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How about better organization for the Game Room. Its kinda a mess with strands from various games all over the place. How about giving each game an individual sub-forum with an IC and OOC section which can contain other subfolders. Just seems like it would be so much better organized and easier for people to find games that still had open recruitment or even find game by theme if they could be broken down further along those lines ie. Golden Age, Street Level Games, Games looking for Players etc...
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The permissions system in phpBB3 isn't that fine-grained. There's no way to give a regular user the ability to create and delete fora within Game Room without also giving them the right to create and delete fora everywhere (which is probably not what we want).
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In BB talking trash is part of the game.. along with lying and misleading..in real life NOT APPROPRIATE but that's the BB game.Brit had the social game & competitor game the whole season.. just not when it suited her like others in the house. she HAD to make sure she was cool with everyone and for the most part she did that. however painful it wascant say that for anyone else in that house. personal feelings aside.. out of the cast thats in the JH and whos left in the BB house she comes out on top in my book. that's why i created this vote for britney favorite thread.
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Yup, Enzo has disolved into a puddle of nothing. Reminds me of a Macy's parade balloon that someone took a pin to and let all the hot air out.
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Oh, Mama!
Who's ready for some life-sized, potentially-nightmare-inducing, definitely traumatizing, yet fortuitously-censored CAKE? Hmm?
Settle down, now, all of you; there's enough here for everyone:
(Heh, you guys thought the FIRST censored Cake Wreck was bad...)
What's that? What do you mean, you all only want a piece of the little birthday cake? You can't ALL have that: who's going to eat the legs? The belly? The.. er...tracts of land? C'mon, you'll love it: mama's made of red velvet!*
Here's an even "better" angle:
John would like me to point out that this cake has teeth. And there are so many things wrong with that statement, I don't even know where to begin.
Here's some good news, though: this wasn't for a baby shower! Yay! Nope, it was served at a birthing center event. As to why the "mom" has a cake in the tub with her, though - and in that particular spot - well, you got me. I'm just glad they didn't make it into an edible baby.
Also, I've heard of cakes sweating before, but this brings it to a while 'nother level. A really shiny, gross level.
I actually had this submitted twice, by both Gina & Jeanette E. Hey girls, I'm dying to know: did "mama" have any hair? I can't quite tell from the photos. (I mean on her HEAD, you sick people, you.)
* Ok, you got me: I don't actually know what kind of cake this was.
UPDATE: I too thought that they just left the "s" off "surprise" at first, but then it would have been "urprise", not "uprise". Unless they spelled it wrong, and THEN left the "s" off - hah, double wreck! Or, I suppose it could be the name of the center.


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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO -- Sweat dripped off her brow as, seated cross-legged in front of a class of 24 students, she bent forward saying, "Namaste," meaning 'I salute you' in Hindu. She had just finished leading the class in a 90-minute long Hot Yoga session.
When not wearing digital camouflage, Sgt. Yari Kobus, personnel chief, Marine Helicopter Squadron One, is a yoga instructor both at the Barber Physical Activities Center and at Stafford House of Yoga in Stafford.
Meritoriously promoted to both corporal and sergeant, Kobus first started taking yoga classes when she was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, from 2010-2012 as a stress relief.
"It's more of a workout than a stress relief for me though," she added.
While still in Japan, she was approached by one of her instructors about becoming an instructor herself.
"She said I had the right personality and good form," said Kobus. It took her six months to become a certified yoga instructor. Her next goal is to become a certified yoga instructor of instructors.
"Yoga isn't about changing the world, it's about changing how you view the world," she added.
Yoga and fitness isn't Kobus' only focus outside of the Marine Corps. She is currently working on a degree in nursing, or possibly teaching biology.
"Probably nursing, though," said the native Puerto Rican. She already has an associate's degree and plans on applying for the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program and continuing to serve for "20 or 30 years, maybe."
Kobus joined the Marine Corps in Puerto Rico on July 13, 2009, because "I wanted to better myself and I thought the Marine Corps offered that. And that's what I'm doing: going to school, getting an education and getting fit."
After successfully completing her military occupational school, Kobus was stationed in Okinawa while her husband, Cpl. Matthew Kobus, was in Iwakuni. Both were meritoriously promoted to corporal on the same day, and later went against each other for the meritorious sergeant promotion that Yari Kobus then won.
While stationed away from her significant other, Kobus focused her energy to bettering herself.
"I burned my eyelashes studying," said Kobus. "My (staff noncommissioned officer) told me what it took to get promoted."
She has completed 60 Marine Corps Institute courses, 10 book reports, is a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program black belt, and has four certificates of commendation, all of which helped her earn Marine of the Quarter and Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter at the battalion and base levels. She also consistently earns top scores for both the combat fitness test and the physical fitness test.
"The only thing keeping her from staff sergeant is a board," said Sgt. Maj. John Kob, HMX-1 sergeant major. "I would take her now as a sergeant and put her in any (administration) shop and she'd be capable of running it.
"She manages yoga classes, giving Marines nutrition classes and this job, which is an 11-12 hour-a-day job," said Kob. "In eight – nine years, I can see her back here sitting in the master sergeant's seat."
And she does it all with a grin.
"Her smile is omnipresent," he added. "I can tell when she's frustrated, but she doesn't wear it on her shoulders.
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The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bureau of Standards (SVGBS) modus operandi is guided by its overall
legislative mandates, the policy of government and the administrative direction of the National Standards Council. The organisation also operates in accordance with several other national, regional and international legislations and agreements.
The Standards Act No. 70 of 1992 (amended by Act No. 28 of 2001) gives the SVGBS authority, inter alia, "…. to prepare and promote standards relating to goods, services, processes and practices produced and/or used in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to ensure industrial efficiency and to assist in industrial development as well as to promote public and industrial welfare, health, safety and to safeguard against negative effects to the environment".
Additionally, the SVGBS is responsible for the administration of the Weights and Measures Act No. 16 of 2003. This legislation gives the SVGBS responsibility for regulating all weighing and measuring devices used for trade in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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The conception of a Bureau in Standards in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) can be traced back as far as the late 1960's, when organized attempts at standardization in the Caribbean began with the formation of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). At that time, the perceived increased in exchange of goods and services between the participating countries led to a call by CARIFTA Council of Ministers for the formation of "Bureaux of Standards" in all countries. In 1976, work on the establishment of standards bodies intensified with the formation of the Caribbean Community and subsequently the CARICOM Council of Ministers established the Caribbean Common Market Standards Council (CCMSC)* to act as an advisory body to the Council on standards and standards related matters. This agency initiated the organization and designs of standard units in the smaller island members of CARICOM. * The CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) has replaced the CCMSC.


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How to Brew Coffee in a Cafe Solo
From the neoprene to the zip-down reveal, there's little not to be intrigued about in the Cafe Solo. Though its first blast of trendy popularity on the coffee scene expired several years ago, many still hold true to the stylish carafe brewer's mysterious ways, which throw a piston-less twist on the idea of a French Press—and put a sexy little coat on it.
Though the Danish device's high price is intimidating—these babies cost upwards of $90—its fans are legion for the simplicity and paper-filter-free functionality. The Cafe Solo's principles of superbasic immersion (rather than gravity-down extraction as in cone-style drippers) are ideal for truly bringing out dimensions of flavor in a coffee, and can be likened to the just-put-grounds-in-water mode of "cupping" that is used to professionally evaluate coffees for taste and quality.
Like a French Press, the Cafe Solo steeps water and coffee for approximately four minutes before filtering through a fine mesh screen, but instead steeping and then pressing down on a plunger, the coffee is agitated once after the "bloom" (via an included paddle, or whatever you have handy) and then extracts gradually through full immersion brewing. The agitation that stimulates extraction takes place, then, both at the bloom-stir stage and the pouroff stage, the latter of which should be done carefully and smoothly. Though the Solo produces a lot less sludge than a French Press, be prepared to decant carefully as sediment will occur. Silt notwithstanding, it produces a vivid, well-balanced cup.
Charles Babinski, a Coffee Educator for Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea in Venice, CA, sees the Cafe Solo as a fine way to do something perfectly simple:
I honestly believe that great coffee is not about as much about the brewer than it is the confluence of 3 things: a great coffee, great water and the right grind. The Cafe Solo is, for me, the yuppie-bejacketed priest of this doctrine. All it really does is let coffee and water hang out and make brew."
(Babinski is currently perfecting how to reduce the Solo's propensity for particulates by using a finer grind and refiltering the coffee through a "coffee sock".)
How to Use a Cafe Solo
Note that instructions are for the 1L sized Cafe Solo.
Water: Bring good quality filtered water (not distilled) to a boil.
Prep Tip: Once you have some hot water going, it's a great idea to preheat your Cafe Solo carafe by letting some hot water sit in it while you measure and grind coffee and otherwise futz about. Please note that your Cafe Solo wants its jacket on before filling with any hot water, and not after, when it is too hot to touch.
Coffee: Measure out 65 grams of coffee and grind to a coarser-than-drip setting—not quite as large a particle size as for French Press, but coarser than your average filter grind.
Once your water and coffee are both ready, empty your preheated Cafe Solo and pour in the ground coffee.
Add water—don't fill the Cafe Solo too far up, just go up to the neck—and set timer for 1 minute. The frothy head of the coffee will rise and bloom at this stage.
At the 1:00 mark, use your Cafe Solo paddle, or a bamboo stirrer, or a similar long-handled stick, and give the bloom a few gentle agitations to fully stir up the grounds. At this time insert the Cafe Solo's filter-top and put the lid on it.
Set the timer for 3 more minutes. When the time's up, you're ready to decant! Remove the lid and gently pour off the contents of your Cafe Solo. You'll want to do this without too much dramatic agitation, both to reduce the amount of potential overextraction and to keep too much of that silt from finding its way into your cup.
It is worth noting that there are competing schools of thought on how long you can let coffee sit in an immersion brewer before it becomes overextracted (too strong, too bitter, unsubtle, tastes bad). Some believe a Cafe Solo should be decanted in full, immediately, into a secondary server so as to halt the water soaking up any more coffee from the grounds, while others believe letting the Solo brew sit in relative tranquility for up to ten or fifteen minutes has no significant effect on extraction. It's certainly tempting to let your Cafe Solo keep the rest of your coffee warm in her cute little jumpsuit, but only your palate (and perhaps your refractometer) knows what's best.
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Dr. Wheeler joined the faculty of Cedarville University in 1992. Prior to his tenure at Cedarville, he served as a professor at Liberty University. His professional interests include the intersection of faith and economics, the moral foundation of free market thinking, and economic development.
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Fessenden's Follies is written by playright David Fennario and was adapted for radio.
It was performed before a live audience for local community radio stations and broadcast Dec. 23/24, 2011on over 50 community radio stations in Canada, the US and in Scotland.
From the Eastern Townships of Quebec where Fessenden was born, to Fergus Ontario where his mother operated a retail store, to Niagara Falls power station where he was its first chief engineer, to Brant Rock where his first broadcast reached ships at sea.
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From East Orange where the Edison factory generated patents on a daily basis, to the Scottish Highlands where his receiving station heard Fesenden's voice and music, to Bermuda where he taught and wrote about ancient history, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden left a legacy of innovation and inspiration.
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No other scientist of his era would leave a mark, so indelible, and become a figure, so invisible.
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Woodhead nails down Jets' job
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.
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Running back Danny Woodhead made the New York Jets' roster after the team got down to the NFL's 53-player limit Saturday.
Fullback Jehuu Caulcrick and linebacker Kenwin Cummings were among the 19 players cut by coach Rex Ryan, while wide receiver Aundrae Allison was placed on injured reserve with an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee.
"I don't really think this is our final roster, but certainly it is today, so we'll see what happens," Ryan said. "Maybe on Tuesday, there's a possibility our roster could look different."
As expected, linebacker Calvin Pace and defensive end Shaun Ellis were placed on the reserve-suspended list. Pace will miss the first four games without pay after violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances, while Ellis will sit out the regular-season opener at Houston as a result of a marijuana arrest last November.
Other notable cuts were: tight ends Kevin Brock, Kareem Brown and Jack Simmons, wide receiver Marcus Henry and offensive lineman Stanley Daniels. Players on the bubble who made the team include: linebackers Larry Izzo and Brandon Renkart, cornerback Drew Coleman and defensive end Ropati Pitoitua.
The 5-foot-9, 195-pound Woodhead made a strong case to make the team after running for 158 yards and two touchdowns in the preseason finale against Philadelphia on Thursday night.
"It's very exciting, but it is something I planned on doing," Woodhead said. "I never expected to not make the team. You can't really not expect to make the team or doubt yourself, so I am excited for the season."
Already a fan favorite, the former NCAA career rushing leader spent last season on injured reserve because of a knee injury.
"I think Woodhead earned that spot," Ryan said. "I don't know what he could've done more in trying to claiming a job. I thought the guy did a tremendous job for us."
The Jets have four running backs with Woodhead, Thomas Jones, Leon Washington and rookie Shonn Greene, along with veteran fullback Tony Richardson. It was believed Woodhead was kept over Caulcrick, who could've given the team some depth at fullback.
Ryan said Woodhead was on the bubble until his big game against the Eagles. He also reiterated that the team's roster could change before the season opener, leaving the door open for the possibility that Woodhead's spot is still somewhat tenuous.
"If Gale Sayers gets cut and somebody lets that happen, you might consider picking another guy up off a roster," Ryan said.
Izzo, signed in the offseason to help on special teams, impressed Ryan with his ability on defense and appeared to get the nod over Cummings, who tied for the team lead with 18 preseason tackles. The 34-year-old Izzo is a three-time Pro Bowl selection as a special teamer, who has also played with Miami and New England.
Ryan said the team will be looking at other players who are cut by other teams, especially punters. Reggie Hodges has looked shaky at times in the preseason, but the Jets haven't found anyone as of yet to overtake him.
The other players cut were: cornerback Rashad Barksdale, fullback Brock Christopher, safety Emanuel Cook, wide receiver Britt Davis, kicker Parker Douglass, running back Anthony Kimble, defensive linemen Matt Kroul and Ty Steinkuhler, offensive tackles Nevin McCaskill and Ryan McKee, center Michael Parenton and defensive end Zach Potter.


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The boundaries between banter and bullying have become extremely blurred in recent times, leaving young people confused on the limits and what is considered 'too much'. New Annual Bullying Survey figures from anti-bullying charity 'Ditch The Label', reported 45% of young people did not report bullying. 32% of which felt it would not be taken seriously, 32% were too embarrassed and 26% were scared of it getting worse. Are theses statistics representative of the kids in Hastings? And if so, is enough being done for them?
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Taking The Long View: App Developer Happy That Piracy Doubled His Sales
from the look-at-the-bottom-line dept
As pretty much everyone knows, focus and perspective make all the difference in how you view anything from politics to family, and in business too. Many times in discussions on the true impact of piracy, the comments are flooded with what seems to be two firmly entrenched sides. You have those that suggest that the focus should be on whether or not infringement is wrong. On the other side, you have those that want to look at the overall impact of what is occurring.
Now, I won't stake out a position on the validity of either argument, but one of the things I hear quite often from those making the moral argument is that it's important to consider the wishes of the creator when thinking about this stuff. I happen to agree. But I also happen to think that an important change that is occurring is that creators are beginning to push away from the easy reaction of getting upset at piracy and beginning to look at the vastly more important bottom line of their business.
Take, for example, a recent blog post by Daniel Amitay on the recent relative success of his Punch 'Em -- Fight People Through Your Camera iPhone app. He had noticed that his sales had increased around the end of December and he had the same thought when preparing to write about that you're all having right now:
"This post was going to be about Christmas and how it was responsible for the (relatively) long term increase in my app sales."
But then he noticed something strange. He found that the timing with folks receiving new phones or devices for Christmas didn't really match up with the sales. Also, even after what you would expect to be the Christmas rush, the increase in sales maintained. He supplied the graph below:
Note that, whatever the timing, as piracy of his app increased, so did sales, although certainly not to correlating scale. But who cares? He got more sales! As Daniel himself notes:
"It's pretty obvious why developers get upset about piracy: uh, it's stealing. Aside from that, I'm pretty straightforward about the fact that decisions should be profit-driven. Throughout Punch 'Em!'s paid lifetime, I couldn't raise its sales count in the long term. So if thousands of users end up pirating my app, but hundreds buy it as a result of hearing about it from their pirate buddies, why should I cry?"
Forgive Daniel for conflating infringement with stealing because, as I said, I understand the natural reaction to get upset at piracy. His conclusion is far more important: it's the bottom line that matters. And that brings me back to the premise I posed at the beginning of this piece, that focus and perspective make all the difference. The bottom line is that two things happened at the same time for Daniel's iPhone app. Infringement increased nearly 40x and sales increased by more than 2x. He could easily have focused on the infringers and the fact that clearly his sales should have gone up more than 40x (even if that's not strictly a factual way of looking at it). Instead, he focused on the fact that his sales doubled, and now he's happy. And he even tried to go the DRM route and found out why that path didn't work:
"Interesting thing, I had code in previous versions which did just this. It checked (through various means) if the IPA had been cracked, displayed a message asking that they purchase the app, and exited. My conversion rate was 0%. Beyond the conversion rate issue, my app was pirated very little--after all, my app quit almost immediately, so why share it at all?"
As Nina Paley said recently, sharing increases value. Focus on the value awarded by sharing and you'll find that "piracy" can make you happy (and money!). Isn't that bottom line the most important thing on which a business can focus?


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On a cognitive level the game is important for memory improvement, concentration, attention.
It's a matter of fact that a poor recreational activity can compromise the cognitive development of a child.
Swiss psychologist Piaget proposed a classification of games types based on the structure of the game itself and at the same time on the genetic evolution of cognitive process:
- Exercise games are those types of games related to newborn babies until two years old. The baby try to understand how his body movement works and start to develop his motor skills;
- Symbolic games; simulation is the main aspect of the game and pretend to be someone else in a fantasy scenario is one of the most interesting aspect of any kind of game; according to Piaget symbolic games can help the child to organize his thoughts to a level that the language hasn't reached yet. With symbolic games children start to develop "mental images" to learn and experiment new situations;
- Rule games start like imitations of holder kids games, and year by year define the child's approach to socialization, Rule games became more frequent year after year, instead other types of games tend to decrease with the passing of time, proving how important are social relation and code rules.
We can say then that game is a spontaneous and natural activity that follow all the evolutional steps of a man, from childhood to maturity. In childhood in particular, games are for kids an important learning and self improvement tool; in general, the absence of games in a child's life, is a symptom of discomfort and malaise.


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affectionnoun admiration, adoration, ardor, attachment, closeness, devotion, endearment, excitation of feeling, fancy, feeling, fervor, firm attachment, fondness, fullness of heart, inclination, infatuation, kindness, love, mutual attraction, partiality, passion, penchant, pietas, popular regard, proneness, regard, sentiment, sentimental attachment, sentimentality, state of excitement, tender feellng, tender passion, tenderness, understanding, warmth, zealous attachment
Associated concepts: alienation of affection
See also: affinity, benevolence, predilection, predisposition, regard
AFFECTION, contracts. The making over, pawning, or mortgaging a thing to assure the payment of a sum of money, or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet.


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text: Common Gym Injuries and How to Avoid Them\\nNew Year, new...muscle strain? If you're spending more time working out indoors, abide by these expert tips to stay in shape and off the DL.\\nWhen it comes to workout resolutions, the New Year can be like a starting flag at a NASCAR race. For some, the urgency to tackle new goals brings them to the gym with an intense focus on results. Unfortunately, that zeal can also lead to injuries for those who are new to the gym or those who aren't prepared to take on an ambitious routine. Pete McCall, exercise physiologist for the American Council on Exercise, says avoiding such a setback is all about proper warm-up and technique. \\"A lot of it has to do with preparing body to be active,\\" he says. Here, McCall shares his tips on which injuries are most common and how to prevent them.\\nDashing from work to the treadmill without warming up in between could lead to knee pain. The trouble begins in the hips: if they're stiff from hours of sitting, that immobility can cause the knees to make up the difference and tilt inward.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ McCall says avoiding this is as simple as doing a few hip-centric warm-up movements like a plank, hip bridge or glut bridge.\\nSquats and lunges are popular in both exercise classes and strength training routines. The important thing to remember, says McCall, is that if the hip or ankle isn't properly supporting that movement, it will demand more of the knee and possibly cause anterior pain in the joint.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ McCall recommends warming up with a hip hinge, which involves beginning in a standing position and bending forward at the hips while the back and waist remain straight. The exercise, which can also replace the lunge or squat, enhances range of mobility and doesn't put the knee in any danger.\\nRunning, on a treadmill or outside, can lead to the aching pain known as shin splints. The injury occurs when the calf is imbalanced, particularly if the muscle is more developed than the shin.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Calf stretches are key to preventing shin splints, McCall says. He also recommends a 5- to 7-minute warm-up walk that begins on the treadmill slowly at no incline and then transitions to a moderate pace at a steep incline.\\nThe inner/outer thigh machine is a popular piece of gym equipment, but McCall says while it's meant to strengthen the abductor and adductor, it can actually lead to hip imbalance because it is done in a seated, flexed position that does not permit a full range of motion.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Instead of relying on this piece of equipment, McCall suggests instead using a cable weight machine with an ankle-band attachment that allows for side leg swings.\\nIt's easy to aggravate this group of muscles and tendons in pursuit of toned arms. The cause, says McCall, is bad posture while lifting, especially in overhead movements. Beginning a lifting routine without basic core strength can also pull on the spine and stress the rotator cuff.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Start with learning proper lifting technique and keep a tall, straight spine. McCall also recommends a core training class that will strengthen your trunk and support weight lifting movements.\\nJoining a spinning class is a badge of pride, but it can go wrong quickly if your seat is too far forward. Sitting in that position strains the tendon that connects the upper and lower leg, putting a lot of stress on the interior part of the knee.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Your first rule of thumb should be asking the instructor about proper bike fit prior to class. Moving the seat back can be uncomfortable at first, McCall says, but will protect your knees for the long-term.\\nYou may have decided the spinning class was too intense and opted for moderate paced sessions on a stationary bike, but it's still important to maintain correct form. In particular, McCall says, if the seat and handlebars are too low, you're likely to experience a sore lower back.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ It can't be said enough: Consult an instructor on the best bike fit so your hard-earned time at the gym yields aerobic dividends instead of pain.\\nIf you're planning on clocking multiple miles on the treadmill during the week, beware that doing so without a proper warm-up or cool-down can lead to patellar tendonitis, an inflammation of the tendon connecting the knee cap to the shin bone. The knee is more vulnerable to the overuse injury when you've committed to an aggressive incline or speed.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Warming up is key to avoiding patellar tendonitis. Walking in different directions increases mobility in the joints, so McCall recommends a warm-up that includes side or lateral shuffles at a low speed on the treadmill followed several minutes of brisk walking.\\nStriving for a toned tummy is a great goal, but improperly done crunches can leave you with lower back pain. The motion puts stress on the back, especially when it's performed on the floor and the spine isn't fully extended.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ In order to protect the spine while also getting the most out of a crunch, McCall recommends moving from the floor to a stability ball, which allows for a more normal spinal motion. The ideal rep range is six to 10 for three to four sets. Or if you want to avoid the crunch altogether, try the plank and side plank.\\nA step or conditioning class will amp up the number of calories you burn but also increase your risk for rolling an ankle. The trouble comes when you move in multiple directions at a rapid pace and make the wrong cut or change course too quickly.\\n\\n__Prevention:__ Strengthening the ankle prior to an exercise class is actually quite easy. McCall suggests taking an exercise band and looping it around the ball of the foot in a seated position and flexing it forward and backward. Another simple trick is to balance on one foot for 30 seconds at a time.


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test that it compiles and runs under MacOsX for Ensemblist
Category: Developer
Submitted By: rixed
Date: Tue 11 Mar 2003 11:24:29 PM UTC
Status: Open
This project is not part of the GNU Project.
Ensemblist is a 3d puzzle game in wich you have to build given shapes out of simple geometric primitives using constructive solid geometry (CSG).
By manipulating the position/orientation of the primitives, and the boolean operators, you must build a CSG "expression" that match a given solution, only by seeing the resulting shape of this solution.
You can also edit your own levels and share them with other players.
This is the only game I know of that use realtime rendering of CSG with openGl.
The game is functionnal, but I believe a lot of things can be done better.
The game runs natively under GNU/Linux and was ported to windows. It should works on MacOsX also, although I didn't tested it.
Musics are old MODs done by a friend.
Every additions are welcome.
License GNU General Public License v2 or later
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
Details (job description, contact ...):
Your mission will be to test the makefile in a MacOsX environment and adapt it untill it works, or report any constraints that make the game to not work under this OS.
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Finished block: 9" square
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Game Name: Conquer Online Platforms: Windows, Mac, Facebook, iPad Genres: RPG Styles: Anime, Fantasy, Kung Fu, Martial Arts Eras: Ancient Orient Perspectives: Isometric Players: Massively Multiplayer Developer: TQ Digital Entertainment of NetDragon Websoft Inc. Publisher: NetDragon Websoft Inc. Status: Released Language: English Game Fee: Free To Play Description: Conquer Online, set in the world of ancient China, is a free-to-play 2.5D MMORPG. Within the beautiful and opulent world of fantasies, you will control a strong and gallant hero, slaying outrageous monsters, completing dangerous quests and having the most fun in your life! The game is with the massive player base and simple gameplay with skills to win.
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Old Three Bears building is falling down
Un-shoveled roof is caving in while front of building splinters
So what does the city do when a privately-owned building appears to be falling down?
That is the question facing city officials after the roof on the old Three Bears building on Egan Street partially collapsed under its snow load. The center of the roof began to visibly cave in Tuesday and later in the week the buildings arctic entryway began pulling away from the main building.
"Right now we're waiting for the owners to deal with this," Lisa Von Bargen, the city's director of economic development said Monday afternoon.
City records indicate the building is owned by Janice Reynolds, who along with husband Larry Reynolds, have seen their share of troubles the past year.
The city's trouble? According to Von Bargen, the building's insurance carrier had already hired Jesse Gobeli, whom the City of Valdez has traditionally contracted with for its structural engineering needs.
"The city is trying to get a structural engineer here," Von Bargen said.
The building remained mostly un-shoveled this winter, despite the well-publicized record snows in December and January.
While no snow load weight was available specifically for the building, the National Weather Service pegs the weight of undisturbed snow in Valdez to weigh 94.5 pounds per square inch.
"Obviously, we work with the owner to make sure the building isn't a public health risk," Von Bargen said. Next, making sure the building's obvious dilapidated state does not pose a threat to neighboring buildings.
"…we work with the property owner to develop an acceptable plan for abatement of the unsafe structure whether that be through repair or demolition," Von Bargen later said in an email following Monday's Interview. "That determination will be made by a structural engineer."
Problems to neighboring properties began immediately.
Landsharks Bar and No Name Pizza, both homed in the neighboring small strip-mall type building to the immediate right of the collapsing building, were shut down for over two days because the buildings share a single water line. The water and electricity were turned off as a safety precaution.
"We spent quite a bit of time with both owners," Von Bargen said, in the end, coming up with a simple solution.
"They turned the water back on," Von Bargen said.
Landsharks reopened Friday night, much to the relief of its employees and regulars alike.
The future of the building will be determined by reports from the structural engineers, Von Bargen said.
She also said there was an unconfirmed visit by the insurance company's structural engineer slated for Tuesday. Reynolds was unavailable to confirm this.
Whether the building will be razed or repaired depends on the reports from the structural engineers Von Bargen said.


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We simply had to post this lovely review of Faire Frou Frou from "Eve's Apples Lingerie Blog". The blog is written by luxury lingerie-lover Gayvin (aka Eve) who was kind enough to visit our boutique and write about her experience online.
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Architects live and breathe design, blissfully losing themselves in details most people would never notice — the bevel of a trim, the way light falls across a room, squared legs or curved.
So what happens, we wondered, when two such aesthetes come together under one roof?
Do they lie awake at night, pondering three-inch moldings or four? Is there a prenup for the Eames chairs? Do they fight tooth and nailhead?
Judging from the example set by these married Baltimore architects who live and work together, it all comes together much more smoothly than any of that.
These couples each share a style philosophy. Considering how essential such matters are to architects, one can imagine them writing it right into their vows … for richer, for poorer, for mid-century modern …
Their homes are not just harmonious; they speak to the principles their inhabitants live by.
One of the couples, Laura and Jeffrey Penza, have a piece hanging in their entryway, a poem written in calligraphy and framed, that gets to that very point.
"If two should architect one house, what would happen when the two should join? And one imagines wires and mortar and pipes that never somehow quite do meet. But when it comes to building a dream and a life of two in one, ah, then indeed the two must architect together and build their home of love."
Laura Thul Penza and Jeffrey Penza
Penza Bailey Architects
They met, as so many architects seem to, studying their field. Laura Penza can pinpoint her first brush with Jeffrey nearly down to the minute. It happened during their fourth year at the University of Cincinnati, the first day of spring quarter, to be precise.
"The eyes locked," she says, as he nods in agreement. "It was one of those."
They married in 1983, not long after graduation, and migrated to Baltimore. They weren't working together right away, but when Jeffrey began took charge of a firm, it wasn't too long before Laura was at his side.
In the office, they complement one another but have their own roles. But at home, it seems to be a tandem project.
The couple looked at nearly 200 houses before deciding on a 1930s deceptively large stone cottage on a corner lot in Homeland. They had wanted a fixer-upper, something they could gut and revive, where they could put into practice everything they had learned in school. They got a near-faultless house but spent years making it their own anyway.
They like to say they touched every side of it, adding a bay window to the front, a breakfast nook on one side, a family room for the back.
But it's in other, smaller, touches that one really gets a feel for the Penzas — in the vibrant, creative accessories.
"It's a very traditional house in a very traditional neighborhood," Jeffrey says. "It stayed traditional, but it has a contemporary flair."
The living room started with an Azeri rug from Turkey that they found at Alex Cooper. Big and bold, with reds, pinks, and blues, they balance it by keeping the rest of the room neutral.
This is not a couple that blinks over color. The hallway is deep red, the dining room teal. The family room is purple — fitting for a family that flies a Ravens flag outside.
They kept the kitchen conventional, resale options in mind, but what makes it Penzian is the contemporary light fixture from Jones Lighting Specialists, with its green glass and exuberant squiggle shape. Coordinating pendant lights hang over the restaurant-style booth they built for casual family meals.
They also built in shelves over the sink to display Laura's colorful collection of a few dozen pottery mugs. Every morning Jeffrey picks one and brings her coffee in bed.
The couple regularly hit local and regional craft fairs, like the annual American Craft Council show and the Sugarloaf Craft Festival. Pieces they've fallen in love they have found a place for.
Laura's mission at these craft shows: "Find something wonderful."
The hallway upstairs is a gallery of sorts filled with their children's art works. The paintings are framed, the clay work arranged on shelves. Altogether like that, it's a space filled with impact and personal significance.
"It feels like our collection of fun things that we love to surround ourselves with," Laura says of her style. "That's what makes a house a home."
Laura Melville Thomas and George Thomas
Melville Thomas Architects
They'd barely stepped over the threshold, but Laura and George Thomas knew, 18 years ago, they'd found their house.
Standing in the doorway, they could see straight through to the lush backyard. They saw sun spilling in through the French doors in the next room and, beyond that, an all-glass sun porch.
They just about wrote a check on the spot.
"It was all about the light," George says. "Everywhere you look in this house, your eye is pulled through by the light."
It was also about urban living, a big part of the Thomas family ideal. Laura's goal, in fact, was living, working and enrolling her kids in school in the same ZIP code. In Roland Park, in their 1920s Georgian, they could meet it — and still have the original moldings, trims and thick, thick plaster walls that make architects' hearts sing.
The two met at architecture school at Virginia Tech. George was a graduate student, Laura a few years younger. She needed power tools one day and heard about a guy that had them.
"I heard he had a saber saw, and I found that very attractive," Laura says, a twinkle in her eye. She jokes that she had to come back again and again, to borrow it before he finally got the hint.
After a stint in Boston, the couple moved to Baltimore, first living in Bolton Hill and moving to Roland Park when their family started to grow.
Laura started the firm in 1987, George joined a decade later. Now they run a 10-person office.
The sun porch is their favorite room, with its pure dose of outdoor light and clean view of the serene landscape and goldfish pond out back. Here they curl up on the sofa to read or talk and eat dinner at a little dining table.
The adjoining living room, with its fireplace and comfortable furniture, is even cozier. On the walls there are two framed silk scarves featuring bold, colorful works by one of their favorite artists, the architecturally oriented Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Both tinkerers and creators, they've also found room for some of their own creations.
Aluminum and brass pieces from a chess set Laura designed rest atop a mantel. George's water fountain styled out of old cymbals keeps the water in their pond moving and sparkling.
"A few things," she says, "that remind us of where you come from and where you're going."
The couple honors the home by filling it mainly with pieces that compliment its heritage.
"You understand the vocabulary of the house," George says. "Everything we have done was building on the concept of what was already here."
A lot of their cherry, Shaker-style furniture was custom made for them by E.A. Clore Sons, a handcrafter in Madison, Va.: the coat closet in the entryway, the dining room table, a clever chest Laura designed with shallow drawers to store her jewelry and deeper ones for her scarf collection.
Solidity is a concept these two value. They'd take it over spaciousness.
"It's part of what makes this real," Laura says. "You can't poke a finger through any of it. There's not a piece of plywood in this house."
Karen Lemmert and David Naill
Manifold Design
Years before she was hunting for a home with her husband, Karen Lemmert would walk along the tall historic homes of Union Square, and one always called to her. Its fading glory appealed to her architecturally; its "For Sale" sign spoke to her romantic side.
"Wow," she'd say to herself. "If I ever owned a house, I'd want it to be just like this."
As coincidence would have it, years later, it's the house she and David Naill call home.
When the couple found it, the grand 1870s-era rowhome had been converted into six apartments, two on each of the three floors. Though a renovation on that scale might have scared off some, this couple found it liberating — the house had just enough historic patina, but not so much that they'd have to treat it with kid gloves.
They could have some fun.
So after plenty of decidedly not fun projects involving pipes, systems and plaster, they moved in and got to work turning the two lower floors into the colorful, whimsical home they now share with their two children. They kept the top floor as a rental.
Karen and David started dating at Virginia Tech, becoming a couple once and for all while traveling together after graduation.
The couple eventually got to Baltimore, where Karen launched Manifold after their first child was born, unwilling to sacrifice family for long agency hours. David eventually joined the firm, and together they've worked on everything from a small business incubator in Fells Point to a reforestation plan for the Naill family farmland in Westminster, mapping out the placement of hazelnut, persimmon and crab apple saplings, taking into account the hues of the leaves and fruit.
Whether designing at work or at home, they say they operate as each other's checks and balances. But with such similar modern sensibilities, any objections are rare.
The two are avid collectors, trolling antique stores and salvage shops, unafraid to grab whatever appeals to them and find a place in their home for it. They've made an art form of the concept of "mix and match," with the result something of a hipster's fantasy pad, where model spaceships, antique pianos and cuckoo clocks co-exist.
"We have a bunch of junk," she laughs.
"It's what we do," he adds.
They found their 1930s Chambers stove on Craigslist. A chalkboard on the wall once hung at Baltimore's School for the Arts.
The bookcases that line the front room — and others in the home — were government surplus they discovered on eBay, then tracked down in Washington.
One day, when the light was shining into the front room just so, casting the shadow of a tree onto one wall, Karen ran and got a pencil, tracing the outline of the leaves. Later she painted in the silhouette and kept it.
If their children have an idea on how to display something, the couple always says, "Why not?"
"I really like natural elements," Karen says, "and things that add a little bit of fantasy and magic to living."
From Sun Magazine: When architects build a marriage — and design a home
Architects live and breathe design, blissfully losing themselves in details most people would never notice — the bevel of a trim, the way light falls across a room, squared legs or curved.


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Go RVing Canada announced the appointment of Chris Faulkner to the Go RVing Canada national board. According to a news release, Faulkner has worked in the RV industry for more than 20 years, starting off as an entrepreneur and moving into RV sales.
"We are really pleased that Chris has joined the Go RVing Canada board," said Go RVing Canada Executive Director Christopher Mahony. "Chris' enthusiasm in joining the board and his wisdom in this ever-changing market are qualities we know will benefit the Go RVing Canada community."
Faulkner began working in the RV trade when he began his own small business performing trailer set-ups. Since that time, he has worked in every facet of the industry from the warehouse to the sales floor. In the last decade, Faulkner began working alongside his father, Roger Faulkner, in their family-run business, General Coach Canada. He has spent time in many different departments with his most recent role as vice president of sales and marketing.
"I really love my job," said Faulkner. "I get to help people discover this activity which is really about people having fun and enjoying their free time. They are always happy to be exploring the RV lifestyle and it makes me happy to share this lifestyle with them."
Having worked on many different committees, Faulkner has a well-rounded knowledge of the industry. He sits on the Camping in Ontario Convention committee as well as the Ontario Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association (ORVDA) show committee. Faulkner has also been a member of the Canadian Recreational Vehicle Association's (CRVA) board.
"We are privileged to have board members who can provide different perspectives and strengths," added Mahony. "Chris has so much insight into the market today that we know that the Go RVing Canada community will benefit greatly from his participation."


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East Side Pedal Pushers is an independent bike dealer striving to provide genuine customer service, great deals, and speedy turnaround times all for affordable prices. We are located in the heart of East Austin across the street from the Plaza Saltillo Metrorail Station.
We've got rentals, new bikes, used bikes, parts and top-notch service. No matter your experience level, we've got something for everyone, and we aim to ensure that everyone leaves a happy cyclist.
Get to know our story. Find out more about our bikes and services. Read our reviews. Take a photo tour. Or just come on by, we're open 7 days a week. mon-sat 10am-7pm, sunday 11am-4pm


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Dance Marathon is a Missouri State University organization committed to raising money for Children's Miracle Network of the Ozarks! Our goal is to help kids who otherwise could not afford critical medical health care.
The best part of it all, every penny we raise goes straight to the Children's Miracle Network kids of Cox Health here in Springfield!
The best part of it all, every penny we raise goes straight to the Children's Miracle Network kids of Cox Health here in Springfield!
Mo STATE DM 2015
Over the last 7 years we have raised more than $125,000 for local kids! Our participants raise money prior to the event and come celebrate each spring by attending a 12 hour dance marathon! 12 hours of dancing, food, fun, and everything else! We also get to meet some of the kids we're helping!
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Any business can give back by sponsoring our event. We have great opportunities for your business when you give back to the community! Reach thousands of college students and families while doing good.
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Missouri State has teamed up with CMN Cox Health to continue bringing donations and hope to the kids of Springfield who are in need of treatment. Together we will raise money and awareness for childhood illness.
Be a local hero and donate to the kids! Donating is easy as typing in your card number! You can donate to a registered dancer or to the cause in less than a few minutes.


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Stop the Pipelines!
In June of 2012, we once again took a stand against the expansion of the Canadian tar sands. Although we ran different campaigns in Canada and the US, they both had the same clear message: building additional pipelines to transport bitumen not only accelerates the growth of Alberta's tar sands, but an inevitable rupture puts our land, water and livelihoods at serious risk.
Our Canadian shops gathered signatures for a Dogwood Initiative petition for a tanker ban on the British Columbian coastline. The tanker ban would prevent the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline from being built. If approved, the pipeline will run from Alberta's tar sands to Kitimat, BC, exporting crude oil to China and putting our coastal waters, fishing industry and First Nations communities at risk in the process. We have good reason to be concerned; Enbridge averages one oil spill a week.
Our American shops educated customers about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline extension. The 1600 mile pipeline would export up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta's tar sands to the Gulf Coast of Texas, crossing thousands of rivers and streams, including the Ogallala Aquifer, which supplies two million Americans with fresh water. Our customers signed a 350.org petition against the pipeline addressed to President Barack Obama.
Both proposed pipelines are being reviewed without public input by vote. At LUSH, we believe we should have the right to decide our energy future! Throughout the campaign we had LUSH polling stations set up in all our North American shops to give our customers the opportunity to 'make their voice heard'.
Our Partners
Dogwood Initiative is a Victoria-based non-profit that brings together everyday British Columbians to take back decision-making power over their air, land and water. To learn more, visit: www.dogwoodinitiative.org
350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. Their online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries. They have also been key players in fight to stop the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. To learn more, visit: www.350.org
Our Progress
We sold our Charity Pot hand and body lotion and donated the total amount generated during the campaign to our partners. That means you raised $16,500 for 350.org and $21,000 for Dogwood Initiative! The 3800 votes collected in Canada, and the 4000 votes in the US, went directly to Dogwood Initiative and 350.org respectively. Both proposed pipelines are still under review by Government and environmental assessment panels.


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At the Loew's Jersey, classic films live again in all their gilded glory
The best place to see a movie in New York City isn't in New York City. It's in Jersey City.
"The Loew's Jersey Theater offers a moviegoing experience that cannot be duplicated anywhere else in the New York area," said historian and Brooklyn College film professor Foster Hirsch, a longtime Village resident. "And it's so close, especially for us Downtowners. If you hit the trains right you can get there in under 15 minutes."
On a recent Saturday night, Hirsch left his apartment on West 12th Street and hopped a PATH train bound for the Journal Square station in Jersey City. Minutes later he walked through the polished brass doors of the Loew's Jersey Theater — a magnificent 1920s movie palace that was shuttered more than two decades ago and rescued, refurbished and reopened in 2001, thanks to the efforts of an army of dedicated volunteers.
The occasion for Hirsch's visit was a screening of "Laura," director Otto Preminger's iconic 1944 film noir. Before the show, Hirsch, author of the new biography "Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King," provided scholarly perspective on the director and his work. Afterwards, he opened the floor to audience questions — and vigorous debate on theme and subtext. It was like film school with popcorn — all for a very un-Manhattan admission price of $6.
"The audiences are terrific and very appreciative," said Hirsch, who has been hosting classic film retrospectives at the Loew's for two years. "People who go to the Theater get to see vintage films in an environment that approximates what the original audiences would have experienced. Where else can you get that?"
Original audiences began filling the 3,187 seats of the Loew's Jersey on September 28, 1929. Constructed in a Baroque/Rococo style at a cost of $2 million, the Jersey was one of five flagship "Wonder" theaters in the New York area built by Marcus Loew, the man who brought Metro, Goldwyn and Mayer together to form MGM — and to provide a steady stream of content for his theaters. Like most of the movie palaces of the era, the Jersey was also a fully equipped legitimate theater, the first stop for touring productions originating at New York City's Loew's Capitol Theater.
Live performances at the Jersey were discontinued in the mid-1930s, a casualty of the rise of talking pictures and the depletion of Depression Era bank accounts. As the years passed, the theater survived a forced divorce from MGM, brought on by the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, and withstood the one-two-three punch of television, cable and home video. It ultimately closed its doors in 1986, following a screening of "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives."
But just when it seemed that the curtain had fallen for the final time, the Loew's Jersey — much like the hockey-masked hero of the theater's final first-run film — would rise again.
"I read an article in the local paper about how a developer wanted to tear it down," said Colin Egan, longtime Director of the Friends of the Loew's. "I grew up in Hudson County, so I decided to be a good citizen and do something. I really didn't think we would win. It was a long fight, but we did."
After a lengthy legal battle, the theater was acquired by the city of Jersey City in 1993, and Egan launched a DIY rehabilitation effort — with plenty of help.
"We had money from the city and state to stabilize the building," he said. "But we wanted the theater to become functional again. And the only way to do that was to roll up our sleeves and create this volunteer construction project."
Egan estimates that more than 67,000 volunteer hours have been logged since the restoration began, accomplishing as much as $5 million worth of renewal work. Non-paid laborers have reversed the triplexing of the theater that occurred in its final decade; hand-cleaned and reupholstered all of the original seating; meticulously restored the cathedral-like lobby and auditorium and overhauled the lighting and projection equipment (with the help of an Academy Award-winning film technician). For the last six years, the Loew's Jersey has presented a regular schedule of classics, foreign language films and specialty screenings — all projected on a 50-foot screen in a setting that would make any movie buff weep with joy.
But apparently you don't have to be a film lover to love the Loew's.
"I was never a big moviegoer," said Michelle Derden, a 32-year-old public relations executive who has been volunteering since last spring. "For me it's less about the movies they show and more about what it represents. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen."
This weekend, the Loew's Jersey unwraps its annual holiday film festival with a gift for film fans. The theater will unofficially debut their newly restored pipe organ (a rescued relic from the sister Loew's Paradise Theater in the Bronx) with a holiday sing-along prior to Friday night's screening of "Miracle on 34th Street." For the more than 200 members of the Garden State Theater Organ Society, this Christmas present has been years in the making.
"It took us eight years, taking this organ completely apart and rewiring it — all with volunteers," said Bob Martin, restoration project manager for the GSTOS. "About a month ago we finally got it playing. It's a humongous sound that envelops you and uplifts you. This is the experience we want to bring movies back to."
Martin and Egan share a common mission. "The New York City area had more movie palaces than anywhere in the world," Egan said. "And now we've lost almost all of them. There isn't anything like this left."
But will jaded New Yorkers venture across the river to go to the movies in New Jersey? According to Egan, many already do.
"On average, about a third of our audience comes from New York City," he said. "Because it's ridiculously easy to get here."
And just in case you were wondering, "Yes your Metrocard will work on the PATH," Michelle Derden added with a laugh.
Look for her on your next visit to the Loew's Jersey. She'll be the volunteer usher with the engagement ring.
"I'm getting married there in May," she said. "But even if I weren't, I would still be volunteering."


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Main advantage to use this different approach is that everyone can customize their own cutted down RPiTC version with just the package/services needed. Also if there is some problem with a software we can solve it just by releasing a new RPiTC Builder version instead of a new OS (an Update Me options is already integrated)
New on RPiTC 1.99:
- Citrix ICA 13.3
- VMWare Horizon 3.5.0 (yes, with PCoIP ;) )
- NoMachine NX 5.0.53
- Thinlinc 4.5.0
- Parallels 2x 14.1.3479
- X2Go 4.0.5
- Iceweasel 43.0.4
- xFreeRDP GIT build added 20151130
- dFreeRDP build with NEON support
- kernel 4.1.15
- RPiTC Builder 20160116
- OS rebuilded from scratch (Debian SID)
- All the script files, third party binaries, libraries and confs are now located in the /opt folder.
- Conky startup rewrite to fast update date/time via sntp by using the first ntp server in the ntp.conf file.
- USB automount now is handled by pmount/udev, udev rules file is /opt/confs/automount.rules.
- Added scripts for fast docky icon creation/removal (/opt/script/dockyadd.sh and /opt/script/dockyrm.sh, usage: /opt/script/dockyadd.sh xFreeRDP.desktop where xFreeRDP.desktop is a .desktop file type in /usr/share/applications/ folder).
- Default OS come with: Iceweasel, SSH Server, VNC Server, Docky and Conky.
- Default user/pass: rpitc/rpitc and root/rpitc
Where to find the config files/GUI:
- Autostart applications: right-click menu, Settings, Setting Manager, Session and Startup, Application Autostart
- RPiTC Builder: /opt/binaries/RPiTC
- Intro videos: /opt/graphics/videos/
- Scripts (keepmeup, xfreerdp, etc and all the other Zenity related gui): /opt/scripts/
- Configs (.desktop files and other config): /opt/config/
How To use the RPiTC Builder:
install/remove software/services by enabling or disabling the corresponding checkbox. RPiTC Builder have 6 pages:
- Main TC Packages: Citrix ICA, VMWare Horizon, NoMachine, 2X, Thinlinc, Iceweasel and H.264 HW accelerated plugin for Citrix
- RDP Packages: RDesktop, xFreeRDP, xFreeRDP GIT, dFreeRDP
- Other TC Packages: x2go, spice, x3270, tn5250, tn5250J, Xephyr, Oracle JDK7/8
- OS Services (CUPS, VNCServer, SSH Server, Conky, Docky, VirtualHere USB Server, VPNc, OpenVPN, Openconnect, Bluetooth support)
- Other Settings (WIFI Firmware, add/remove overclock config, add/remove apt-get commands, update RPiTC Builder)
- Cust (add new custom service/software)
after selecting the softwares/services click on Bash me! button. A new window will popup with the commands needed to update/remove the selected softwares/services.
Now click on "Open Xterm" and from this window execute: ./bashme.sh. (For more verbose output run: bash -x ./bashme.sh)
Also you can send and execute the builded install script to a remote client with:
sshpass -p "mypassword" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 22 root@remoteClient 'bash -s' < /opt/bashme.sh
where "mypassword" is the remote client root password, "remoteClient" is the IPaddress or the FQN of the remote client.
When the script end reboot the system.
RPiTC Builder is and opensource project, the C++/QT source code is available here: https://github.com/Gibbio/RPiTC_Builder Feel free to modify it and suggest new feature :)
Know BUG:
- alacarte brake right click menu, reboot is needed after menu modifications
Next Major Release:
- RPiTC2 2.0 will be released when Kernel 4.4/4.5 will be ready and available for the Raspberry Pi 2 board (lot of new features are coming, amongs others, a new VC4 Video Driver: http://elinux.org/RPi_Upstreaming)
- xz compressed image: http://dl.armtc.net/RPi-TC/RPiTC2_r1.99.img.xz (349Mb)
- zip compressed image: http://dl.armtc.net/RPi-TC/RPiTC2_r1.99.img.zip (509Mb)
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I like pullin' out my scratchy copy of Dracula's Greatest Hits this time each year. And I like sending people over to this article I wrote about Gene Moss the same time as well.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
It's that Gene Moss time of year...
Posted by Kliph Nesteroff at 12:00 AM
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what a piece of my childhood. I have the LP around someplace too. THis was the first I had heard this song in over 20 years or so and it was like I heard it next week.
There's also a Drac the Knife too.
Do you know of a cd thats out there with this album on it?
- October 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Kliph Nesteroff said...
I believe it IS on CD now, actually. If you click on the hyperlink I have posted the whole LP including Drac the Knife.
- October 25, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Thanks, I actually did some googling after I sent that and found a rapid share file that had the entire album, so I downloaded that.
- October 26, 2009 at 8:53 AM
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Trademark Lobby Wants To Help European Court of Justice Forget About EU Citizens' Rights
from the is-that-the-smell-of-panic? dept
It was only yesterday that the European Commissioner Karel de Gucht made the surprise announcement that the European Commission would be referring ACTA to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) "to assess whether ACTA is incompatible -- in any way -- with the EU's fundamental rights and freedoms." Just a few hours after that, there are already signs of panic among ACTA's supporters that the treaty may indeed be incompatible -- and thus dead in the water as far as the European Union is concerned.
Here, for example, is a press release from the International Trademark Association (INTA), in which it makes an extraordinary offer:
the International Trademark Association (INTA) stands ready to provide any assistance to the Court or other interested parties in order to highlight the positive effects the trade agreement will have on the EU, its economy and its citizens.
This is wrong on just about every count. For a start, there have still been no "discussions" about ACTA, despite the fact that public interest groups have been requesting them for years. And is it any wonder if there is a "heightened sense of mistrust" in online conversations if the governments negotiating ACTA have consistently refused to make key information available to the public?
The referral provides an opportunity for interested parties to continue the discussions based on ACTA's text itself, and not the heightened sense of mistrust and misinformation that has proliferated in online conversations.
But most of all it's wrong because the referral to the ECJ is emphatically not an opportunity to have a general chat about ACTA: it's for the EU's most senior judges to consider in detail whether the treaty as negotiated is compatible with Europe's existing laws -- not something a trademark association can contribute much to.
In particular, those judges will be looking at possible incompatibilities with the EU's "fundamental rights and freedoms." But that, of course, is the last thing INTA wants the judges to think about:
INTA hopes that the European Court of Justice will make a considered and quick assessment of ACTA, acknowledge the serious threats that counterfeiting and piracy pose for the EU and provide the necessary clarity to pave the way for consent to the Treaty by the European Parliament and ratification by Member States.
How the judges are supposed to make an assessment that is both "considered" and "quick" is something the press release doesn't make clear. But leaving that aside, together with the fact that the referral is purely about rights and freedoms, not commercial considerations, this does highlight an important, if obvious, point: that the principal justification for ACTA remains that it will tackle counterfeiting effectively. But will it?
Counterfeiting and piracy are on the rise and constitute serious threats to consumers, legitimate businesses and innovators. ACTA is instrumental for tackling these issues
The European Commission has put together a document explaining the rationale for ACTA that contains the following claim:
As Europe is losing billions of Euros annually through counterfeit goods flooding our markets, protecting Intellectual Property Rights [with ACTA] means protecting jobs in the EU.
But as I have explored elsewhere at some length, that makes no sense. According to the EU's own figures, 99% of those counterfeit goods entering Europe come from countries that are not signatory to ACTA. The treaty will therefore have no effect on those counterfeits in their countries of manufacture. And once they get to the EU, fake goods can be dealt with using existing EU laws. ACTA will make no difference because, as we have been told repeatedly by the Commission, the treaty changes nothing in Europe. Thus, ACTA will not help tackle that flood of counterfeits inside the EU, nor will it protect jobs there.
Interestingly, when he announced the referral of the treaty to the ECJ, de Gucht used a slightly different argument about fake goods to justify the ratification of ACTA:
Intellectual property is Europe's main raw material, but the problem is that we currently struggle to protect it outside the European Union. This hurts our companies, destroys jobs and harms our economies. This is where ACTA will change something for all of us - as it will help protect jobs that are currently lost because counterfeited and pirated goods worth 200 billion Euros are floating around on the world markets.
But once more, what this skates over is the fact that ACTA will only have any impact on the countries that have signed it -- others, like China, will be able to carry on as before. So ACTA will only affect a portion of the "counterfeited and pirated goods ... floating around on the world market" -- those that are being offered in ACTA countries.
The main signatories outside the EU are Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and the US, all of which already have relatively stringent laws against counterfeit goods. So that means that the only places where ACTA might have some effect are Mexico and Morocco, which may be obliged to tighten up their anti-counterfeiting laws. But that on its own will achieve little: as with the counterfeits "flooding" Europe, ACTA will have almost no effect on those "floating around on the world markets."
So not only is INTA misguided in trying to divert the conversation away from the key issue of the EU's fundamental rights and freedoms, its principal argument in favor of ACTA -- that it will tackle counterfeiting in Europe -- just doesn't hold up. Which leaves us with INTA's parting shot:
it is imperative that the EU continues to protect its citizens and uphold its status as a responsible trading partner by joining the other negotiating parties in the international effort to fight counterfeiting and piracy.
In other words, if you decide not to ratify ACTA because it undermines civil liberties and doesn't tackle counterfeiting, we'll call you "irresponsible" and other rude names.
Yeah, that'll work...
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You can dump the bead and swivel and tie a back to back uni to your leader with a carolina keeper to hold back the sinker, and keep your leader short 6 to 12 in
Can you flesh this out a bit for me? Back to back United? Carolina keeper?
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It is important for SM/leather/fetish groups to have an understanding of the relationship between the SM community and law enforcement and of the numerous legalities that can effect their group functions. Once this is accomplished, the group can dispel myths, educate its members, and constructively interact with law enforcement as the need arises.
This presentation will focus on three aspects:
(1) creating a good relationship with local law enforcement,
(2) avoiding legal trouble, and
(3) local considerations.
The law is a complex and ever?evolving system. Its intent is to safeguard all the members of our society. However, it has a long way to go before it takes all alternative lifestyles into consideration. Eventually we will get there, but, in the meantime, we need to be as familiar with the law and law enforcement as we can be. Utilizing our knowledge, people skills, and common sense, we can hopefully avoid becoming victimized by the society we live in.


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Run. Jump. Swing. Jetpack! Good dog!
Race across the rooftops. Swing from ledge to ledge with your trusty grappling hook. Or blast to the next building with your makeshift jetpack.
The night is young, how far can you run?
Developer's Note: We wanted to start with a really fun gameplay mechanic and, if we get enough interest, add new game modes and challenges in subsequent updates. The first version is basically an endless runner, but you can get checkpoints so you don't have to start from the beginning every time.
We have lots of ideas, and we'd love your feedback! Find Kieffer Bros. on Facebook or Twitter and share your thoughts.
What's New
We've updated the swinging mechanics. You now need to tap and HOLD to swing. Release to launch Rufus. It takes a minute to get used to, but we think it is much more fun!
• New swinging mechanic
• More start points
• Start from intro
• Bug fixes and optimizations


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Man who kept Mount Rushmore lights on dies
KEYSTONE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man who drew national attention in the mid-1990s when he paid to keep the lights on at Mount Rushmore National Memorial during a federal government shutdown has died.
Arthur Oakes, of Keystone, died Monday after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. He was 74.
Oakes wrote a check for $240 in late 1995 to keep the stone-carved faces of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt illuminated for a week.
Marilyn Oakes says her husband who was politically active throughout his life wanted to show that ordinary people can make a difference. She says she did not object when he took the money out of their meager family travel budget.
A funeral is planned for Saturday.