarket and gave a demand note to a bank teller inside, authorities said.
Thursday's capers included robberies at U.S. Bank branches in Safeway stores on Commerce Boulevard in Rohnert Park, which was struck at 10:27 a.m., and on Mendocino Avenue in Santa Rosa, which was robbed at 11:15 a.m.
In both cases, the culprit matched the general description of the robber in a Feb. 1 incident at a Chase Bank counter in a Raley's supermarket on Fulton Road, police said.
Surveillance photos from the three incidents each show a Latino man with a dark goatee, dark cap and hoodie. Rohnert Park police described him as 25 to 28 years old, 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 inches tall, 200 to 250 pounds, with bleached hair.
In each case, the robber presented a note demanding money to a teller but did not display a weapon. He escaped with undisclosed sums of cash, authorities said. In the most recent Santa Rosa case, there was an implied threat, however, police Sgt. David Linscomb said.
The robber left the bank through a door on the east side of the store, he said.