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URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10770?page=0,0
So, what is the big deal about NoSQL databases? For one, they've
introduced new ways (or perhaps re-introduced old ways) of thinking about
what databases are and what they
can do. For another, they're shiny and new, and all the cool kids seem to
be using them. You could argue that Google's BigTable is the database
that inspired the NoSQL movement. Or, maybe it was Amazon's S3. Both of
them are closed source, but they were (or are) impressive enough to
inspire open-source interpretations.
The current NoSQL field includes HBase, Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB,
Voldemort, CouchDB, Dynomite, Hypertable and several others. Some
have followed the model of BigTable, others follow S3's model, some are a
mix of the two, and others are charting their own path. Some of these
projects are more mature than others, but each of them is trying to
solve similar problems.
Instead of having tables with columns and rows like you would find
in a traditional RDBMS, most NoSQL databases are simple "key-value stores". Each piece of data that goes into the database is given
a key, and when you want the data back, you use the key to get it. This
simplicity is beneficial, because it helps busy sites achieve extremely
low latency, even under high load, when paired with a large number of
servers and a fast network. The simplicity of the key-value model also
simplifies development.
A step beyond simply having keys and values are the so-called document
databases. A document, in this case, is a collection of various fields
of information. Each individual document can have a different number
of fields of varying lengths. These databases are useful if you have a
lot of semi-structured data, and they are a good fit for object-oriented
programming models (for example, you can consider the database as a
storage area for objects).
Why do traditional database users dislike these
newcomers? D. Richard
Hipp, the creator of SQLite, in a talk given at my local LUG, derisively
called NoSQL databases "post-modern databases", because instead of giving
you a definite answer to your question, they give you "an
opinion" or their
"best guess". His purpose was to paint NoSQL databases in a bad light,
and for most of the old-school database world, the NoSQL, non-relational,
BASE model (see the What Is ACID? sidebar) is more than a bit heretical.
The heresy comes because historically, databases almost always
have tried to implement the relational model and be fully ACID-compliant.
If your transactions weren't ACID, or your database wasn't relational, the
argument went, you couldn't call yourself a "real" database. Look
at the MySQL vs. PostgreSQL flame wars for ample evidence of this thinking.
The problem though, is that being relational and ACID is not necessary
for some use cases and can add unnecessary overhead, which you don't
want if you are running a popular, heavily trafficked Web site. Many
early users of MySQL knew this and were mocked for choosing MySQL over
"real" databases like PostgreSQL. It is ironic now that MySQL has
gained what every "expert" said it should have (ACID transactions),
that a new movement has started up claiming that all the old database technology
isn't actually necessary.
What is necessary for top-tier Web sites, according to proponents of NoSQL,
is massive scalability, low latency, the ability to grow the capacity
of your database on demand and an easier programming model. These,
and others, are things which, according to them, SQL RDBMSes just don't
provide in a cost-effective manner.
Most classic RDBMSes initially were designed to run on a single large
server. That is how it was done in the late 1970s and early
1980s, and the idea exists in the design of many RDBMSes to this day.
The P in CAP (see the What Is CAP? sidebar) is meaningless when the database is on a single server
(the server is either up or down, rarely or never only partly up),
and traditional RDBMSes have focused mainly on Consistency, aka ACID,
with Availability thrown in if you mirror between database servers or
use hardware with no single points of failure.
Some NoSQL databases also focus on the C and A parts of CAP. Unlike
traditional RDBMSes though, these databases are designed from the ground
up to be run on dozens, hundreds or even thousands of nodes in a single
data center. Partial partition tolerance for these databases is obtained by
mirroring database clusters between multiple data centers. The advantage
these databases have over a traditional RDBMS is that with the work
spread over all of those machines, you can achieve ultra-low latency
even when there are extremely high numbers of reads and writes, and
with all those machines, you can analyze massive amounts of data quickly.
Other NoSQL databases focus on the A and P parts of CAP and are
designed to span multiple data centers. True to CAP, strong consistency
is impossible for these databases. Weak consistency is an especially
heretical thought to the RDBMS old guard. Instead, these NoSQL databases
implement eventual consistency, whereby any changes are
replicated to the entire database eventually, but at any given time, a
single node or group of nodes may not have the latest data. Like the NoSQL
which focus on C and A, the focus for A and P databases is on low latency,
high throughput and anything else that makes the Web site more responsive
and a richer experience for users.
In addition to sometimes abandoning consistency in favor of scalability
and latency, another way NoSQL databases break with tradition is in their
abandonment of the relational model. To be fair, some data truly does not
naturally fit the relational model. This could be because the data changes
form or size often, or because the data is completely unstructured.
The final break with tradition in NoSQL databases is the thing that gave
them their name. They don't use SQL. The reasons for dropping SQL usually
revolve around it not fitting in with modern object-oriented development
processes or some perceived difficulty in working with SQL. Sometimes
the excuse given for not using SQL is a simple "SQL sucks", which isn't
really a reason. Stupid reasons aside, the SQL language was designed
for use with relational databases, and NoSQL databases are mostly
non-relational, so it makes sense that they don't use it.
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This centre is a stunning purpose built serviced property, close to the M40 and built at Tournament Fields, Warwick's premier business location. This centre offers an equally wide range of small to medium sized offices to let on monthly easy in easy out terms.
The centre is a brand new, fully air-conditioned building with a grand marble floored entrance, in a prominent position on the High Street of this attractive market town. It offers units from a single person office to 20-30 person office suites, with space for 150 workstations. In addition, un-serviced flexi space accommodation is available from 2,000 sq ft, on terms from three months to three years. There are shops and restaurants close by; the railway station is a short walk away and there is underground parking, supplemented by three nearby public car parks. The business centre branding is low profile, so you can promote your own brand without being eclipsed by ours. This business centre creates a corporate business image for small and larger companies with the flexibility of space let on short term license agreements allowing for instant occupation. Prestigious fully furnished serviced offices give a comfortable working environment with additional services including onsite car parking and access to meeting rooms and boardrooms. For their single inclusive investment, clients will receive the following: Fully furnished modern office, Broadband internet and connection, Telephone handsets, Direct dial phone numbers to all workstations, Technical support, Air conditioning, Telephone answering service, Postal collection and delivery services, A professional reception team, corporate concierge service, Regular cleaning of offices, 24 Hour security, Access to common reception areas on each floor, Complimentary hot and cold drinks, Snack machine, Coffee Lounge, Disabled access and toilet facilities.
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Familiar face appointed General Manager SMHS
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A familiar face in the Canterbury Health System has been appointed to the role of General Manager Specialist Mental Health Services (SMHS). Toni Gutschlag steps into the role from January, where she takes over from Sandra Walker who left at the end …December 21, 2012
Familiar face appointed General Manager SMHS
A familiar face in the Canterbury Health System has been appointed to the role of General Manager Specialist Mental Health Services (SMHS).
Toni Gutschlag steps into the role from January, where she takes over from Sandra Walker who left at the end of August this year. Mary Gordon, CDHB's Executive Director of Nursing has been acting General Manager for the past four months.
Toni brings with her almost 20 years experience of working in mental health for the Canterbury Health System and is enthusiastic about her new appointment.
"I can't wait. There is such a lot happening across the health system it's an exciting time to be joining the mental health division."
Toni says a huge amount of change has occurred in mental health, the main focus being a shift from an inpatient and residential based system to an orientation on community care.
Having both a clinical and policy based background, Toni has gained a wide overview in the years since her health career began as a new graduate social worker in 1994.
Toni says as a student studying social work, she had never thought about working in mental health services but after being encouraged to do a fieldwork placement in the area it opened her eyes up to the possibilities and opportunities within the sector.
She first worked in psychiatric services for adults with intellectual disabilities. Over the following years and in between starting a family, Toni moved onto working in general adult community services before moving into project management.
In the mid-2000s Toni was seconded to work one day per week in Planning and Funding. This lead on became a full time position as Specialist Mental Health portfolio manager, which later evolved into the Team Leader of Mental Health, Older Persons Health and Healthy Eating Healthy Action.
"It's nice to come back to mental health. I'm really looking forward to it being my sole focus."
Toni says mental health affects everyone in the community and has become more of a talking point since the earthquakes.
A positive is it's broken down barriers and stigma people might have previously associated with mental illness.
"As a community there's a much greater awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing," Toni says.
"Through our experiences we have learned the importance of taking good care of ourselves and our families from a mental well being perspective."
Toni acknowledges mental health care can have its challenges.
"When things don't go well we need to learn from those experiences. But it is also important to highlight that across the mental health system there are people doing extraordinary things on a daily basis to ensure people's needs are met. Being part of that is a real privilege."
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conference expansion
Will latest talks of Big 12 expansion trigger another super conference arms race?
Maryland's PR campaign to raise support for move to B1G
The link is here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/bs-sp-terps-big-ten-1107-20131106,0,2282119.story. Some excerpts:
The public relations campaign was meant to help turn the tide in favor of the move. It included hiring a corporate communications consultant to help shape the message and also working to prevent news of the negotiations from getting out before the move was imminent.
Ullmann [Asst VP of marketing and communications] also wrote that the school planned to "engage professional assistance in helping to drop positive messages into the blogs, comments and message board sites. I will arrange for this service today."
Many of the emails discussing the PR strategy copied top Maryland administrators such as president Wallace Loh and Anderson. The school routinely circulated emails chronicling and commenting on stories, blogs and tweets about the Big Ten move. Consultants also reached out to certain media members, either criticizing them for negative commentary or praising them for supporting the move.
Lee Zeidman, the corporate communications consultant who helped Maryland draft letters and talking points, said Wednesday that it is "standard operating procedure" in the business world to weigh in directly on message boards. "There are special PR agencies who work in the digital space who bombard blogs and newspaper sites where no one puts their name," Zeidman said.
In the days before the Big Ten discussions were made public, Maryland and its consultants considered how to release the story.
"Scott Van Pelt is a powerful voice in the media and a loyal UMD grad," public relations consultant John Maroon wrote to a Maryland communications official before the story broke. "It would be in our best interest to let Van Pelt break the story and talk about all of the positives."
It's interesting to me that blogs like this one would be the targets of this kind of activity. But I suppose it's not surprising. This is the brave new world of college athletics and conference expansion, I suppose. With so much money at stake, administrators needs to control the message as much as possible.
Former Big East Becomes American Athletic Conference
The conference formerly known as the Big East will now go by the name of 'American Athletic Conference'. Which, originality, man. Which teams will be in the conference are still TBD, but hey, they got a name!
What is interesting to me is the inclusion of 'Athletic'. To me, the Big Ten, Pac-12, etc. are even more than athletics. I personally think "American Conference" or "Pan American Conference" or something without the word 'athletic' in it would look, feel, and sound better, but that's my opinion and probably the reason I didn't get paid millions of dollars and participate in a focus group on the issue (jk, it was the university presidents). Mike Aresco favored "American 12 Conference" but, presumably due to the fluid nature of the conference, university presidents didn't want a number in the conference name.
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OT: more conference expansion rumors
According to the minutes of the council's December meeting obtained by the Columbus Dispatch, Gee told councillors that "there has been ongoing discussion" within the Big Ten about expanding beyond the conference's current 14 members. Gee reportedly stated that he "believes there is movement towards three or four super conferences that are made up of 16-20 teams."
And in perhaps the most interesting comment from the minutes, Gee told a student member of the council that the Big Ten had "opportunities" to either add more schools in the Midwest or "move further south in the (E)ast." (Link)
Kirk Bohls of the Austin-American Statesman is reporting that the Big 12 is looking into a possible alliance with the ACC and two other unnamed leagues that could affect scheduling, marketing and maybe even television contracts among the member schools. One of the byproducts of such a move is that it could put a halt to further expansion by these leagues.(Link)
Big East 7 Catholic Schools Can Dissolve League
Interesting read on ESPN early this morning. Apparently, it would "be an upset" if the 7 catholic non-FBS schools (DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova) stay in the league. Fine, we knew that.
What is interesting is that the Big East can dissolve by a 2/3 majority vote, and because of the defections/attrition/general craziness, there are 10 schools that could vote: the seven catholic non-football schools, Cincinnati, UConn, and South Florida.
The schools may not only leave the league, but they could dissolve the league entirely.
It's unknown if they would attempt to dissolve the league or leave the league as a group. The league can be dissolved by vote of the league members by a two-thirds majority, according to Big East by-laws. With all of the Big East's recent defections, there are only 10 members (the seven non-FBS schools, plus Cincinnati, UConn and South Florida) that can vote on the league dissolving.
A source told ESPN on Wednesday, Temple, as a football-only member, has voting rights, but can't vote on dissolution of the league. With Temple unable to vote, that gives the seven basketball schools enough votes to dissolve the league.
Full article here.
MWC getting the old band back together?
Boise State, San Diego State, and BYU are in conversations about returning to the Mountain West Conference (before even officially leaving). This is fun.


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N900 Anyone?
N900 Anyone?
Mar 8 2010, 01:48 PM
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I've just replaced my mobile phone and based on a good experience of the N810 I've bought an n900. Early days, but here are some initial impressions:
The UI is pretty usable and the zooming is very slick and smooth. Lots of RAM seems to keep everything moving along when multitasksing, but the write speed of the memory feels slow. No benchmarks, just gut feel.
Application availability is still poor. Things such as Abiword are starting to appear on extras-dev but overall, way behind the competiton. Come on, Nokia!
Hardware is great. Its fast. FM transmitter, fast GPS, real keyboard - everything you need.
My plan is to do relatively little tinkering on the phone OS itself, in order to keep it working as a phone! but easy Debian is installed and that seems to offer a great sandbox to play in without fear of breaking the phone itself.
More later. Anybody else got one?
Mar 11 2010, 04:23 PM
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Thinking abt it.
Got a couple of netbooks and love the portability compared to notebooks.
Just restored my akita back to life, after the less than stellar adventure with Zubuntu.
Either I stick to the akita /w cacko 1.23 or I get a N900.
Some of the new tablets are tempting, but until they have 7++ hrs batt life and 2~3 days suspend, they are less than useful.
Mar 11 2010, 09:11 PM
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I nearly jumped about a month ago, but heard something that made me hold back. It had been advertised with USB host, but folks on #maemo say it's not working, and may not work without a powered hub. My Tosa has spoiled me, and now all my linux devices must have a working USB host!
So...I'm holding onto the Freerunner for the moment...hoping for something else more interesting to come along.
Mar 12 2010, 03:17 AM
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I'm using a fujitsu u810, and I'm very satisfied; it's 2 years old now, and even it's still performing very well, I'm looking for a replacement (geeks need to change toys sometime ...)
With the u810, I find suspend/resume very nice, just something like 5secs each, and extremelly robust; my last uptime was 35 days!!, suspending once or twice a day!!
It has 5'' tablet touchscreen, and battery wise is about 4/5 hours with the extended battery that comes as default.
Now I'm looking for an ultraportable notebook (not netbook), since I got a little tired of underpowered computers, that don't allow me running powerful development tools nor other os emulation.
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I got an N900 eight days ago, yes. So I can only share my first impressions but they're mostly positive.
Maemo 5's UI is nice and smooth, device is very snappy most of the time. Mine is a bit sluggish occasionally but a reboot always fixes that. I don't have many apps installed except for Easy Debian which I plan to use as a sandbox as well to assure Maemo remains functional, i.e. I always have a reliable phone. Going to try a few more apps over time and hope more will appear soon as it is, as you said, well behind the competition.
Multitasking works fine without any noticeable slowdowns. Good hardware (CPU, RAM, camera, storage etc.). When running Easy Debian I sometimes wish for a bit more horsepower but compared to my old N810 the N900 is much faster. Debian apps run slower than on the Netwalker though. Web browsing is a dream as nearly everything is there including Flash and sites look just like they are supposed to.
GPS takes a bit long to get a lock here and the keyboard is usable but not that great IMO. The non-centered space bar and only two arrow keys (remaining to are mapped to Fn-Arrow combinations) are two downsides. I have a German QWERTZ model though, maybe the US keyboard is different.
All in all I'm pretty impressed. A worthy successor to the N810. I don't actually compare the N900 to other phones I own an iPhone too but to MIDs/older NITs. The price is a bit on the high side if bought unsubsidized.
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I'm on day 3 of my N900 impulse buy (needed a gadget fix).
So far I agree with everyone, this is a nice upgrade from the N810 even if all the apps I used have not been ported yet. The keyboard is fine for me, US version has all 4 arrow keys, and I can type on it better then the N810 even though it is smaller. As mentioned the web experience is great, just like a PC. Multitasking is also smooth, never feels laggy or like I have too much going on.
As far as phone features, ugh, not impressed. I understand the learning curve is a little rough so not committing to a solid opinion but compared to iPhone or Android phone it is not an intuitive pick up and use device. I really get the feeling like this started out as a tablet successor and somewhere towards the end of development cycle phone capability was tossed in.
I'm going to give it a few more days before deciding if this is for me, and if not do I want to keep it just as a belt pouch Wi-Fi only device (looking forward to Meego possibilities).
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I was looking at this and would have got it but I started reading that it doesn't have usb host. They slashed hundreds of possibilities with the removal of that one feature.
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I was looking at this and would have got it but I started reading that it doesn't have usb host. They slashed hundreds of possibilities with the removal of that one feature.
Agreed. Plus limited or no 3g for networks such as AT&T.
There are a few other "open" phones being advertised as "coming up", but I'm really in a position to need 3g now. OpenMoko won't cut it. Problem is, AT&T's linux phone scene is pretty anemic ATM.
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I was looking at this and would have got it but I started reading that it doesn't have usb host. They slashed hundreds of possibilities with the removal of that one feature.
When I look back to what I used the usb-host on Z for, it was mainly usb-ethernet, bluetooth, access to storage. Since the N900 has builtin wifi, BT and plenty of storage, it wasn't that sorely missed.
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Love mine, its a hack about device now having been swapped for a more phone like device [samsung s 4g]. I update it often and love hacking about with it.
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Windows 8 usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's in the same point in its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PC's which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two month mark after release.
Net Applications monitor operating system usage by recording OS version for around 40,000 sites it monitors for clients.
The slowdown for Windows 8 adoption is a bad sign for Microsoft who experienced great success with the release of Windows 7.
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What is a show on technology doing focusing on spirituality and altruism? Craig Warren Smith will help you see the connections between computing and spirituality and Tor Norretranders will convince you that altruism is to humans what ornate tail feathers are to the peacock. (DTF 10-23-2006: 25 minutes, 30 seconds)
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Great job with U.S. Constitution Day, Jian and Walter! What a terrific way to celebrate Constitution Day by debating the 2nd Amendment. Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who, born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
The debate team did a wonderful job again. Thanks for all your hard work in putting this event together. You guys rock!
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Sativex and Behavioral-relapse Prevention Strategy in Cannabis Dependence
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01747850
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 12, 2012
Results First Posted : October 2, 2017
Last Update Posted : October 2, 2017
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|December 12, 2012
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|March 2013
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|November 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Tolerability and efficacy of intervention [ Time Frame: six months ]
Assessment of tolerability and efficacy will be assessed by determining number of subjects that withdrawal from the study due to SAEs and seven day point prevalence cannabis abstinence one week after medication phase and 6mo follow-up, respectively.
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|Sativex and Behavioral-relapse Prevention Strategy in Cannabis Dependence
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|Sativex Associated With Behavioral-relapse Prevention Strategy as Treatment for Cannabis Dependence
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|The purpose of this study is assess Sativex as a treatment for Cannabis dependence. Initially a pilot study will be conducted in five subjects seeking treatment for cannabis dependence to ensure that our planned self-titration regimen is appropriate using Sativex. This phase will be open label, with no placebo control. Then, there will be a twelve-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in male and female subjects seeking treatment for cannabis dependence (n=40). All participants will receive a combination of pharmacotherapy (Sativex Spray or Placebo Spray) associated with a weekly intervention of combined Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MET/CBT). The subjects will have to come daily to the centre to assess usage of medication. Following the medication phase, participants will have a follow-up weekly for another four weeks and then monthly until the 6 month follow up visit after the target quit date. The investigators are planning to enroll 45 subjects over the two-year period.
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|In the pilot study subjects will be treated with SATIVEX® (THC/cannabidiol combination in a buccal spray) using the same approach as outlined below for the randomized controlled trial. In the twelve-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study visits will occur weekly during the medication phase of the study. The medication will be self-titrated over three weeks and a target quit date will be set up at Day 21. There will be a total of 12 weeks of drug exposure. Throughout these 12-weeks, all participants will receive a combination of pharmacotherapy (Sativex Spray or Placebo Spray) associated with a weekly intervention of combined Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MET/CBT) in accordance with the intervention practices shown to be effective in treatment of cannabis dependence. The intervention will be adapted from the Brief Counselling for Marijuana Dependence manual published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). At each study visit, vital signs and self-report ratings will be collected. In addition, the subjects will have to come daily to the centre to assess medication usage and will be asked to provide urine sample (two times weekly) and blood sample weekly. As there may be compliance issues, a contingency management approach will be also implemented.
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Data is at the heart of our digital society. Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt demonstrates that data is a vital infrastructure - for individuals, organisations and nation states - that needs to be engineered, curated and cared for.
The Enterprise Fellowships scheme forms part of the Academy's commitment to stimulate excellence and encourage creativity and innovation in engineering by identifying and supporting the founders and leaders of tomorrow's high-tech companies.
A half day conference about the latest innovations in space technology and space-enabled services.
Innovation in Space showcases a selection of the most recent advances in space technologies and space-enabled services.
Philippe Mellier, CEO of De Beers Group, talks about the role that innovative engineering plays in the modern diamond industry.
The Hinton Lecture is the flagship annual lecture of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Professor Lord Mair CBE FREng FRS, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge will give this year's lecture.
Guest speaker Dr Hugh Hunt came to the Academy to give a talk on his most recent documentaries and work, in particular The Dambusters and escape from Colditz Castle
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Dave McClain was the Wisconsin coach from 1978 until his sudden death in the spring before the 1986 season. He was never able to break the 7-win barrier but the Badgers kept looking like like they were close to breaking out. He did have a number of big wins, including four wins over Ohio State and one over Michigan (sigh).
The year he died, they went with an interim coach, Jim Hiller, and then hired Don Morton before the 1987 season. This terrible 1987 team was actually Morton's best and managed his only win over a decent opponent, a 26-24 upset of Ohio State that led to the firing of Earle Bruce.


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'Justice and Values in a Globalized World'
In the rapidly evolving world, it becomes necessary at times to stop and take stock of the most basic elements of society. Reflecting upon the values of the modern world and its concept of justice, Jin Park, associate professor at American University, Washington D.C., will present the Luther College Religion Forum Lecture, "Justice and Values in a Globalized World."
Park will question if those values only work to constrain us, if our concept of justice has been manipulated beyond its original purpose and if Buddhist-postmodern philosophy has anything to offer to help sort out these issues.
Her lecture, held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in the Recital Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus, is open to the public with no charge for admission.
Park specializes in Buddhist philosophy, postmodernism, deconstruction, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist-postmodern comparative philosophy, and Buddhist encounter with modernity in Korea.
In addition to her position as associate professor in the philosophy and religion department at American University, she holds the position of Korea Coordinator in the Center for Asian Studies and Faculty Fellow in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Studies Center.
Park is a founding co-chair of the International Society for Buddhist Philosophy and a member of the board of directors at the American Academy of Religion.
She has published a number of book-length pieces, including "Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist-Postmodern Ethics," "Comparative Political Theory and Cross-Cultural Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Hwa Yol Jung," "Buddhisms and Deconstructions" and "Makers of Modern Korea Buddhism." Park also co-edited the book "Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism" with Gereon Kopf, Luther associate professor of religion.
Park holds a bachelor's and master's degree from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, a master's degree from New York University and a doctoral degree from SUNY Stony Brook.


text: Systemfel 33 Report post Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) Hey, I'm sure all of you know Red Wings prospect Johan Ryno. He's a hulking (6-5) right winger with some sweet stickhandling. After the 2005/2006 season, Ryno signed a two-year deal with Swedish top team Frölunda, a team famous for making young players succeed. According to Frölunda's coaching staff, Ryno will play with feisty veteran (and team clown, just look here) Jonas Esbjörs and very experienced centerman and team captain Jonas Johnson. Ever since Finnish sniper Tomi Kallio arrived from North America in January, 2003, Johnson played with him and former minor-leaguer and team MVP Niklas Andersson on a feared top-unit. It'll be interesting to see what influence the captain will have on Ryno. Now to my intent with this thread. I was thinking I could be using it to report on Ryno during the season. Since he plays for my SEL team, I obviously will see a lot of him. A few pix of Ryno making his first on-ice practice: Listening to the coach Ryno in the middle Ryno with huge d-man Tomi Pettinen Pix courtesy of wildwestsupport.se... Edited August 3, 2006 by Systemfel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Jamie Murphy not thinking about move away from Motherwell
Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy insists he is not thinking about a move away from the club.
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The 23-year-old has attracted attention after his 10 goals so far this season helped Stuart McCall's side rise up to third in the SPL.
His current Fir Park deal expires at the end of the season and while he will be able to sign a pre-contract with another club from January, Murphy is adamant his only focus at the moment is getting results on the pitch.
He said: "I've not spoken to anyone. I just expect the speculation now, to be honest.
"That's about three or four transfer windows I have been experiencing this kind of speculation.
"I just try to get on with it and when the club comes to me and says they have accepted a bid from someone, that is the only time I will go and speak to them."
Murphy accepts that an imminent departure from Fir Park is likely, but is adamant he has not given his long-term future much thought.
He added: "I don't really have a preference [which club he joins]. If a team thinks I am good enough to play for them and they put in a bid, then I will speak to them.
"I have been here for 11 years and until someone tells me otherwise, I will remain here.
"I have not spoken to [Motherwell chief executive] Leeann Dempster or the gaffer about Sheffield United, but I'm sure if something happens they will tell me about it.
"I have not spoken about a contract extension either and I don't know when I will. I am just trying to play football."
With Motherwell having been beaten only once in their last eight SPL matches, Murphy is enjoying life at Fir Park and believes both himself and the team can continue to improve.
He said: "It's good for the team to be on a good run of form to get up the league table. We want to push up as high as we can.
"I'm playing well right now I think and there is more to come. The team is playing well just now, too."


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Broward County is still tallying up votes in two recounts from last week's election.
In Dania Beach's close commission race, Chickie Brandimartie leads Mac McElyea by just 16 votes out of more than 4,000. In Hallandale Beach, it's even closer with Anthony Sanders leading Michele Lazarow by just 6 votes out of more than 7,000.
And the Sun-Sentinel reports that nearly a thousand uncounted ballots were discovered in a Broward warehouse on Monday.
Further up the East Coast, 42 doctors, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and medical responders form South Florida have arrived in New York and New Jersey. They're providing medical support to areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.
The Floridian first responders are members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Florida 5 Disaster Medical Assistance Team.
The group was formed in 1994 after Hurricane Andrew exposed a need for this kind of coordinated relief effort.
Mike Jachles, a spokesperson for the Broward Sheriff's Office and says the group includes medical professionals from all five South Florida counties -- from Monroe to Martin.
"They might be in the hospital, they might be in field hospitals, they might be doing anything you can imagine if it's medically related to provide support," says Jachles.
The need for relief medical personnel has been compounded by the fact that this storm hit so late in the season. And a few days later, the region was the target of a snowstorm.


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North Carolina Advocates for Justice, a group of some 3500 private and public sector attorneys and other legal professionals, today asked Gov. Pat McCrory to veto H652, a bill which hands over the public discipline of judges to the state Supreme Court — including the discipline of those justices themselves — and allows most proceedings to take place in secret, unless and until the court decides to act on the discipline of a particular judge.
NCAJ now joins the North Carolina Bar Association and numerous newspapers across the state in asking for the veto, and agrees with the objections by Chief Justice Sarah Parker and Court of Appeals Judge John Martin, who heads the Judicial Standards Commission, voiced before the bill passed in the General Assembly.
In its letter to the Governor, the organization said:
The members of our organization interact all day, every day, all over North
Carolina, with normal citizens of all walks of life who come into contact with our
judicial system. We see their concerns and perceptions about the "good old boy and
girl" nature of the system, in which judges and lawyers are believed to "take care of
their own." H652 only serves to feed that widespread perception, while making the
proper review of judicial conduct less efficient and more secretive. Accordingly, we
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Larry Hagman Dead at 8114 Images
Larry Hagman, who played one of televisions's most famous villains, J.R. Ewing, has died , aged 81, of throat cancer. Hagman became famous playing astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 60s "I Dream of Jeannie", but he became a household name in "Dallas". He was the only actor to appear in all of the series' 356 episodes.


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Greenwood Lake — Village elections took a turn toward the raucous Tuesday when Mayor Barbara Moore appointed her running mate, Sara Cox, to the Village Board, triggering indignation from her opponent in next month's election.
Greenwood Lake — Village elections took a turn toward the raucous Tuesday when Mayor Barbara Moore appointed her running mate, Sara Cox, to the Village Board, triggering indignation from her opponent in next month's election.
The appointment occurred hours after the county Board of Elections disqualified Cox from the race, and shortly after another trustee made a sudden and unannounced resignation from village government.
That trustee, Wayne Russo, said his resignation was not intended to help Moore. "I've just had enough of this small-town politics," he said.
Jesse Dwyer, a board member who's challenging Moore for mayor, suspects that Moore's appointment of Cox was an attempt to ensure the mayor had some support on the board if she wins re-election.
Moore challenged that allegation. Even if Dwyer loses the election, he will maintain a seat on the Village Board, she noted. Dwyer's two running mates are now running unopposed for two open trustee seats, ensuring that Dwyer and his allies will have majority control of the board even if she wins, she said.
Cox will remain on the board for one year to fill the remainder of Russo's two-year term.
Cox was disqualified from running because 22 of the 80 signatures on her petition were invalid, according to the Orange County Board of Elections. She needed 75 signatures to qualify to run.
Dwyer has contended that Moore runs the village without consulting other board members. According to his account, the Orange County Board of Elections contacted the village about Cox's disqualification around 1:30 p.m. A half-hour later, Russo showed up at Village Hall to hand in his resignation and keys to Village Hall.
Moore then appointed Cox to fill Russo's position, just prior to a regular meeting of the Village Board at 7 p.m.
"This is consistent with the mayor's style of leadership, which excludes the trustees from having any role in the decisions that affect this village," Dwyer said of the appointment.
Moore said she learned of Cox's disqualification and Russo's resignation at exactly the same time. She said she appointed Cox to fill the vacated post to ensure a quorum at that night's board meeting.
One trustee would not be at the meeting, and the mayor was unsure about the attendance of another, she said.
Dwyer contends that Moore knew that at least two trustees would be there, ensuring a quorum. There was also no business at the meeting so urgent that it merited the mayor's swift action, he added.


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will be thankful if any one helps me.
I am a java developer I am working on jasper reports.
There was a task given to me that I need to generate jasper reports using Ireport tool from a flatfile(textfile).
I was given a text file(.txt) which contains data in row and column wise.
can any one help me how to generate a report from a text file without connecting to database


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I am building a E commerce website for Chinese market.
Seems the Chinese user load the site in foreign country server very slow, but it seems I cant host my site in a server which located in China.
Now, I am thinking to host a site in Hong Kong server.
Looking for some suggestion for the Server provider.
why cant u host the site in china?


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I worked for RadioShack for a couple of years, I experienced a LOT of discrimination from patrons but one took the cake. When I went to see if I could help him he pointedly told me that No, I could not and that the only reason the company would hire me is because they have to hire "a few girls to look pretty and keep the lawyers off their back, because everyone knows girls don't know anything about electronics."....
I had three in each ear, that was it, and they weren't even gauged when I was hired. I was hired by my merit, not how I looked.
When I was in college, I was working part-time at a hardware store to help make ends meet, and not a week when by where I didn't get the, "Can you go find a MAN for me to talk to?" line. It was always irritating, since probably nine times out of ten, I could answer the customers' questions perfectly well. I think in a few ways, I kind of ended up being the son my dad never had, and he introduced me to the skills of fixing things and using tools very early on in life; I'm handier than most men I know!
I installed my own gas dryer. Do you know, when you call the city and say "I just installed a gas dryer myself. Could someone come and check it out?" they get there FAST!They said I did a perfect job.
Quote from: Ms_Cellany on September 04, 2011, 01:14:10 PMI installed my own gas dryer. Do you know, when you call the city and say "I just installed a gas dryer myself. Could someone come and check it out?" they get there FAST!They said I did a perfect job.Can you imagine what the city workers were thinking when they heard that? LMAO you're awesome.
If you're working someplace that sells MANLY things, and they say "Hey lil' lady, you think you could find me a fella so they'd know what I'm talkin' 'bout?", go find the male on duty that knows the least about the subject (make sure HE'S okay with this, because if not it could be embarrassing). Watch guy's expression when he says "Uh... RAM? I think we have some. You need to ask Techgirl though, she builds the systems here."
Quote from: Ms_Cellany on September 04, 2011, 01:14:10 PMAlso, I am the bug killer (unless it's a cicada!) in my house.
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The Small Press Expo
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North Bethesda, MD
Whole lot of Web Cartoonists attending including Kate Beaton and Joe Dunn, yo!
I'm planning on going, though I can't be certain due to financial circumstances.
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As I continue sharing the journey of dissolving old belief patterns. We also need to start looking at the shadow sides of our being. Our shadows are often sinister and rejected aspects of our being, so there is explicit undeveloped potential in them. We are not aware of it, because anything that is unconscious is just that. Everyone has a Shadow. I believe that "talking" with and somehow coming to terms with the Shadow self is essential for self-awareness.
Quantum Physics teaches that nothing is fixed, that there are no limitations, that everything is vibrating Energy.
As per the society norms and rules and as per our culture, environment that we reside within, there are certain energies like anger,hatred,jealousy,manipulation etc., that we are not meant to feel. These are considered bad. From our childhood we learn that we need to be "good" children and we are not supposed to have these bad energies within us. So we learn from a very young age to deny these aspects of ourselves. Alas, my dear friends these energies do not go anywhere but they start to build up in our psyche (subconscious,unconscious) like a volcano waiting to explode and come out. When we deny these aspects we start projecting them on the outside world. We become enslaved by these energies. As we know that what we resist persists thus in the same manner these energies termed bad start to master us and rule our lives.
For e.g. we have all experienced mood swings wherein we do not know why all of a sudden we feel that uncontrollable burst of rage that comes out from nowhere either on our friends,spouses or for that matter anybody else whom we are in relation. We do have the choice and the power to dissolve these unconcious repressed energies from our psyche by the shadow process.
My dear friends we need to start looking at our shadow stuff and start the process of accepting and embracing all aspects of ourselves with kindness.Both the perfect as well as the imperfect for only in that process lies true experience of inner freedom. The process of facing our demons begins with awareness and acceptance of the demons with kindness.When we face them they start to loose their power over us.
According to Debbie Ford,author of " The Dark side of the light chasers", the Shadow Process gives us access to loving all of ourselves. This deep and profound work teaches us how to love each and every aspect of our humanity. It enables us to embrace both the darkness of our smallest self and the brilliant light of our highest self. Making peace with our dark side is a sacred journey. It demands rigorous honesty, courage and a great deal of compassion. Embracing our shadow delivers us emotional wholeness and the absolute freedom to be who we are. When we are filled with self-love and self-appreciation, we automatically attract the miraculous experience of love and appreciation from others.
Until we make peace with our shadow we will continue to be at war with ourselves and with others too. Until we feel authentic compassion for each and every aspect of ourselves, we will continue to draw forth people and events that will mirror the negative feelings we have about ourselves.Until we take back our power and forgive ourselves for being human we will attract people who push our buttons and reactivate our emotional wounds. And until we find the courage to love ourselves completely, we will never truly be able to experience the love from those around us.
Embracing the shadow is the greatest gift that each of us can give to ourselves. Each aspect of our shadow helps us in uncovering our true light.
What the Shadow Process provides is a way to love what we have feared, to decode the messages we receive from within and to unleash the power that is hidden within us. When we stop judging yourself and welcome the lessons of the Shadow, only then can we walk in the power of our Shadow.
1.Set the intention to be honest with yourself and journal different aspects of yourself that have been repressed and rejected by you for a long time.
Write down everything all your faults, idiosyncrasies, downfalls, etc. Everything that you think is wrong or bad or needs to be changed about yourself.It should all be listed on the paper. Now read it over aloud. Read it again and again…as many times as it takes for you to not be ashamed, upset, guilty or to have any reaction to the words.
2. Feel the sensations that the above process evokes in your own body. Witness and experience them with kindness. Tolerating all with kindness. Breathe promising to be with all aspects of your shadow self. Do not abandon,reject,repress,judge or deny them any more.
This starts a process of creating an inner shift of the frozen energies held in the shadow. It starts to open and unwind an inner spaciousness inside your own body. You are welcome to place your own hands on your body where you feel discomfort. Remember to stay with it throughout the entire process.
3. Once the energy has been drained off your Shadow qualities, then read the paper over again, but add "I forgive myself and release all judgment over _____. (whatever the quality was.) Do this as many times as is necessary for you to feel an inner unwinding and opening of inner spaciousness.
4. Allow your body to release the judgment and express your newfound freedom. Dance with your Shadow, waltzing with it in your arms like an old lover. Raise energy by dancing to anchor the shadow unwinding ritual in your reality.
When you're finished dancing, look into the mirror and tell yourself sincerely how fabulous you are, perceived faults and all.
Have a celebration of cakes and wine and allow your Shadow to integrate into you fully.
Be your whole self from now on.
The above process is simply the beginning. This is a journey that one needs to be committed to practicing on a daily basis for as long as we live here on this Earth. We have trillions and billions of cells in our physical body that carry the hidden aspects in us. Begin today with loving kindness and dedication to doing the shadow process.
Welcome and honor yourself for doing the work of inner freedom and liberation as we continue to breathe on Mother Earth.
First let me introduce myself. I am a Wellness consultant and a seeker committed to my own self growth.I am married with a warm hearted,kind,generous husband for the past 23 years and two young boys aged 21 and 17 years. For me my own personal transformation started 14 years back. I was a totally different person 14 years back. In a kind of a maskie trance where I was not at all in touch with my self. Not only that I was not at all present in my own body.A feeling of being lost. A woman filled with self denial,self rejection,defensive and unhappy with life. Inspite of the inner turmoil and chaos of which I was totally unaware and unconscious. I did have an inner longing to discover another way of being.
There were unanswered questions that I was waiting patiently to be answered and knew that yes one day will come wherein I will find the happy world that I long to be a part of in this life. It is this inner hunger to discover that attracted Reiki into my life. Ever since that first day of Reiki things have never been the same. There was a light that got ignited in the inner darkness. There was a silent song that I felt in my own body. There was a taste of peace that I started to experience in my bodily system. I noticed that my life started to show changes towards the better in every segment.It was then that I realised that all out there was the same but my own inner perception towards myself had started to change. This inner change was the prime factor in creating the outer changes.
I started on my self growth journey and still I am continuing to learn as I travel on this path. Yes I am grateful to all those people who helped me get to this place of inner freedom and from hereon I shall share my learnings as my longing is to serve unconditionally and help make a difference to you.
Beginning with my first volume of the LIFE series. Please allow me to express and share a little about how we all come into this world with a blueprint of the belief patterns that lie unconscious. The unconscious is actually ruling our entire life. Right from the time as conceived beings in our mother's womb we are all taking in everything that our mother feels.For e.g. mom feels upset frustrated and thinks that nobody is here for me—-the first deposit of a belief in the conceived baby's system. Throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy thousands of belief patterns already formed and stored in the baby's cells.
Coming out of the birth canal more terror as it is scary to go through that experience where everything seems to be a struggle not only for mom but also for baby.Another belief formed"It is all a big effort","The world is scary","It is painful"…..etc.,
We are all vibrational beings and attract unto us and create our life circumstances based on these unconscious belief patterns.We have two choices either to blame everybody including mom and dad or to stop and choose to start working on melting the unconscious belief patterns that have been enslaving our lives.We need to stop blaming the outside for our life and start looking deep within.We need to start taking responsibility to bring about the change within thus manifesting change in our outer lives too.
Life is a mirror—-we see and experience outside what is stored inside. Wake up as change is possible. I have experienced it and offer support and assistance to you as we all have the power to change it all.
This is very well explained by Abraham- Hicks whose quote is attached below:
We are all Vibrational Beings. You're like a receiving mechanism that when you set your tuner to the station, you're going to hear what's playing. Whatever you are focused upon is the way you set your tuner, and when you focus there for as little as 17 seconds, you activate that vibration within you. Once you activate a vibration within you, Law of Attraction begins responding to that vibration, and you're off and running–whether it's something wanted or unwanted—-Abraham Hicks quote on the law of attraction— http://www.abraham-hicks.com
Once the awareness is awakened that I am the creator of my own reality and now that I understand this I am willing to move towards starting to initiate the inner shifts.
So let's begin with a few simple tips:
1. First go and stand in front of a mirror and simply start really looking at yourself. Be conscious and aware of everything that gets triggered with this simple exercise.
You may notice a lot of self judgements creeping in—-like"I am fat" " I am ugly"…..etc., Simply breathe and notice these with kindness. Allow them to be present without having to change them at all. Do not deny any thought. Let it all be present. Tolerate,allow,feel it all. Your mind may start wandering and you may notice that you drifted away. Let that be present too with kindness. Be aware of everything with kindness.
2. Notice what happens in your body—–Probably you may not be aware of your body at all. Simply notice and bring it into your awareness. Once you are aware and in touch —-start feeling the sensations —–hot,cold,tight,tense,numb,gurgly etc., Notice,feel,witness,experience bodily sensations throughout the entire body. Breathe and stay with these sensations with kindness. No need to change them,fix them,control,deny or stop anything. Simply being present in the moment with all aspects of self with kindness. You are welcome to place your hands on your own body if this feels right to you and is helpful to you in staying present.
3. Stand up and bend your knees, soft knees. Keep your spine straight and keep eyes focussed on the floor in front of you. Take a single point and stay focussed. Breathe. Bring your awareness to your feet. Breathe. Visualise roots like the roots of a tree growing from beneath your feet and anchoring deep into the hot molten core of the earth. Stay with your breath. Notice and be aware of what happens in your body.
Do the above daily initially for 1-2 minutes and then gradually increasing it to 5 minutes.
Share your experiences as we could start a discussion together on this first tip of the "LIFE—-LET'S INITIATE FREEDOM EFFORTLESSLY" series.


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One wonders if there are any three English bishops out there with the guts to get together and do what the Bishop and the Bishop Coadjutor of Aberdeen and the Bishop of Ross and Caithness did for the Episcopal Church in consecrating Samuel Seabury (our first bishop) on November 14, 1784: consecrate a woman as a bishop in England.As the English already know, we are a rebellious lot here in the US, but the Church of England is no less so, having broken the yoke to the Church of Rome some hundreds of years ago.
Probably not.
It's hard for a leopard to change its spots. (Nigel Taber-Hamilton)
Several of us discussed this approach to having women bishops in England on Facebook, and the conclusion for most was that it couldn't be done for various reasons. I say, "Why not?" Kudos, Nigel for your what-if. Other suggestions may be found in the comments at Daily Episcopalian.
The Rev. Nigel Taber-Hamilton is rector of St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church on Whidbey Island, WA. Nigel came to the US from England in 1979.
The painting by Peter J Morgan depicts the consecration of Bishop Samuel Seabury by three bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
UPDATE: You may want to read Lay Anglicana's post titled "Who's Queen? – & Is She Not Also A Bishop?: John Adams".


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Just a guy who loves making games. I am the founder of Pudding Hat Games, a small indie game and app development team consisting of four people. We are working on our flagship title Core of Innocence which has been under development for about 5 or 6 years now, and we hope to finish by end of this year. As for myself, I'm 31, been married for 10 years and have a 1 year old son. I work full time so sadly my game development time is a bit limited but I do what I can to make progress on Core of Innocence daily, no matter how small. I currently reside in Burnsville, Minnesota and I love it here! :D Sadly up until now I've been pretty oblivious to most of the great sites for indie dev's and decided I wanted to change that, so... here I am! In the past few weeks I've been discovering all sorts of great sites to get to know other indie developers as well as a place to show what I've been working on!
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text: Hi there, I'm not sure if anyone can help me here! I have a hosting account with iPage with the domain http://dreariness.net/ I have just transfered another domain name to the same hosting account http://black-sun-design.com/ I need to set up the second site on iPage (it is currently hosted elsewhere) There is just no info on the iPage site of how to do it! I did find this description, but I still really can't work it out. (I'm not a web designer and only have a slim grasp on all this stuff) Many thanks.


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Real Madrid full-back Alvaro Arbeloa wants to resolve issues with Iker Casillas
Real Madrid full-back Alvaro Arbeloa has admitted he needs to patch things up with team-mate Iker Casillas.
Last Updated: 14/06/13 11:43am
Arbeloa was one of Mourinho's most outspoken supporters in the Madrid dressing room, while Casillas had a public falling-out with the coach and played no part in the final four months of his tenure.
The two players' fractured relationship has been brought into sharp focus as they are currently preparing for the Confederations Cup with Spain.
Arbeloa told radio programme El Larguero: "We definitely need to talk. Too much has been made of this and I hope it ends soon. I'm sure we will work it out."
He also insisted the disagreement had not affected the atmosphere in the Spain camp and was not a concern for coach Vicente Del Bosque.
"Vicente hasn't spoken about it and nor does have to, we have a fine relationship and it won't damage the team," he said.
However, the former Liverpool man was blunt about his standing within the Spain squad.
"Some of the players are my friends and with others I just have a professional relationship. In life you have some good relationships and some that are not so good. We don't all have to be mates.
"I have a good relationship with all of them, but it's true that I'd only go out for dinner with a few of them."
After the Mourinho's last game in charge of Madrid, Arbeloa told the media of his displeasure with some of the players' attitude towards the outgoing coach, saying some "have lacked maturity".
Arbeloa defended those comments but insisted he was not referring to Casillas when he made them.
"I simply said what I felt. I said it was everyone's responsibility, I made a self-critique, beginning with myself. I didn't name Iker, nor was I talking about him indirectly. Too much was made of it and we have to move on."


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ATOKA COUNTY, OK -- A semi -truck flipped over in Atoka County Wednesday morning, spilling 22 thousand pounds of hazardous waste along the side of Highway 7 near Wapanuka.
Troopers said just before 10 AM Wednesday morning, Charles Coker drove a semi-truck carrying hazardous waste off the road and flipped over, spilling the waste off the side of Highway 7 between Atoka and Wapanuka.
"We believe the driver fell asleep and ran off the road, overturned one and a half times and was pinned for approximately one hour," said OHP Trooper Heath Davidson.
Davidson said Coker was in stable condition when the authorities found him. He was transported to Atoka County Medical Center.
Coker was driving the semi-truck from Wynnewood Refinery to a waste disposal site in Arkansas. It was carrying a non-toxic primary sewage sludge, but Davidson said it's still dangerous.
"Mild to severe is what I believe the book showed on it," said Davidson. "Mild eye irritations but it is classified as hazardous."
There was about 22 thousand pounds of the hazardous waste on the scene, and a few miles up the road is Watson Creek. Environmental crews worked all day to clean up the waste before the expected rainfall so the waste does not come in contact with the creek.
"We're gonna try to contain it," said Davidson. "It's 22 thousand pounds, so it will take a while."
Davidson said crews should be finished cleaning up the waste before the end of the day.


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iPhone SIM unlock giveaway: round 4
Filed under: Announcements, CellphonesSorry we're running a little bit late on today's contest, but here it is! If you haven't (or don't want to) hit up iUnlock, the free, open source iPhone SIM unlock solution (which is still early on yet, but does indeed work), why not try your hand at taking home one of our iPhoneSIMfree "retail" unlocks? The IPSF crew has hooked us up with five iPhone unlock licenses to give away to you, our faithful, iPhone obsessed readers, so just hit up the simple rules below if you want to give it a shot. Here's how it works:
Details about the unlock
- Bring your own iPhone. We're not supplying the device, just the unlock.
- You must send us your iPhone's IMEI; you can't resell the unlock. If we don't receive your IMEI in a timely manner, we may award the unlock to someone else.
- We will not be offering tech support on the unlock. Once you've got it, it's out of our hands, ok?
- We do not make any guarantees about the unlock. We're not guaranteeing that it will work when your phone gets the next Apple update later this month, that it will work with your SIM or your carrier, or even that it will work on your phone. We're not even going to guarantee you won't end up with a bricked phone. We're just handing it off to the winner, the end.
- Leave a comment below. That's it! Who loves you, baby.
- You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
- If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
- Contest is open to anyone worldwide! Duh.
- Winner will be chosen randomly.
- Entries can be submitted for the next 24 hours. After that we'll move on to the next iPhone unlock. Good luck!
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Picture I yanked from Kimora Lee Simmons' twitter.
My birthday is next Friday, September 23. I will be a young, vibrant, fabulous 34, hunty!!! Yass Ma'am!!!
I always buy myself something for my birthday, big or small. So I'm wish listing trying figure out what to get. I won't be spending alot of money, unless I have a serious cash windfall by then.:/
Here we go:
-My family to be intact, healthy, and alive.
-My children to be on 'Green' ( If you have elementary children, you know what I'm talking about)
-To be alive, healthy and happy on my birthday
Ok now for the material lusting.....
-New comforter, sheets, and pillows
-Books ( Peace From Broken Pieces, Design Sponge At Home, Secrets of Stylists, Parisian Chic to name a few)
-Savor ( on Etsy) order
-Michael's Gift Card
-Essie Carry On and Very Structured
-Sephora Gift Card
-Garlic Noodles and Lettuce Wraps from PF Changs
-a SLICE of cake with the Raspberry filling from Publix:)
-an Edible Arrangement
-Jimmy Choo perfume
-cards, well wishes, kisses, hugs:)
For some reason, I now want a iPad. Don't ask me why...I'm so out of digital touch...what edition is it on now 2nd?
I know that you don't see any makeup ( other than polish) or clothes...eh, I have so much makeup...stuff I haven't even used, I don't need anything. I'm really into skincare, fragrance and bath stuff at the moment. Plus, there are no clothes on the list....welp, I have a Fall Fashion Wishlist coming soon as the temperature drops for good!
I hope to have a GIVEAWAY on that day too! Why not give on the day God gave you to the world?!?:)))


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I am really frustrated right now. My LDME installation is just about 1 month old and I invested really lots of time to make it look and work just the way I like it..
Yesterday evening, about 12 hours ago, my Notebook while running just stopped taking input from both keyboard and mouse. I was already quite tired, it was late and I just turned it off by hardware shutdown and went to sleep.
When I turned it on again today in the morning, the keyboard worked fine in grub and until I am still in the console, but as soon as X starts and I get the login prompt, there is no keyboad or mouse.
I learned that I can use strg+print+r to get back the keyboard and switch to a another tty --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
I found out that when I run /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop and afterwards X, I get only a blank screen, but when I again with the key combo from above get back to the tty from where I started X I get the error that the module "nv" cannot be loaded. So I thought since grub still shows one older kernel I try this, but the result stays the same.
I found the suggestion to move away the xorg.conf file from /etc/X11/xorg.conf to have a new one generated, but it doesn't exist on my system.
Another suggestion I found was to put this block in the xorg.conf file:
Which did not resolve the issue for me, but when manually starting X added to the one not found module "nv" also the not found modules "kdb" and "mouse".
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Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false "
Some other guy posted that he resolved such an issue by installing the package xserver-xorg-input-evdev --> but my aptitude reports its already installed..
Thats about how far I got. no solution though.. I really don't want to start over again with setting up my system. please help me!
EDIT: Okey, so this nice guy <bofh80> from the IRC channel #linuxmint-debian told me how to get the properitary nvidia drivers running:
After rebooting I get the nice nvidia logo, but keyboard and mouse still don't work in the GUI, keyboard works in the console. Please help me!
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sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-xconfig
sudo nvidia-xconfig
EDIT: User <Ben> from the IRC channel asked me to paste my sources.list, here it is:
deb ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linux/mint/packages/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/gnome3/ubuntu oneiric main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/gnome3/ubuntu oneiric main
# deb http://oupensource.wandisco.com/debian squeeze svn17
# deb-src http://oupensource.wandisco.com/debian squeeze svn17
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dajhorn/skype- ... der/ubuntu oneiric main


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Over the objections of many concerned parents, the Boulder City Council decided unanimously Tuesday night to allow local breweries, wineries and distilleries to serve food along with their craft beverages.
The new rules mean that such businesses may add on-site restaurant operations, subject to approval through an administrative or use review. The food services will be allowed to operate from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m.
The changes, which the Boulder Planning Board approved in October, come in response to a desire on the city's part to encourage "eating while drinking" to help with responsible alcohol consumption.
"We felt that serving food where alcohol is served is a good thing," said Aaron Brockett, a member of the planning board.
Some breweries and wineries have worked around the codes by having food delivered by catering companies or food trucks. Some, such as Twisted Pine and Boulder Beer, have been allowed to serve food after receiving city approval through the site review process.
But other breweries approached the city and asked for a way to provide food in their tap and tasting rooms, or to add a restaurant at their businesses -- which are quickly becoming tourist destinations.
"The industry has been growing rapidly, and evolving as it grows," said Bev Johnson, a city planner who worked on the code changes.
According to city records, there are now at least five craft breweries, five brewpubs, five wineries and two distilleries in Boulder.
The Boulder Economic Council also supported the changes.
Parental opposition
Primary opposition to the revisions have come from parents of children who attend the Boulder Country Day School, at 4820 Nautilus Court in Gunbarrel. They repeated their concerns Tuesday about the Avery Brewing Co.'s plans to expand its operation to include a new brewery, tap house and restaurant across the street from the school.
"It allows a factory-sized restaurant to serve beer on the doorstep of my daughter's elementary school," Eric Shannon said of the new rules. "You want people to come from out of town to drink beer next to an elementary school?"
Adam Avery, owner of the Avery brewery, said police have never been called to his tap rooms and there is broad support for the new rules. He added that he "totally understands" the concerns of parents at the school, but the brewery plans to serve its beer responsibly.
Steve Breezley, director of operations for Avery, said that "food and beer are a good mix."
But Susan Brooker, another parent of a child at the school, disagreed.
"Alcohol is alcohol," she said. "The effects on the human body do not change" based on where it's sold or consumed.
500 feet
Many parents asked the council to consider imposing a rule that would require a 500-foot separation between schools and breweries. State liquor laws prohibit retailers from selling alcohol within 500 feet of a school, but the rule does not apply to manufacturers or wholesalers.
"If (the 500-foot rule) is not included, you have increased the possibility that our business will suffer," said Mike Shields, head of the school that serves 350 students.
Councilman Ken Wilson agreed and tried to add a 500-foot barrier between the school and the brewery, saying he does think there is an associated safety issue.
But a majority of the council agreed with Councilman Macon Cowles, who said he was not persuaded that the separation would in any way help protect children at the school.
"Our job is to balance two starkly conflicting views of what the outcomes would be," he said.
Peter Weber, an architect for the Avery brewery, presented preliminary drawings of how the proposed expansion of the business would look. He said the company modified its plans to locate the restaurant to the southwest side of the property, as far away from the school as possible.
Depending on how the city measures, he said the restaurant would be up to 577 feet away from the school's property.
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This week demonstrates the range of activities considered valid as art. At one end of the spectrum is monumental sculpture; at the other end, work so immersed in philosophy it is reduced to simple gestures accompanied by long, written explication.
The monumental work is in the Gow Langsford Gallery in Kitchener St. David McCracken has engineered massive sculptures in Corten steel with its rich, rusty surface. Romantic Portrait of Mass and Intersection is a section of a large arc that begins at the floor and curves up to intersect with and press against the wall. The Romantic element is the deep clefts that cross the massive curve, suggesting a history of struggle. Much more simple in effect is a cube that sits heavily on the floor. It is called A Waiting Mass, though it too is slashed by cracks and valleys.
Other works give more sense of being fabricated, though the welding is skilful and unobtrusive. These are giant works that suggest cogwheels or crushing machinery. They are loops but twisted out of their circular shape to add extra tension and emphasise their sculptural quality. The huge tyres on earth-moving machinery are also referred to in the titles, Portraits of Mass and Transportation.
The sculpture with references to machinery is matched by a more abstract work, Portraits of Mass and Separation, that builds itself rhythmically in curves toward the ceiling. In this work, as in some of the others, the surface of the steel is enriched by textures that come from exposure to rain.
These works have the size and strength to be grand public sculpture.
There are two exhibitions along Karangahape Rd by recent art school graduates. Artspace performs its proper function by staging this New Artists Show, as no commercial gallery is likely to.
Karin Hofko is a performance artist. We are left with the material of her performance: a script, a microphone, the ladder that was addressed as a participant, a note of thanks and autographed photographs of the artist.
The PowerPoint images used in the performance are obscured by a curtain. The literature provided says the performance explores the limits of the body and the possibilities of the mind.
A work by Lance Pearce features six bookcases, each with six shelves. The bookcases are rendered useless by being slung from the ceiling so they do not rest on the floor. We are told this displaces certainty and resolution. Ella Sutherland shows sheets of stickers and a book, thin in design and content, following Hegel's philosophy that the content of art is the idea.
Much more visual is a curious little film by Shannon Te Ao and Iain Frengley. It takes place in a cave, tunnel or drain illuminated by candles, often snuffed to total darkness. The person travelling through the tunnel is black. He faces problems and meets them with decisions as he wades through water. He stops to take nourishment. He whistles in the dark to take courage. The mythic element is thin but, at moments, quite touching.
Further along K'Rd at Ozlyn, Dawson Clutterbuck has installed two modified coin-in-the-slot grab machines. They are seen as a form of social action to counter the passive way that art is commonly encountered. This idea, born from Duchamp, makes art a trivial game.
The element of art as a combination of making and ideas is found in the work of Rohan Wealleans at the Ivan Anthony Gallery. His highly individual art is composed by excavating layers of paint. He makes amazing use of this technique, particularly in two big works, Spiderbitemare and Reptilian Brain Keeper Cage. The first is a big work in relief. Its black background has excavations which reveal layer upon layer of brown and white with touches of green. The surface expands into two great forms that thrust out in high relief. These are linked by a web made of chunks of paint strung together. Each chunk is different, carved out of thick layers of paint. The whole is nightmarish but fascinating in every part.
The other big work has different overtones. It is an idol - a monkey god holding a baby.
The variety of surfaces is remarkable, with the colour ranging from shimmering peacock blue to shades of green. Once again all the surfaces are marked by hollows that reveal different strata of paint but because the hollows are smaller the effect is of weird jewellery.
The surprise in this exhibition is another way of layering paint. A series of drawings is called 3D Aboriginal Painting Model. These are fascinating, with layers of thin colour imposed on each other with faint pencil lines trailing through them, almost like charged wiring. The surprising thing, given Wealleans' taste for grotesquerie and unease, is that they are very beautiful.