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A woman Wolcott police said was texting while driving when she hit and killed a motorcycle rider last month has been charged with manslaughter.
Stephanie Clavell turned herself in Monday morning.
Clavell was behind the wheel of her Subaru on June 25, when she slammed into Terrence Doyle as he was stopped at traffic light on Meriden Road in Wolcott, police said. Clavell was texting at the time of the crash, according to police.
The force of the crash sent Doyle's motorcycle into the vehicle in front of him, and he was then thrown backwards into Clavell's windshield. Doyle died three days later.
Clavell is charged with second-degree manslaughter, operating a motor vehicle while using a hand-held device and operating an unregistered motor vehicle. She was held on $25,000 bond after appearing in court on Monday.
Clavell, who is a health care worker, has no prior record.


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Can a sexy nightclub owner convince an all star basketball player to risk it all?Professional basketball player Kasey Johnson makes a point of keeping his sexual preference under guard and out of the public eye. Empty, off-season flings are all he can look forward to until he retires. He figures his secret is safe -- until he meets Ingram Fletcher, a nighclub owner who ignites a passionate inferno in his body.Gram has lusted after Kasey ever since the long, tall basketball player was traded to Phoenix a year ago. But with Kasey's twin brother running interference, up until now Gram's been unsure if it's safe to make a play. Then some incidental contact in the crowded club leads to a kiss that starts Gram wondering if a relationship is possible -- now, and beyond March Madness.A romantic weekend together answers that question. Now the only one remaining is if Kasey is ready to make a fast break out of his comfort zone.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
M/M Mini Reviews: Romance Reading Challenge - Part Nine
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I enjoy m/m but I haven't tried this author out. I'm definitely intrigued. :PReplyDelete
Hilcia, thanks for the great review! "Out of Bounds" has been in my TBR forever. I'll make sure to finally read it after the M/M Challenge is over - LOL.ReplyDelete
Ames, this is my 2nd book by Chase and I've enjoyed both so far... I'll be reading more of his work. :)ReplyDelete
Indigene, thank you! Hope you enjoy it once you get there, lol! ;P
I've been meaning to read this for ages! I really loved the excerpt I read, and can't wait to finally get to it.ReplyDelete
Renee, I hope you like it. I loved both characters in this one. :)ReplyDelete
Your post draw my attention towards this book.
Love to hear something more.
Hi Student... thanks for stopping by. Well, without getting into spoilers, I can tell you a little more about the characters. :)ReplyDelete
Kasey's loneliness, his need for companionship and his dilemma broke my heart, truly. Tough place to be, don't you think? Gram, on the other hand, self-assured and experienced, tumbled and was a rock willing to risk his heart--even when there were doubts.
Garrett, the twin brother, I loved for his loyalty and hoped for his future. (There's a book about him out now, I haven't read yet).
I hope that helped Student... :)
Sounds interesting. I like Chase from what I've read so far.ReplyDelete
Tracy, if you like Chase, I think you'll definitely enjoy this book. :)ReplyDelete

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Working for Council
Take control of your career and join one of the North Queensland's largest and most diverse organisations, Townsville City Council, which has a strong connection to a thriving community. A career with us offers challenging and rewarding work, with outstanding opportunities for personal and career development. We know that by investing in our staff, we also get the best return for our community, so we are focused on creating a dynamic and flexible environment where people are valued and respected, enjoy the work they do and benefit from superior work conditions.
You might be surprised at the range of services the council provides and supports - explore our current vacancies to find out more about the rewarding and challenging careers available, and take a step towards your new life!
Our Vision
Townsville, Capital of Northern Australia; the City with Opportunity and Great Lifestyle
Our Mission
We are committed to Delivering Quality Services to Facilitate Sustainable Growth through Inspired Leadership, Community Engagement and Sound Financial Management.
Our Values
- Service – we commit to excellence
- People – we value each other
- Integrity – we do the right thing
- Respect – we learn through listening
- Enjoyment – we create a fun workplace
Applying for a position
When preparing an application for Council you will need to apply in writing for any current advertised vacancies. You must submit a separate application for each position you are interested in, some positions require specific qualifications or experience, and these are identified in the advertised Position Information document.
Ensure your submission includes what has been requested to complete your application (detailed cover letter) and an up-to-date resume.
Make final checks for grammar, spelling and punctuation before submitting.
Save copies of all your submissions and print them out at home so you have them handy, if you are invited to an interview.
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Simply view our Current Job Vacancies page, and find the position that interests you. Read the position information to find out what is required to submit an application.
Enquiries and applications can be directed via email to the People & Culture, Recruitment team.
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We would encourage you to keep a close eye on your emails as this is our key method of contact with applicants during the recruitment process.
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Council is committed to recruiting the best possible candidates. Accordingly, the selection process is based on merit principles and equal employment opportunity. Your application will be assessed against the requirements of the position, based on your qualifications, and your relevant experience as outlined in your application documents.
If you are short listed for an interview, the council will contact you with details of where and when the interview will take place. In most cases the council will provide at least 2 working days notice.
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- Practical assessments
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We recognises our duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all workers, and we are committed to minimising the risks as far as reasonably practicable, which employees and others may be exposed to as a result of our operations.
This commitment is reflected in the extensive Work, Health and Safety policies, procedures and training provided to all of our employees, and in the comprehensive safety management systems employed throughout the organisation.
We will ensure that our people are provided with suitable direction and training, adequate resources, competent supervision, safe systems of work and appropriate instruction in the use of all equipment including personal protective equipment (PPE). All managers and employees of council including contractors, volunteers and visitors, have a shared responsibility for contributing to the health and safety of all persons in the work place.
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We provide a positive and supportive working environment to our employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its people such as cultural and physical diversity (people with disabilities). Our commitment to facilitating a diverse and equal workforce is demonstrated by the delivery of our "Diversity in Employment Strategy".
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- Quit assist – smoking cessation program
- Better selections healthy catering guide for workplace events
Townsville City Council is extremely proud to have achieved Silver Recognition under the Queensland Government's Happier, Healthier Workplaces initiative for implementing best practices in workplace wellness programs.
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The Audient Will See You Now
My younger brother Andy used to come to just about every gig I played for about two years. He was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome when he was very young and while it can sometimes be considered a limiting condition it has other aspects that more than comfortably make up for any perceived shortfalls. His sensibility and knowledge about music, for example, is astonishing. When he was ten years old he knew the names of every band who made the charts, the names of their hit songs, who they were signed to, who they used to be signed to, and who wrote the songs they sang. That's just a glimpse, though. Knowing my baby brother is an ongoing journey of discovery.
One time a documentary maker came to one of my gigs and explained how he wanted to make a documentary about me and my brother. He thought it a fascinating story and worth pursuing. He was all excited about it and told us his plans for how to shoot it.... how he had contacts...
you know the drill.
My brother and I were like..."Sure, dude. Give it your best shot. Count us in."
Then after the gig, on the way home in the car, I turned to my brother and said: "Documentary, huh? You think that guy will do that documentary?"
He looked at me, smiled, and said "brother Paul.... t's never gonna happen."
And we both cracked up in fits of laughter. He had an instinct about people and situations and it was an instinct I came to trust over the years. It was like his instinct about music. He just had it.
Once I was sitting at the piano and Andy came to the door and poked his head in the room. I played a note on the piano without him being able to see the keys.
I said "Do you know what note that is?"
He said "E".I said "Fuck."
Then I said "How do you know that?"
He said "The sound of it shoots off at a certain angle to the right. Not as far to the right as the F or the G. But not straight like the C."
Then I played another note. "What note is that?"
He said "That's A."I said "Fuck."
And this went on for about ten minutes. And every single note, he got right. The octave didn't matter, whether it was sharp or flat didn't matter. He just knew by where the note went.The two years we lived together were our Rainman period. My brother Andy was present at very many of my live gigs and at several of these gigs he was the ONLY person in attendance, apart from me. I, as the performer, the expositor, the elucidator of mine own soul, was not part of my own audience. That just wouldn't be right.
Although there have been many many times when I have traveled out away from my body to view my own gig from some other place (while the gig is actually taking place), usually above my own head, sometimes off to the right, but usually to the left, and sometimes through a little thing I call the "Window of Freedom" which sits there, right between the stage and audience, a little off the side of microphone, these do not amount to me being a part of my own audience, at least not in the sense intended for this particular story.
So Andy would take up prime position at my gigs while I would set up my gear, do my sound check, tune the guitar, forget to write a set list, and fumble around for my cigarettes. And he would wait there, get comfortable, and be ready to adjust his position when and if the audience, the crowd, would come in. There were many times, my friends, when almost no-one else turned up. And once, when almost no-one turned up, Andy spontaneously came up with the perfect word to describe that person. ------------------------------
Usually when almost no-one turned up it was because I was doing a gig in Caloundra - the first city in the world to turn itself, whether by design or by default it doesn't matter, into a nursing home. I mean the whole town. They got Barry Manilow piped through the streets, through the canal estates, across the bowling greens. They got low-impact yoga classes. They got dry-land aqua-aerobics for folks too brittle of bone to lower themselves into the pool. They got non-slip matting outside the ice-cream shop. You can go to a bar in Caloundra and there is a rack under the bar for your walking frame. It's retirement heaven. I'm going there when I retire. But for an up and coming, independent singer-songwriter it was not the town in which to find your audience.
At one of my one-person-in-the-audience gigs my brother came up to me during my first set break and uttered the perfect word to describe them. It was the most brilliant thing anyone has ever said to me...He said: "You better do a few of your alternate tuning songs in the next set... your audient is getting restless. I think he needs to pee."I said: "My what?"He said: "Your audient."And we both laughed for the rest of the night. All through the next two sets. All during the packing up of my P.A. gear. All during the drive back to the little dive motel room we had booked for my "run of shows". I laughed so hard a cigarette popped out of my mouth and blew into the back seat among the PA speakers and almost burned my car while we cruising along Highway 1. "Audient" became a word that leaped out above all other words. It became a word that other words worshipped. It took its place alongside Peace, Coke, Rock n Roll, Elvis and Cartman. Audient. The one word said so much on its own that it didn't need an adjective. That's how you can tell a great noun word.... any adjective added to it only diminishes its impact. The incredible Elvis. Loving Peace. Diet Coke. They all are weaker because of their adjectives. I wish someone would come out with a product that used the name Audient. "Audient aftershave.... you need never be un-alone""The new six cylinder Audient Sportster... drives fast, won't come unstuck...leaves other cars wondering WTF?"My brother and I came up with many similar words or phrases, situational motifs, story-boards, ideas and themes during our two years gigging five and six nights a week. There were no taboos. Just free-flowing consciousness, and we each fed into it, poured our ideas into it, no matter how left-field, how out-there, how certifiably insane. In fact my brother would often let me know when something I said or thought was unfit for contemporary public consumption. Or maybe super-fit....He would turn to me... take a pause from laughing... and say "Most of what you say, big brother, is insane or bordering insane. But that was certifiably insane..."And we would explode with laughter all over again.And at such moments, behind the laughter, I always had a private sudden thought. In those moments I knew I was really on to something.


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Treo watchers who've waited anxiously for an updated version of the popular handheld/phone combo will have to remain patient for just a few months more. The totally redesigned Treo 600, which arrives this autumn, eschews the flip-phone style of the original model, but it's more compact. In addition, it has a Secure Digital (SD) card expansion slot, a built-in camera and a new QWERTY mini-keyboard, which some may find a little cramped at first.
In addition to going with the 'candy-bar' style, Handspring -- which is in the process of being acquired by Palm -- has revamped the Treo's buttons, making it easier to use the phone with only one hand, sans stylus. There's even a dedicated Home button, which was sorely missing from the original. The LCD is brighter, but in the interest of battery life and cost, it remains 12-bit (4,096 colours) and low-resolution (160 by 160 pixels). For emailing and Web surfing, the screen won't be an issue, but buyers who have checked out the high-resolution displays of the new Palms and CLIEs will be disappointed when it comes time to play games, view images or watch video. The aforementioned keyboard is sure to be a source of debate. Handspring has made the keys slightly larger, while shrinking the space between them. In our limited typing tests, we found the keyboard usable for composing sentences, but you'll probably want to go with the on-screen dial pad for making calls and cutting down on misdials. As for features, this Treo -- aside from its display -- competes well with other Palm OS handhelds. Running Palm OS 5.2 with 32MB of built-in RAM, the 600 sports a faster 144MHz ARM processor, a new browser for full Web surfing and secure access to corporate intranets, and a built-in colour VGA camera. For MP3 playback, there's a smaller, non-standard stereo jack that requires an adapter to accommodate your regular headphones. You'll also find an SDIO expansion slot at the top of the unit, allowing you to either add memory or possibly an SDIO device such as a Bluetooth adapter. As you'd hope, this model also has all the latest phone features, including MMS, two-way SMS, picture caller ID and a speakerphone. The GSM/GPRS Treo 600 will be available in late autumn, but Handspring is keeping mum about its carrier partners. No official price has been announced yet, but Handspring has indicated that the new device will cost no more than $500 in the US (~£300) or possibly less, depending on carrier subsidies.


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Our Firm
Our dedication to observing the utmost standard of excellence, local market knowledge, and our effectiveness in representing buyers and sellers sets By the Beach apart in a crowded field. Our property management serves the wishes of both residents and property owners by providing professional management service and by meeting the needs of owners and residents. Experience, dedication and focus by our entire staff, without ever compromising quality customer service, is the main reason for our success. BY THE BEACH ACCREDITATION AND EDUCATION:
- Realtor Licensing, State of South Carolina Board of Realtors (2003)
- Member of IREM (Institute of Real Estate Management) (2009)
- Private Lending for Commercial Properties (2010)
- Single Family Investment Purchase and Resale (2006)
- Multifamily Acquisitions and Emerging Markets (2009)
- Executive Management (2006)
- Foreclosure and Short Sale Transaction Specialist (2003)
Jason Merritt : Broker in Charge
Jason Merritt is a licensed Real Estate Agent/Broker who has been involved in real estate investments since 1992. His education in real estate and marketing provides a powerful set of skills for our team. He is in charge of the Acquisition Team and is responsible for all the pre-sale activities leading up to the purchase of a property. Specializing in foreclosures, short sales, multi-family acquisitions, rehabilitation projects and single-family wholesale transactions; investors can be confident that their investment in Myrtle Beach property will be handled knowledgeably. His expertise in market analysis, cash flow and budget analysis can insure your Grand Strand investment will be a profitable one.
Mac or PC
Mac, and that is never likely to change.
Tech Addiction:
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Favorite Places Other Than Myrtle Beach:
Beech Mountain, NC; Costa Rica; Atlanta, GA; Miami, FL; Manhattan, NY; San Francisco, CA
Favorite Restaurants:
Sun City, Indo Cuisine, E-Noodle & any place with great pizza!
Favorite Activity:
Riding my custom built bicycle and spending time with my wonderful wife and friends. Snowboarding is also my favorite winter sport.
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Benny Baldonado : Finance Director and Strategist
Benny is a co-founder of By the Beach, Inc. and The Department of Redevelopment, which are asset management, real estate consulting, and property development firms. He is a recognized and respected leader in the community due to his volunteer work among several charitable organizations. Known for having the strategic vision to achieve business goals, his proven track record of developing multiple successful projects is well known in Myrtle Beach. He has extensive experience in analyzing real estate acquisitions for the best possible return on your investment in Grand Strand real estate. The comprehensive network of third-party advisers, financial specialists and skilled tradesmen that he works alongside are a testament to his team building capability.
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PC, but that is likely to change.
Professional Priority:
Putting the wants and needs of my clients first
Personal Priority:
My Son Noa
Favorite Places Other Than Myrtle Beach:
Toronto, Canada ~ Go Maple Leafs!
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Kevin a native of Myrtle Beach . In 1998 he obtained a real estate license . He has a tremendous amount of experience in real estate investing as well .
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People often tend to contact best locksmiths in Vancouver when there is an emergency situation – when someone is locked out of a car or locked inside a house. Therefore, they do not get much time to select the best locksmith and tend to rely on any service provider that they come across. But, you should avoid making a hasty decision while choosing a locksmith. Here are certain guidelines that you should follow while choosing best locksmith in Vancouver:
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You were probably wondering why it take us so long to release a new version. We already started to work on the next version which is based on your feedback and thus we want to make a much better Lubith. In order to include all the new features required by our users, we've realized that we have to completely rewrite the application. We didn't want just to patch the old one but to make a better one instead and to overcome most of the current limitations. We've created a new architecture and started to work on it. But being a team of two people, we find ourselves facing a huge work volume. After a time, we started to face financial difficulties. We've realised that we are not able to complete such a huge task, just by ourselves.
From the beginning we wanted to make this tool available for everyone. Lubith is mainly a free tool. We would say that you get 95% of Lubith for free and 100% as a Pro Member.
We have about 90 000 users of which 99% are using the application for free.
We've chosen this kind policy but, unfortunately, it proves that having just a small number of paying users is not enough to sustain Lubith's development.
An important part of the new version is already done, completely rewritten with a much advanced HTML and CSS engine. I hardly wait to show it to you. You can find more information on the crowdfunding campaign page.
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text: Yesterday I bought and installed a Lite-ON SATA DVD Writer for my computer. But FreeBSD fails to recognize it at all. I'd wondered if something was broken on the motherboard or the drive or if something wasn't hooked up completely. The BIOS recognizes the drive just fine, on IDE Channel 2. I tried booting the amd64 6.2 install disk from the drive and loader fails very quickly with this error: int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030002 eip=00010000 eax=0000ffff ebx=00000000 ecx=00000002 edx=0000ffff esi=00007261 edi=00000004 ebp=0000ffff esp=00000000 cs=f000 ds=42c9 es=42a9 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9dd7 cs:eip=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ss:esp=c9 42 08 00 00 91 61 72-6f ef 00 f0 f1 bd 00 f0 46 02 ac 72 00 f0 46 00-00 91 61 72 6f ef 00 f0 I burned an ubuntu disk on another drive and tried booting it, and it worked perfectly. So I know that the drive and motherboard and everything hardware is fine. I can boot linux just fine from the drive, yet I can't find it at all in FreeBSD. Since linux recognizes it as a scsi drive, I recompiled my kernel to try to support it, but it failed. My custom kernel gets the same results as the generic kernel. Here's my dmesg. Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #4: Sat Jul 21 23:55:54 CDT 2007 root at freebsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ (1999.79-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf4a Stepping = 10 Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE, MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2> AMD Features=0xe0500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!> real memory = 518914048 (494 MB) avail memory = 492441600 (469 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <VIAK8M AWRDACPI> ioapic0 <Version 0.3> irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: <VIAK8M AWRDACPI> on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 agp0: <VIA 8380 host to PCI bridge> mem 0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) atapci0: <VIA 6420 SATA150 controller> port 0xe100-0xe107,0xe700-0xe703,0xe800-0xe807,0xe900-0xe903,0xe000 -0xe00f,0xd000-0xd0ff irq 20 at device 15.0 on pci0 ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 atapci1: <VIA 8237 UDMA133 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xe200-0xe20f at device 15.1 on pci0 ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1 ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1 uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xe300-0xe31f irq 21 at device 16.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xe400-0xe41f irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xe500-0xe51f irq 21 at device 16.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xe600-0xe61f irq 21 at device 16.3 on pci0 uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb3: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci3 usb3: USB revision 1.0 uhub3: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfc000000-0xfc0000ff irq 21 at device 16.4 on pci0 ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb4: EHCI version 1.0 usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4: <VIA VT6202 USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb4: USB revision 2.0 uhub4: VIA EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 17.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xd400-0xd4ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0 pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC655 AC97 Codec> pcm0: <VIA DXS Enabled: DXS 4 / SGD 1 / REC 1> vr0: <VIA VT6102 Rhine II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xfc001000-0xfc0010ff irq 23 at device 18.0 on pci0 miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0 rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto vr0: Ethernet address: 00:19:21:48:7f:47 acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0 sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio0: port may not be enabled sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A ppc0: <Standard parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1999793892 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ad0: 28615MB <FUJITSU MHT2030AT 819C> at ata0-master UDMA100 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a The chipset on the motherboard is a VIA VT8237R Plus. I guess the VT6420 is integrated in or just recognized oddly. The driver that works for the nic card isn't what the motherboard says it's supposed to be so I'm unsure what to make of much of it, but sound, video, and ethernet are all fine. Perhaps someone else can make sense of why loader fails and why nothing about the drive's existence is known to FreeBSD. I've ran `atacontrol list` and nothing's found other than the primary hard drive. The motherboard in question is a K8M800-M7A(http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en-us/mb/content.php? S_ID=209). I may see about borrowing another sata drive to see if the problem is the sata controller or the drive itself.


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ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The Alachua County Extension Office is pleased to announce the following Environmental Horticulture Programs for November, 2011. These programs are offered by Wendy Wilber, Environmental Horticulture Agent. The programs will be held at the Alachua County Cooperative Extension Office (2800 NE 39th Avenue, Gainesville).
Native Plants for Your Florida-Friendly™ Landscape - November 9, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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If parts of the lawn are not growing well, because of too much shade or other problems, groundcovers may be a good alternative. This workshop teaches which groundcover work best in different yards. No cost for this class.
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The food we eat has a profound effect on our level of health and tendency towards disease, energy level, how we look, our state of mind, and general feeling of well-being. Margaret can help you discover eating patterns that may be causing or contributing to ill health or low energy. Working with Margaret can help you feel and look your best by providing your body with nourishing foods to support health and wellness, fertility, and prevent disease.
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From the moment you make an enquiry about bringing donorflex on board, consultancy plays a big part in our relationship with you.
That means that we offer focused advice and guidance, even before you begin using donorflex, and continue this fantastic support throughout implementation... and, of course, the rest of your life as a donorflex client.
Its all about keeping your data in tip-top condition, ready at a moments notice to supply you with reliable answers to your strategic questions.
Whatever the time or need, we have enormous experience of working with key members of our clients teams to develop the operating procedures and data policy structure they require. That could be you.
If youre a client that needs the occasional shoulder to lean on, consultancy is a cost-effective way of moving forward with plans that are beyond the remit of a helpdesk call.
Elsewhere in this section, you can find out about our Partnership Agreements, which are a popular means of delivering flexible, focused, tailored support over a period of time.
If you know or fear that it isnt and your budget or needs dont stretch to a Partnership Agreement then were still here to help you.
Following a review process of your database, it might be desirable to manipulate your data so it can be represented in a new data policy structure. Our skilled technical team can achieve this with a nominal amount of inconvenience to your operational activity.
Our experience in data conversion from a full range of data sources into donorflex is extensive. Not only do we accurately migrate your data, we aim to enhance the data to give you better information.
If you want to know more, call us on 0121 458 7887.
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How to choose algorithms for Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic)
Customers currently using or evaluating Machine Learning Studio (classic) are encouraged to try Azure Machine Learning designer (preview), which provides drag-n-drop ML modules plus scalability, version control, and enterprise security.
The answer to the question "What machine learning algorithm should I use?" is always "It depends." It depends on the size, quality, and nature of the data. It depends on what you want to do with the answer. It depends on how the math of the algorithm was translated into instructions for the computer you are using. And it depends on how much time you have. Even the most experienced data scientists can't tell which algorithm will perform best before trying them.
Machine Learning Studio (classic) provides state-of-the-art algorithms, such as Scalable Boosted Decision trees, Bayesian Recommendation systems, Deep Neural Networks, and Decision Jungles developed at Microsoft Research. Scalable open-source machine learning packages, like Vowpal Wabbit, are also included. Machine Learning Studio (classic) supports machine learning algorithms for multiclass and binary classification, regression, and clustering. See the complete list of Machine Learning Modules. The documentation provides some information about each algorithm and how to tune parameters to optimize the algorithm for your use.
The Machine Learning Algorithm Cheat Sheet
The Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Algorithm Cheat Sheet helps you choose the right machine learning algorithm for your predictive analytics solutions from the Azure Machine Learning library of algorithms. This article walks you through how to use this cheat sheet.
To download the cheat sheet and follow along with this article, go to Machine learning algorithm cheat sheet.
These recommendations are compiled feedback and tips from many data scientists and machine learning experts. We didn't agree on everything, but we've tried to harmonize our opinions into a rough consensus. Most of the statements of disagreement begin with "It depends…"
To download an easy-to-understand infographic overview of machine learning basics to learn about popular algorithms used to answer common machine learning questions, see Machine learning basics with algorithm examples.
Flavors of machine learning
Supervised learning algorithms make predictions based on a set of examples. For instance, historical stock prices can be used to make guesses about future prices. Each example used for training is labeled with the value of interest—in this case the stock price. A supervised learning algorithm looks for patterns in those value labels. It can use any information that might be relevant—the day of the week, the season, the company's financial data, the type of industry, the presence of disruptive geopolitical events—and each algorithm looks for different types of patterns. After the algorithm has found the best pattern it can, it uses that pattern to make predictions for unlabeled testing data—tomorrow's prices.
Supervised learning is a popular and useful type of machine learning. With one exception, all the modules in Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) are supervised learning algorithms. There are several specific types of supervised learning that are represented within Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic): classification, regression, and anomaly detection.
- Classification. When the data are being used to predict a category, supervised learning is also called classification. This is the case when assigning an image as a picture of either a 'cat' or a 'dog'. When there are only two choices, it's called two-class or binomial classification. When there are more categories, as when predicting the winner of the NCAA March Madness tournament, this problem is known as multi-class classification.
- Regression. When a value is being predicted, as with stock prices, supervised learning is called regression.
- Anomaly detection. Sometimes the goal is to identify data points that are simply unusual. In fraud detection, for example, any highly unusual credit card spending patterns are suspect. The possible variations are so numerous and the training examples so few, that it's not feasible to learn what fraudulent activity looks like. The approach that anomaly detection takes is to simply learn what normal activity looks like (using a history of non-fraudulent transactions) and identify anything that is significantly different.
In unsupervised learning, data points have no labels associated with them. Instead, the goal of an unsupervised learning algorithm is to organize the data in some way or to describe its structure. This can mean grouping it into clusters or finding different ways of looking at complex data so that it appears simpler or more organized.
Reinforcement learning
In reinforcement learning, the algorithm gets to choose an action in response to each data point. The learning algorithm also receives a reward signal a short time later, indicating how good the decision was. Based on this, the algorithm modifies its strategy in order to achieve the highest reward. Currently there are no reinforcement learning algorithm modules in Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic). Reinforcement learning is common in robotics, where the set of sensor readings at one point in time is a data point, and the algorithm must choose the robot's next action. It is also a natural fit for Internet of Things applications.
Considerations when choosing an algorithm
Getting the most accurate answer possible isn't always necessary. Sometimes an approximation is adequate, depending on what you want to use it for. If that's the case, you may be able to cut your processing time dramatically by sticking with more approximate methods. Another advantage of more approximate methods is that they naturally tend to avoid overfitting.
Training time
The number of minutes or hours necessary to train a model varies a great deal between algorithms. Training time is often closely tied to accuracy—one typically accompanies the other. In addition, some algorithms are more sensitive to the number of data points than others. When time is limited it can drive the choice of algorithm, especially when the data set is large.
Lots of machine learning algorithms make use of linearity. Linear classification algorithms assume that classes can be separated by a straight line (or its higher-dimensional analog). These include logistic regression and support vector machines (as implemented in Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic)). Linear regression algorithms assume that data trends follow a straight line. These assumptions aren't bad for some problems, but on others they bring accuracy down.
Non-linear class boundary - relying on a linear classification algorithm would result in low accuracy
Data with a nonlinear trend - using a linear regression method would generate much larger errors than necessary
Despite their dangers, linear algorithms are very popular as a first line of attack. They tend to be algorithmically simple and fast to train.
Number of parameters
Parameters are the knobs a data scientist gets to turn when setting up an algorithm. They are numbers that affect the algorithm's behavior, such as error tolerance or number of iterations, or options between variants of how the algorithm behaves. The training time and accuracy of the algorithm can sometimes be quite sensitive to getting just the right settings. Typically, algorithms with large numbers of parameters require the most trial and error to find a good combination.
Alternatively, there is a parameter sweeping module block in Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) that automatically tries all parameter combinations at whatever granularity you choose. While this is a great way to make sure you've spanned the parameter space, the time required to train a model increases exponentially with the number of parameters.
The upside is that having many parameters typically indicates that an algorithm has greater flexibility. It can often achieve very good accuracy, provided you can find the right combination of parameter settings.
Number of features
For certain types of data, the number of features can be very large compared to the number of data points. This is often the case with genetics or textual data. The large number of features can bog down some learning algorithms, making training time unfeasibly long. Support Vector Machines are particularly well suited to this case (see below).
Special cases
Some learning algorithms make particular assumptions about the structure of the data or the desired results. If you can find one that fits your needs, it can give you more useful results, more accurate predictions, or faster training times.
|Training time
|Two-class classification
|logistic regression
|decision forest
|decision jungle
|Low memory footprint
|boosted decision tree
|Large memory footprint
|neural network
|Additional customization is possible
|averaged perceptron
|support vector machine
|Good for large feature sets
|locally deep support vector machine
|Good for large feature sets
|Bayes' point machine
|Multi-class classification
|logistic regression
|decision forest
|decision jungle
|Low memory footprint
|neural network
|Additional customization is possible
|See properties of the two-class method selected
|Bayesian linear
|decision forest
|boosted decision tree
|Large memory footprint
|fast forest quantile
|Distributions rather than point predictions
|neural network
|Additional customization is possible
|Technically log-linear. For predicting counts
|For predicting rank-ordering
|Anomaly detection
|support vector machine
|Especially good for large feature sets
|PCA-based anomaly detection
|A clustering algorithm
Algorithm properties:
● - shows excellent accuracy, fast training times, and the use of linearity
○ - shows good accuracy and moderate training times
Algorithm notes
Linear regression
As mentioned previously, linear regression fits a line (or plane, or hyperplane) to the data set. It's a workhorse, simple and fast, but it may be overly simplistic for some problems.
Data with a linear trend
Logistic regression
Although it includes 'regression' in the name, logistic regression is actually a powerful tool for two-class and multiclass classification. It's fast and simple. The fact that it uses an 'S'-shaped curve instead of a straight line makes it a natural fit for dividing data into groups. Logistic regression gives linear class boundaries, so when you use it, make sure a linear approximation is something you can live with.
A logistic regression to two-class data with just one feature - the class boundary is the point at which the logistic curve is just as close to both classes
Trees, forests, and jungles
Decision forests (regression, two-class, and multiclass), decision jungles (two-class and multiclass), and boosted decision trees (regression and two-class) are all based on decision trees, a foundational machine learning concept. There are many variants of decision trees, but they all do the same thing—subdivide the feature space into regions with mostly the same label. These can be regions of consistent category or of constant value, depending on whether you are doing classification or regression.
A decision tree subdivides a feature space into regions of roughly uniform values
Because a feature space can be subdivided into arbitrarily small regions, it's easy to imagine dividing it finely enough to have one data point per region. This is an extreme example of overfitting. In order to avoid this, a large set of trees are constructed with special mathematical care taken to ensure the trees are not correlated. The average of this "decision forest" is a tree that avoids overfitting. Decision forests can use a lot of memory. Decision jungles are a variant that consumes less memory at the expense of a slightly longer training time.
Boosted decision trees avoid overfitting by limiting how many times they can subdivide and how few data points are allowed in each region. The algorithm constructs a sequence of trees, each of which learns to compensate for the error left by the tree before. The result is a very accurate learner that tends to use a lot of memory. For the full technical description, check out Friedman's original paper.
Fast forest quantile regression is a variation of decision trees for the special case where you want to know not only the typical (median) value of the data within a region, but also its distribution in the form of quantiles.
Neural networks and perceptrons
Neural networks are brain-inspired learning algorithms covering multiclass, two-class, and regression problems. They come in an infinite variety, but the neural networks within Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) are all of the form of directed acyclic graphs. That means that input features are passed forward (never backward) through a sequence of layers before being turned into outputs. In each layer, inputs are weighted in various combinations, summed, and passed on to the next layer. This combination of simple calculations results in the ability to learn sophisticated class boundaries and data trends, seemingly by magic. Many-layered networks of this sort perform the "deep learning" that fuels so much tech reporting and science fiction.
This high performance doesn't come for free, though. Neural networks can take a long time to train, particularly for large data sets with lots of features. They also have more parameters than most algorithms, which means that parameter sweeping expands the training time a great deal. And for those overachievers who wish to specify their own network structure, the possibilities are inexhaustible.
The boundaries learned by neural networks can be complex and irregular
The two-class averaged perceptron is neural networks' answer to skyrocketing training times. It uses a network structure that gives linear class boundaries. It is almost primitive by today's standards, but it has a long history of working robustly and is small enough to learn quickly.
Support vector machines (SVMs) find the boundary that separates classes by as wide a margin as possible. When the two classes can't be clearly separated, the algorithms find the best boundary they can. As written in Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic), the two-class SVM does this with a straight line only (in SVM-speak, it uses a linear kernel). Because it makes this linear approximation, it is able to run fairly quickly. Where it really shines is with feature-intense data, like text or genomic data. In these cases SVMs are able to separate classes more quickly and with less overfitting than most other algorithms, in addition to requiring only a modest amount of memory.
A typical support vector machine class boundary maximizes the margin separating two classes
Another product of Microsoft Research, the two-class locally deep SVM is a non-linear variant of SVM that retains most of the speed and memory efficiency of the linear version. It is ideal for cases where the linear approach doesn't give accurate enough answers. The developers kept it fast by breaking down the problem into a number of small linear SVM problems. Read the full description for the details on how they pulled off this trick.
Using a clever extension of nonlinear SVMs, the one-class SVM draws a boundary that tightly outlines the entire data set. It is useful for anomaly detection. Any new data points that fall far outside that boundary are unusual enough to be noteworthy.
Bayesian methods
Bayesian methods have a highly desirable quality: they avoid overfitting. They do this by making some assumptions beforehand about the likely distribution of the answer. Another byproduct of this approach is that they have very few parameters. Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) has Bayesian algorithms for both classification (Two-class Bayes' point machine) and regression (Bayesian linear regression). Note that these assume that the data can be split or fit with a straight line.
On a historical note, Bayes' point machines were developed at Microsoft Research. They have some exceptionally beautiful theoretical work behind them. The interested student is directed to the original article in JMLR and an insightful blog by Chris Bishop.
Specialized algorithms
If you have a very specific goal you may be in luck. Within the Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) collection, there are algorithms that specialize in:
- rank prediction (ordinal regression),
- count prediction (Poisson regression),
- anomaly detection (one based on principal components analysis and one based on support vector machines)
- clustering (K-means)
PCA-based anomaly detection - the vast majority of the data falls into a stereotypical distribution; points deviating dramatically from that distribution are suspect
A data set is grouped into five clusters using K-means
There is also an ensemble one-v-all multiclass classifier, which breaks the N-class classification problem into N-1 two-class classification problems. The accuracy, training time, and linearity properties are determined by the two-class classifiers used.
A pair of two-class classifiers combine to form a three-class classifier
Azure Machine Learning Studio (classic) also includes access to a powerful machine learning framework under the title of Vowpal Wabbit. VW defies categorization here, since it can learn both classification and regression problems and can even learn from partially unlabeled data. You can configure it to use any one of a number of learning algorithms, loss functions, and optimization algorithms. It was designed from the ground up to be efficient, parallel, and extremely fast. It handles ridiculously large feature sets with little apparent effort. Started and led by Microsoft Research's own John Langford, VW is a Formula One entry in a field of stock car algorithms. Not every problem fits VW, but if yours does, it may be worth your while to climb the learning curve on its interface. It's also available as stand-alone open source code in several languages.
Next Steps
To download an easy-to-understand infographic overview of machine learning basics to learn about popular algorithms used to answer common machine learning questions, see Machine learning basics with algorithm examples.
For a list by category of all the machine learning algorithms available in Machine Learning Studio (classic), see Initialize Model in the Machine Learning Studio (classic) Algorithm and Module Help.
For a complete alphabetical list of algorithms and modules in Machine Learning Studio (classic), see A-Z list of Machine Learning Studio (classic) modules in Machine Learning Studio (classic) Algorithm and Module Help.
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'The Grand Domestic Revolution—User's Manual' (GDR) investigates the domestic space and its (changing) use through a variety of methods and disciplines, traversing the fields of art, design, architecture, urban planning, activism and theory. A number of artists and other practitioners contribute to this endeavour. Residents from 2009-2011 include Sepake Angiama, Paul Elliman, and Doris Denekamp who utilized neighbourhood and online research to create prototypes and interventions around the theme of (Green) Cooperativsm. Wietske Maas and Travis Meinolf experimented with Home Production; while 'interor' infrastuctural interventions for the furniture, library and hallways were created by ifau & Jesko Fezer, Mirjam Thomann and Graziela Kunsch. Current themes and residents from February–October 2011 include Kyohei Sakaguchi and Kateřina Šedá who will each investigate forms of usership in architectures; home and housing rights with Maria Pask and Nazima Kadir; the question of invisible and domestic labour taken up by Werker Magazine; Agency will continue its deliberations on copyright issues of domestic THINGS (gardens and textiles); and keywords in relations to food service work will be workshopped with Xu Tan. Parallel to this, the Read-in activity continues. Initiated by artist Annette Krauss and theatre maker, Read-in is an open reading group inhabiting a different neighbour's home for every session.
The GDR library constitutes the backbone of our ongoing 'living research' and thus grows over time. The library offers points of engagement with the project and consists of different research materials such as books, articles, images and DVDs (artist's video, films) that are available for viewing when visiting the apartment. The first installment was done by the GDR team and was later adapted by Sao Paulo-based artist Graziela Kunsch who suggested that the GDR team create thematic selections.
'The Grand Domestic Revolution-User's Manual' is a long-term project developed as Casco's contribution to 'Utrecht Manifest: Biennial for Social Design'. The project deals with the evolutionary and collaborative process of "living" research in the contemporary domestic and private sphere – particularly in relation to the spatial imagining (or the built environment). It aims at re-articulating while exercising the notions of the social, the public and, eventually, the commons.
TOWN MEETINGS has its genealogy in past regular GDR events from 2009–2010. These include Home Cinema, where the screening of films that touch upon different aspects of domesticity, neighbourhood organisation, urban planning and alternative politics, take place; Thursday Night Supper, occasions for cooking, eating and discussion with various guests, and the midterm manifestation GDR GOES ON which consisted of a series of events over four days in domestic, private, and public spaces in Utrecht.
Since August 2010, the GDR team have undertaken research in order to connect with the local neighbourhood on questions relating to peoples' social conditions and material environments. Questionnaires, interviews, and conversations are the methods used to explore the themes and problems addressed in GDR, such as self-organised governance, co-operative living, and spatial organisation in and from the domestic sphere.
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'The Grand Domestic Revolution GOES ON' is a midway manifestation of 'User's Manual: The Grand Domestic Revolution' (GDR), Casco's long term 'living research' project developed in partnership with Utrecht Manifest: Biennial for Social Design.