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Set Number:8684
Price: $1.99 USD per packet, $119.99 USD per box
Theme: Collectible Minifigure Series 2
Minifigures: 1 per pack
Pieces: Varies on each minifigure
Year of Release: 2010
Building time: It takes longer to open the packaging than it does to build the figure.
As you can see the Collectible minifigures each come in their own polybag. There are 16 unique figures per series. Some are more common than others.For example, there will be 5 traffic cops per box whereas there are 3 spartans per box. Each figure offers something magnificent that everyone will enjoy. Each box of figures contain 3 complete sets and 12 random spares.
(Note: I forgot to include in half of the pictures the 3×4 display tile that each minifigure comes with.)
Each packet has a barcode on the back. In North America, the special barcode is on the right. The rest of the world has the special barcode on the left. These special barcodes can be used to identify each specific minifigure. Both series 1 and 2 have barcodes. It has been said that series 3 will carry no barcodes. The barcodes can be found via Brickset.com(Series 1 and Series 2). Series 2 can be found at various places like Cosco, Target, Lego (in store or online), Toys r us, Independent Toy stores, Walmart, Argos, and many other stores.
(Note: The barcode above is the spartan(North America version) barcode.)
Lego even provided instructions to show how the minifigure is built. These instructions make it harder to feel a bag for those without the barcodes.
The other side of the instructions shows the whole group of 16 from series 2. There bios can be found on the official Lego website, Link.
According to Lego the official names of each figure are:
From Left to right.
Row 1: Mariachi ,Spartan warrior ,Ringmaster, and Witch
Row 2: Vampire ,Traffic Cop, Explorer, and Lifeguard
Row 3:Mime, Weightlifter, Popstar, and Skier
Row 4:Disco Dude, Karate Master, Surfer, and Pharaoh
The first figure of the series will be the one that's most popular…
The Spartan
The most unique and highly anticipated figure from this series. I give you the Spartan.
Just looking at him makes you want to yell "This is Sparta!"(300).
Sadly, the Spartan and the rest of the figures in this series have no backprinting. On the upside, the spartan does have side print. Many collectors will want to build armies of this guy. There are no extras with the Spartan.
The Skier
Up next is the Skier. Three new pieces are featured with this guy. You could make a whole skiing Olympics with this minifigure. Of course though they would all be number 211. The skier comes with an extra ski pole.
The ski boards are brand new and fit minifigures much better than the old ones.
Both of the ski boards can fit into one minifigure hand.
The Surfer
Let's catch a wave with the Surfer, dude. The surfer also comes with an updated piece to fit minifigures, the surfboard. He also has side prints for his pants. I really do like this new hairpiece that was introduced in series 1, it really makes him look like a surfer. There are no extras with the surfer.
Surfing the "wave".
The mime
Lets hit the streets of Paris with the Mime figure. He comes in a black and white format to draw a world without sound. He comes with 3 faces to express Happiness, Sadness, and Fear. Definitely a must have for City collectors. The mime even has a black beret which can be used as an artist minifigure, hopefully, series 4 will have an official artist. The mime has no extras.
The Popsinger
Go head backstage with the singer. The new microphone will be a great add on to Rock concert, tv shows etc. She also has a new hairpiece in light orange. Hopefully in a future series there will be a Guitar player to go along with the singer to make a full rockband! She comes with an extra microphone.
The back of the hairpiece.
The Weightlifter
Lets head to the gym with the weightlifter. He comes with 2 new elements. A black 3L bar and 2 weights that can be attached to the bar. Surprisingly he has no muscle armprint. He has no extras.
The Karate Master
Ready to learn karate with the Karate Master! Hi-yah! He has Count Dookus hair in black. He also has a minifigure award which can be used for award ceremonies. He comes with an extra minifigure award.
(Note: each karate master only has 2 minifigure awards.)
Disco Dude
Shake it down on the dance floor with Disco dude. He comes with the series 1 clowns hairdo in black. He also has a Brick fever 2×2 album. He reminds me of Disco stu from The Simpsons. There are no extras.
The Traffic Cop
There goes the Traffic Cop in High speed pursuit. This minifigure has only one somewhat new piece, a oversized 1×2 ticket tile. The helmet appears in Space Police III. The handcuffs also are from the City police sets. He comes with one extra Handcuff.
The Witch
Look its the Wicked Witch of the west. The witch has a decorated 2x2x3 slope as legs, has a black hat, and a slime face. She appears to be inspired by the Wizard of oz. There are no extras.
The Vampire
Look out for the blood sucking vampire! The vampire comes with an awesome cape which is a little complicated on how it is attached to the vampire. He also has a miniature bat. A must have for horror fans. The torso looks like an excellent use for a suit. There are no extras.
The LifeGuard
There goes the lifeguard saving another person from drowning. She comes with the Agents hairpiece in blond and also has a new flotation piece. She goes along with the surfer for a Beach moc. There are no extras.
The Ringmaster
The ringmaster uses his white whip to keep the Lion back. He comes with a Prince of Persia whip in white though. The torso seems to have some use as a tuxedo or a clown figure. He has no new pieces.
The Explorer
The explorer wanders the forest look for lost artifacts. The explorer has a magnifying glass that appears to have a different design in the lens part, maybe to discourage kids from splitting the piece into two? He comes with an extra binocular.
The Pharaoh
The mighty Pharaoh sits in his throne watching another pyramid be built. This figure has a decorated crown and a new serpent staff. He will be a great add on to the Pharaohs Quest theme next year. He has side leg print.There are no extras.
The Mariachi
And finally last but not least we have the Mariachi figure. He comes with 2 brand new pieces which are the maracas and his sombrero, he also has a new cloth design. There is no torso print on this figure. The mariachi figure comes with an extra maraca.
The cloth is made up of two pieces that go in the front and back.
Design: 5/5 –The printing is absolutely awesome and can be used in different themes. All of the new accessories are very useful. You can't find these designs in other sets which make these highly collectible.
Parts: 4/5 – There are many unique parts that can be integrated into mocs. Most of the parts these figures come with, are special to this series only.
Price: 5/5 – A cheap reasonable price for a cool minifigure.
Overall: 5/5- I highly recommend this series for all Lego collectors. Unique elements, cheap prices, and special one of a kind minifigures. What is there not to like about it? There great for adding on to the minifigure population. I really recommend to get this series complete or at least a few you would want.


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Carrie Underwood Reveals She Got Bruises From Intense 'Blown Away' Video Scenes
Carrie Underwood has been getting raves for the video for her new single 'Blown Away,' but it wasn't easy filming the intense clip. In a new interview, Underwood says she was beaten up both emotionally and physically during the draining video shoot.
The 'Good Girl' singer portrays a young daughter suffering at the hands of her abusive father in the clip, which was inspired by 'The Wizard of Oz.' Underwood tells CMT Insider the filming was so real that it was unnerving.
"He was such a great actor, the guy that played my dad. I felt uncomfortable, to be honest," she admits. "He was that good because he was so intense and so angry."
The scene between the two actors was apparently a last-minute decision to set the tone for the rest of the video. "There was no script. We went in and acted out the scene the way we thought it might happen," Underwood spills. "And I actually left with bruises on my arm from when he would grab me and I would pull away. I had finger marks on my arm when I left at the end of the day, so I was like, 'Wow.' It was intense. I wasn't just imagining it, it was really intense."
Despite the serious theme of the video and song, the singer insists she was not trying to stir up controversy. "That's not what we were aiming for at all," she says. "I try to stay away from controversy in any form or fashion. It was just such a great story and such a mini-movie, listening to the song, and we really wanted to do it justice in the video."

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This week, some of my Twitter followers were kind enough to chime in on a topic near and dear to my heart: the proper caretaking of SQL Server. Here is some of what we said.
Me: Common scenario: A company has databases, but no "assigned" DBA. So, broken backups, no maintenance, no disaster recovery. Guys? I can help.
@wnylibrarian But they're backing up the VM that the databases are on. That's enough, right?
Me: If you don't mind giant logs, no DR…
Me: Pop quiz, my people: Tell me WHY RAID isn't enough. (Hold off on answering, if you've written a book about this…)
?@SQLBob because a disaster is way more than just a drive failing!
Me: DING DING DING DING! Winner!! Other answers accepted…
@williamweber DB corruption, I choose you!
Me: Well done, have a cookie.
@AirborneGeek My usual short/sweet answer is: Data redundancy is not data backup.
@wnylibrarian Because its not a true DB backup. There are consistency issues.
@adamhill Time to rebuild failed drives and soft failures during the rebuild that cause rebuilds of the rebuilds on very large HDDs?
Me: Well done [@AirborneGeek]. You also get a cookie. Also @wnylibrarian & @adamhill
?@crummel4 b/c sometimes a second disk fails before ops can swap the first. Like two failures w/in 5 minutes.
Me: Right. Or, you know, power fails. Or the building catches fire, or is swept away in a natural disaster. Whatevs.
Me: Actual quote from DBA, during a DR discussion years ago: "But, we've never had a disaster *before*!"
@DaveSchutz You can have multiple drives fail, network errors causing DB corruption, many other problems that muck up your DB.
@GFritchey It isn't a book, but here's why backups are important: https://t.co/IIhMqc6peW
Thank you, Grant, and thank you, everyone. You've illustrated the point perfectly.
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In addition to swimming with Michael Phelps' instructors and battling with handmade robots, Baltimore summer school students will be building soapbox cars to help keep their minds revving until the next school year.
In a program that began Tuesday, 2,000 middle school students will participate in what the district has themed a "Grand Prix" of summer learning in anticipation of the world-class auto racing event coming to the city in early September.
It's the newest programming effort by the school system to join the nationwide campaign to combat summer learning loss and continue the district's emphasis on a summer science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curriculum.
The soapbox program will be offered at 12 middle schools to advanced math and science students who will race the cars Aug. 5 at Lake Clifton Park. Teams of students will also use their math and science skills in constructing and racing remote-controlled cars.
Since last year, when Baltimore revamped its summer offerings, culminating with a citywide robotics championship, the program has been lauded nationally for its innovation. According to school officials, the program reduced summer learning loss for nearly 70 percent of its participating students.
Whether those students scored higher on state assessments has not yet been determined.
"We learned that we've got to make something so engaging, so compelling that this is the place to be," said Linda Eberhart, executive director of the school system's teaching and learning office. "You can't have a kid do math six hours a day unless they don't know they're doing it."
The city's summer program will run between four and five weeks for more than 15,000 elementary, middle and high school students. The focus continues to be on students in middle grades, who historically have struggled with math and science.
However, elementary school students will be able to participate in STEM projects involving cars at 22 sites throughout the city.
About 1,000 elementary school students will also participate in a reading program, funded by the Abell Foundation, which will enable students to choose a book and keep summer reading logs. It is part of a three-year research project being conducted by the organization to determine whether the program could boost reading and literacy skills systemwide.
The middle school summer program will continue its relationship with the Michael Phelps Swim School, which will offer swimming lessons at seven more sites this year. Middle school students will also continue to participate in enrichment programs, including learning math through rhythmic dance, poetry or sports. Advanced middle school students will be offered a chance to study a foreign language such as Chinese or Arabic.
A national summer learning expert called the city's program, "a comprehensive band of opportunities." Summer school teachers received weeks of professional development in order to lead the projects.
"I think what the school system has done in very short amount of time is completely rebrand their summer school program," said Ashley Stewart of the National Summer Learning Association. "It is this kind of thinking and envisioning that can really provide a harness for what powerful teaching and learning can look like."
The summer school program faced major budget cuts earlier in the year and will receive about $1.5 million less after the expiration of federal stimulus funding. Last year's program included perks such as paying high school students a $1,000 stipend if they held a summer job and reimbursing a $150 registration fee if they passed high school assessments.
But in the past week, after city students noted declines on the Maryland School Assessments — the largest drop in math — school officials have highlighted the need to support summer school, along with Saturday school.
Stewart hopes the program will continue to be supported.
"We could do so much more," he said, "if the community rallied around this thinking and innovation."


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Stocks Down Two of Last Three Weeks
Stocks edged higher, looking to cap their second weekly loss in three weeks on a positive note, as a bigger-than-expected increase in U.S. economic growth offset investors' concerns about a lackluster corporate outlook. Steven Russolillo has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
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There are a few things happening in the Manawa area for this season of love. Perhaps your planning on celebrating on the day, or maybe the weekend before or the weekend after. Whenever you choose to celebrate Valentine's Day, we wanted to share with you some offerings in our area to help with the celebration.
Smith's Manawa Steak House, who we have mentioned on our blog in past posts, and also they are our restaurant of choice when offering our Romance Packages. To that end that they are offering the following specials for Valentine's Day. If you've never experienced a meal at the Steak House, just let me say, the conversation is lively, the portions are large and they offer awesome service.
24 oz Rib-eye for Two
8 oz. Tenderloin & 6 oz Lobster for Two
Seafood Alfredo for Two
Ribs & Shrimp for Two
Shrimp Feast for Two- 2 Stuffed, 8 broiled, 8 battered, 10 skewered shrimp
Tammy's Total Harmony – Massage, & Biofeedback is offering champagne and strawberries to be enjoyed while you relax with a thirty minute massage for each of you ($70.00 total).
The Flower Pot offers beautiful arrangements and of course the quintessential red roses for that special someone.
Here at the Lindsay House we have a few special things planned…..chocolate truffles and a long stemmed rose awaiting you in your room. In the morning, a beverage tray outside your door and prelude to a full gourmet breakfast in the dining room, complete with candlelight and soft music.
Enjoy Valentine's day in beautiful Manawa, located in the heart of Waupaca County!


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Carlos Beltran was to rest today, but is in the lineup. Jerry Manuel said he'll sit Beltran tomorrow.
Manuel also said Jose Reyes will start Monday in Arizona.
Here's tonight's lineup against the Giants:
Angel Pagan, RF
Alex Cora, 2B
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Ike Davis, 1B
Jason Bay, LF
Rod Barajas, C
Ruben Tejada, SS
Hisanori Takahashi, LP


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With his legs feeling better, stronger and more flexible, and released from the shackles of hitting third in the batting order where he never felt comfortable, Jose Reyes is back to being Jose Reyes.
Reyes is coming off this best game of the season last night, when he went 3-for-5 – including a triple – two stolen bases and three runs scored in the rout of the Phillies. One of those hits was off a bunt.
"I can't wait to get on base two or three times a game,'' Reyes said. "My legs feel so good now.''
After undergoing surgery to replace a torn hamstring tendon, and missing most of spring training with a thyroid issue, Reyes as struggled for much of the season. His legs missed that strong push-off step and he looked lost batting third and developed a noticeable uppercut in his swing.
The result was a .275 on-base percentage.


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Today's XKCD comic explores the future using the top Google results for queries like "by the year *", "by <year> *". According to Google's search results, one year after the 2012 Apocalypse, "microchipping of all Americans begins". In 2014 "GNU/Linux becomes the dominant OS" and by the year 2020, HTML5 is finished and "newspapers become obsolete and die out".
Here's the entire future timeline, which includes prediction about Android, US debt, India, world population, global warming and robot policemen.
{ comic licensed as Creative Commons }
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Future, According to Google's Results
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Checking in on the… Pac-10Posted by nvr1983 on March 5th, 2009
Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 Conference.
News & Notes
- Washington has clinched their first regular season Pac-10 title since 1985 and with a win against Washington State can clinch their first outright conference title since 1953.
- Washington State's first senior class of Taylor Rochestie, Aron Baynes, Caleb Forest, and Daven Harmeling is its first to defeat all nine Pac-10 rivals since 1989.
- Darren Collison is shooting 91.8 percent (89-for-97) from the free-throw line this year good for second in the nation, and second on the UCLA all-time single-season chart.
- It may not make Oregon feel any better, but Pomeroy College Basketball ranks Oregon's schedule as the toughest in the nation.
Some three-point information
- California still leads the nation in three-point accuracy, at 43.9 percent.
- Junior guard Jerome Randle is two shy of the team record 68 set by Ryan Drew in 1990.
- Theo Robertson has hit 52.2 percent of his three-point attempts this year which would be the highest in school history, and is first in California career percentage at 44.3.
- Junior guard Tajuan Porter of Oregon is second all time in team history in three-pointers made with 269. The leader is Orlando Williams with 282.
Player of the week: Jon Brockman
Brockman scored 17.5 points per game and pulled down 10.5 rebounds in the two victories for Washington this past week. Brockman came up big in overtime against ASU scoring the first two baskets.
Honorable Mention
Freshman Klay Thompson scored 16.5 points per game this past week fueled in part by 7-for-15 shooting from three-point range. Thompson also pulled down seven rebounds in the victory over Arizona State. Darren Collison scored 14.5 points a game for UCLA in the past week when the Bruins bounced back with two wins. He also posted five assists a game. Arizona was winless this past week, but could not find much fault in Jordan Hill who averaged 21 points, and 9.5 rebounds per game.


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Renewable energy – including wind, solar and biomass resources – accounted for all new generating capacity added in the U.S. in January, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) latest Energy Infrastructure Update.
The 1.231 GW of new U.S. electrical generating capacity entering service in January represented nearly a threefold increase in new renewable energy generating capacity compared to January 2012, when wind, solar and biomass provided 431 MW of new capacity.
Wind energy accounted for the largest share of the new capacity in January, with six new units providing 958 MW, followed by 16 units of solar (267 MW) and six units of biomass (6 MW). No new generating capacity was reported for any fossil fuel (i.e., natural gas, coal, oil) or nuclear power sources.
Renewable sources now account for 15.66% of total installed U.S. operating generating capacity, and wind energy represents 5.17% of the total. Other renewable resources include water (8.5%), biomass (1.29%), solar (0.38%) and geothermal (0.32%). In comparison, natural gas accounts for 42.37% of total operating generating capacity, followed by coal (29.04%), nuclear (9.23%) and oil (3.54%).


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2008-08-13 / Columnists
Pets, Pets, Pets
The Mayor's Alliance Low-Cost Microchip Clinic is a pet dream- come- true. Mark your calendar; then cut this out, and hang it on your refrigerator as a reminder. Thanks to the Mayor's Alliance, on Sat., Sept. 13, Long Island pet owners will have a wonderful opportunity to implant both their dogs and cats with HOME AGAIN microchips for $25 each (registration included). The clinic will be held in conjunction with the Last Hope Dog Walk in Wantagh Park, One King Rd., just west of the entrance to Wantagh Parkway, south of Merrick Road.
Depending on where you go, chipping procedures typically cost from $80 to $100. As community outreach, the Mayor's Alliance is offering tremendous savings so more owners can afford the tiny transponder, the size of a grain of rice, that helps reunite lost pets with their families. Pets participating
at our Wantagh Park clinic need not be signed up for the Last Hope Dog Walk. All leashed dogs and cats in carriers are welcome to come get a microchip. Dogs and owners can register for the Last Hope Walk, contests, and barbecue too or go home; cats will be happy to vamoose.
Microchips are definitive proof of ownership. Lost pets can't say where they live, but microchips can speak for them. Scanned ID numbers become their passport home. Recently Babylon Town Shelter had 2 amazing recoveries: "Blaze" a Jack Russell found in N. Amityville had a microchip that traced to Atlanta. He had been lost for 6 months. We flew Blaze home. A stray Westie's chip traced to the original owner who lost him two years ago. Meanwhile "Bugsy" a missing New York City dog just turned up about a year later in a Rhode Island shelter. His true identity surfaced because of his implanted transponder. Last year Giant Schnauzer Rescue sounded a national alert after a rescue dog was lost on a Virginia highway when the new owner had a bad car accident. A lady trucker had been seen picking up the dog, but refused to return her. A multi-state police and flyer blitz ensued, staking out the trucker's Texas home, and finally reclaiming the chipped dog from the trucker at a Florida convenience store. From 1:30 to 5:30 on September 13, the Mayor's Alliance will have a secure tent near the Last Hope Dog Walk. Veterinary personnel will implant the chips, similar to giving a quick injection between the shoulders. Most pets don't even realize this has been done. A veterinarian will be present at Wantagh Park too. Three weeks ago, another visiting vet chipped the seven traumatized Afghans flown to Long Island from the huge New Mexico hoarder seizure. We doubt if any of our Hounds had ever seen a doctor before, yet microchipping didn't even faze them.
Some techs use baby food on a dog biscuit or an ice cube as a distracter. If extra security seems necessary, nervous cats can be done inside of the van. The Mayor's Alliance, the fantastic cooperative of nearly 100 NYC shelters and humane groups, has had lots of experience with microchip clinics throughout the 5 boroughs.
Microchips are not GPS devices. They are hidden under the skin, and reveal a unique number when scanned. All shelters and veterinarians are supposed to scan found dogs and cats upon intake. I repeat- "and cats". People are less apt to associate a microchip with a cat, but responsible owners (like you) chip indoor cats, as extra protection, if heaven forbid, the cat ever gets out. When the pet has a chip, a number pops up; if not, the scanner says "No ID found." The microchip companies have 800 numbers and 24/7 service to aid pet recovery. Newer scanners pick up all frequency chips including the European ones. HOME AGAIN provides a bright yellow tag for pets to wear on their collars that notes they are chipped, but collars can come off. Microchips, like diamonds, are forever. As a precaution, write your dogs' microchip numbers on their NYS license renewals every year. I am so grateful for the dedicated efforts of Janell Granier. We can blame a homeless Bull Mastiff for the pairing of these two events. Janell Granier, director of programs for the Mayor's Alliance, is a compassionate American Bull Mastiff Rescue volunteer. Recently while making arrangements to take a Bull Mastiff from a Long Island town shelter, Janell mentioned a microchip clinic to be held the next day. I asked if she'd consider holding one on Long Island, and she said to give her a place and a date. Can't tell you how thrilled I was. We are hoping linking the microchip clinic with Last Hope's 8th Annual Dog Walk and Family Fun Night, another pet festivity already scheduled, will bring lots of participants. Bring Fido and/or Fluffy to the Mayor's Alliance Microchip Clinic on Sat. September 13 at Wantagh Park. No reservation is necessary. Later on let Fido join in at the Last Hope Dog Walk, if he feels like having fun, but drive Fluffy safely back home. She'd rather "walk" there vicariously. For more details about the microchip clinic, call 631-661-6164.
For Adoption: All the foster dogs at the Last Hope Dog Center (www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org.) at 642 Rt. 109, adjoining Basic Pet Care in Lindenhurst were taken from town shelters. Two are featured here this week. "Mia," a tan Pit mix, was formerly a stray at Babylon Town Shelter who raised a litter of nine puppies. This photo was taken months ago, right after she weaned the pups. Now trim and spayed, Mia loves to roll around in the sand and splash in the water whenever a volunteer takes her to the beach. "Jessie" an eight-year-old purebred German Shorthaired Pointer found herself surrendered to the Huntington Shelter when her owner could "no longer care for her, no further explanation was given. This sweet gal responds to hand signal commands. To see the Last Hope dogs, call 631-957-0023.


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Three towns start researching shared dispatch center
Waterford — The top elected officials from Waterford, East Lyme and New London formally agreed Wednesday to research whether they should create a regional dispatch center for fire, police and emergency medical services.
"We have to recognize that there are efficiencies to be had in services, and there is an economic focus as well," said Waterford First Selectman Daniel Steward.
Each community agreed to assign project managers to a planning group that will explore options for technology solutions, governance, legal and financial structure, labor and management organization and policies and procedures.
East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica said the study will "determine once and for all if it's a good fit." He called the study a positive step.
New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said the communities already partner in other ventures, so creating a regional dispatch center would be a "natural fit."
"We are also keenly aware that Gov. Malloy has been encouraging communities to look towards regionalization," Finizio said.
The regional dispatch center would be located at the existing center in Waterford.
The three towns signed a grant application Wednesday to the Division of Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Transition for up to $750,000 for implementation and a $215,000 annual contribution if the project moves forward.
All three leaders emphasized that providing better services is the motivating factor.
The planning group is expected to present its findings to the towns by July 1. A "first draft" that explains the potential of the merger found that 20 people would be needed to staff a regional dispatch center. The three existing centers use a combined 21 full-time personnel.
The percentages of the operating costs would be based on the volume of calls for service in each municipality and calculated annually, the draft said. For example, if there are 100 calls and East Lyme is responsible for 23 of them, East Lyme's portion of the bill would be 23 percent.
Another recommendation is the formation of a limited liability company to operate the communications center.
"This does away with the perception that one municipality is working for another, or the feeling that one entity (i.e. the police) is running the center," the draft said.
A proposal raised early last year would have combined dispatch services for East Lyme and Waterford. The deal never came to fruition, in part because union dispatchers from East Lyme argued against the merger, which would have forced them to reapply for their jobs.
Formica said the study would look at how the unions would blend together. New London and East Lyme dispatchers belong to unions. Waterford's do not.
Finizio added, "No interest group should have a veto over good public policy."
The town of Montville recently unveiled its public safety complex, at which it hopes to house a regional dispatch center.
Steward said they would look at all options, including Montville, but added the study is looking at creating a dispatch center that would serve New London, Waterford and East Lyme.
In August, Waterford and New London agreed to share Waterford's emergency communications equipment, saving New London the expense of building its own system.
Waterford, which installed a $6 million state-of-the-art network several years ago, has the radio capacity to meet all of New London's needs. The signal from Waterford covers 95 percent of New London, with none of the dead spots that were part of the old system.
The contract, which runs through 2018, enabled New London to comply with federal narrow-banding radio requirements and strengthened public safety response times in New London, Finizio said in August. New London is to contribute to annual maintenance costs and purchase its own radios.
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Google to NSA: Stop Snooping on Our Servers
Google says it is beefing up encryption to ward off alleged tapping efforts by the NSA. Also, Google denies giving the NSA any access to its servers. WSJ's Danny Yadron explains on digits.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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It is with great regret that we inform you that Joseph Demarco passed away in a tragic, yet unexplained accident. Being one of the most important philanthropists in the local digital art scene, his demise has left a deep void in the community. Out of respect for his friends and family, the dotconnexion exhibition will be cancelled.
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Issue #27
January 15, 2014
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With a new government in town, well actually they've been here awhile so more like with a new government in power it marks the end of a term and the start of a new one. Free States and his running mate Libertarian Washington won but before they moved in a couple government officials gave one last address to the People this included Crescellia, who had to drop out of the race because of real life issues, who talked about his term in office and gave it that last huzzah and Lewis and Daniel who talked about what he had done while he was the Undersecretary of Defense. Not too long after Free States took office and got to work. One of our sources said that while Free States was cleaning out the Presidential mansion he found lots of things that others had left behind, like a secret dungeon with screams and cries coming from it, a stash of hentai, rope and a candle, some gum underneath one of the chairs, pants that had been hidden, and a whole lot more like his old gun that he hid in the English Dictionary. It isn't exactly known what Free States did with all of the things he found and we might never find out.
Soon after that Free States released his appointments to the Cabinet which included older faces like Trook and Andune who are now the Secretary of the Interior and Treasure, respectfully, and newer faces like Emrys Mercer who will be taking over the military. Then not too long ago he released his nominations for Attorney General and the Supreme Court Justices to the Senate, with included Mytzonia, who still has to take law classes before he can assume the office, Imperium, Conserlan, and New Lafayette, respectfully.
The Senate also saw some new senators in the elections with Western Timpetotia, Bacilli, and Britarvia all coming back to the Senate after time away and Aurumaquaria replacing Andune and getting his first chance in the region to serve office. With new senators coming in that also means that speaker elections must also come to fruition, this time with Hunteiria, Queen Rebecca and Lewis and Daniel all running. The race was tight however after Hunteiria and Queen Rebecca tied 4 to 4 Lewis and Daniel broke the tie by changing his vote from himself to Hunteiria who will once again be our Speaker.
Hopefully this coming term will be a good one but as many people like to say only time will tell.
ARE YOU A CEO? meaning that the budget only passed by 2 votes and a very slim margin, perhaps the smallest margin a budget has passed on in over 6 months. The Senators voting against and abstaining did so for a variety of reasons such as cutting the salaries of senators who had no say in if they wanted their salary cut yet saying that they did, little transparency and no receipt from the Department of Treasury on how they exactly spend $25,000 while other departments who had published a receipt and had the ability to spend more were left at under $5,000, among other issues.
However this seemed to infuriate the Secretary and a few others who barged in on the voting stage in the Senate and disrupted the chamber, who will be fined. Order was restored. However the Secretary went on to post several other posts in other threads about the budget and what he thought of the senators who didn't vote for it, once such quote "So don't expect me to raise any payments again for Senators who, as I see it, didn't do their job correctly." as some conspiracy theorists view this as well as others, they see this quote as the Secretary saying that he will be holding the Senator's salaries hostage because they didn't vote they way that he wanted and will probably lower Senator's salaries again in February.
Though the budget has passed, so in the long run while it didn't get the support other budgets in the past have it stilled passed which means that the government can continue operating and no shutdown will be had, but this could also mean that more thought and planning will be going into the next budget and hopefully it will be able to get more votes and be a better budget.
With a slue of other role plays going on several people have still found time to start another one which looks very promising or at least for now, a Naruto role play. The role play which as you might have figured out takes place in the world of Naruto where people get to develop their own characters who can the ability to have some totally awesome jutsu. Currently in the RP there is a tournament in the Leaf Village that will be testing the skills of shinobi and ninja all over the world, which was done to see what our characters got versus others. So far the tournament hasn't started so new members can join at anytime they want, no knowledge of Naruto needed, but helpful.
That's not all there is also a lot of out of context talk about Naruto like pairings, you know Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Tenten, so on. However many other role plays have started out just as fine like the New Modern World RP, and many others but soon fall to inactivity and other nasty things. Will the Naruto RP also fall to those things? Let's hope not but only time will actually tell us. That's time for you, always holding the secrets we want to know.
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Hello everyone and thank you once again for reading the wonderful paper that we like to call The Messenger. Before we get into everything else about the company I'd just like to tell you a few things. The first time The Messenger appeared in NationStates was several years ago as The British Messenger in The United Kingdom, it didn't stay for long though later I believe I opened it up again in The Kingdom of Denmark as The Danish Messenger. The Messenger might have also been in a couple other regions but I forget. Now we've been in The Allied Republic and first published on July 25, 2012. Now it's January 12, 2014 and this is our 27th issue. We are one of the oldest and longest running papers here and are nearing our 30th issue. It has been quite a journey and we'd like to thank you for helping us out every step of the way.
Next we'd like to talk about The Messenger Postal Service, the very first postal service of it's kind in the region. It is a subdivision of The Messenger which as the name implies sends out letters, messages, and telegrams. The company has a very effective formula for determining payment. The base fee, currently $100, then $3 times the number of messages or telegrams you want to send out, then if you want us to write the letter an additional fee is added.
The Goddess Casino has also opened up which deals with bets, gambling and all that other cool stuff. It recently held bets on the elections and will probably do so again next election. It is also working to develop a lotto and other forms of gambling.
North Republic Industries is doing quite well and has been seeing good profits so far from it's various companies and will be publishing a finial report very soon.
Speaker Hunteiria making sure that the Senate is Active and Doing Fine while following the rules and being awesome.
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Today we sat down with Secretary of the Interior Trook where we we're able to talk to him about Election Act VI which he hopes will help to improve the region and cut down on the red tape that's involved with our election process.
TM: 1. How will this new Elections Act be cutting red tape and how will it help the election process?
Trook: The new act will help by cutting down bureaucracy such as the election reports as long with cutting down in the wording of the law to make it simpler to understand what quicker to find out what you need to know.
TM: 2. Why did you decide to write a new elections act?
Trook: Well as part of my tasks as Secretary of the Interior I have been tasked by President Free States to cut down on the admin side of the SOI and to deal with some issues that people raised and he himself agreed with that made people feel restricted in the elections particularly in regards to political parties being limited to only have as many candidates as there are seats to win in the senate elections.
TM: 3. Why do you think it is better than the current one?
Trook: Well this version is less cumbersome than the lasts in terms of limitations and formal reports which some Secretaries ignored, I am not naming names but there was a key link between getting elected to senate then not doing the report. I also admit to myself that it is a lot simpler as I can almost fir it on one screen without having to slide down whilst keeping necessary regulation.
TM: 4. Imperium also proposed an election act not too long ago, why do you think yours is better?
Trook: Although I know Imperium will disagree but I feel his is too simple to the point we lose standardisation which keeps the elections the name every time so no one can start saying one election is harder than the other due to how they were organised. Secondly you also lost a lot of accountability in his due to the SOI not even being required to encourage people to vote or to stand as candidates which I think would lead elections having less participation along with the Senate loosing he ability to impeach the SOI if they done a job so bad that they had to be remove.
TM: Alright, thank you. Is there anything else you would like to add?
Trook: It has the formal and official support of the President + It looks like Imps may be voted down in the senate
There you have it folks straight from the Secretary himself.
Hello, Hello, Hello we are once again back for another addition to my favorite section. Remember that the names of the new ones are links to MyAnimeList were you can find more information, Synopsis, reviews, average score, Voice Actors, and more! Also I would be happy to talk about any series or movie that you might want to discuss. Also I have found out about a new anime site. Once again I shall list the names of those I have done. Also Lewis and Daniel is always happy to talk about anime with you. Or if you need to know some anime sites just ask! This time you will also be getting a Summer time edition! Why because with summer coming round you might just have more time to spend watching anime and reading manga not just short ones either. Also we have a couple new anime watching fans out there. We will keep up with these Summertime Editions for a while, while the summer and anime always stay in our heart. This might just be our last summertime edition sadly enough but I might just keep things the same and spice things up and put a couple new things in here. Please know that as we go back and look at some or if I have on my blog, I will be putting a (R) after it to show that I have already done it, it is not apart of the title like (TV) or (2005) might be
Spice and Wolf (R)
Nodame Cantabile
Code Geass
School Rumble (R)
Honey and Clover
Clannad (R)
Great Teacher Onizuka
Eden of the East
Kimi ni Todoke (R)
Ah My Goddess (R)
Full Metal Panic
Kino's Journey
ef - a tale of memories
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
One Piece
Guin Saga
Glass Mask (2005)
Cowboy Bebop
Angel Beats!
Usagi Drop (R)
Itazura na Kiss
Ouran High School Host Club
Princess Jellyfish
Hanasaku Iroha
Skip Beat!
Kids on the Slope
Eureka Seven
Death Note
Black Lagoon
One Outs
Princess Tutu
Fullmetal Alchemist
Love Hina
Cross Game
Waiting in the Summer
Sword Art Online
Mirai Nikki (TV)
Crest of the Stars
Attack on Titan
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
Tari Tari
Kemono no Souja Erin
Gin no Saji
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
Tokyo Godfathers
1. The Irresponsible Captain Tylor -- Also sometimes called Musekinin Kanchou Tylor. It aired in 1993. It starts out with Justy Ueki Tylor who after seeing an ad decides to join the military, get a desk job, and then retire with a fat pension. That was until he managed to save an former admiral from people who were holding him hostage and to reward Tylor he is promoted and becomes the Captain of the Soyokaze. It goes on from there.
The Story is good, it's entertaining and enjoyable. It's not really deep but it still has a nice story. It is a comedy, parody, space, military, anime. It is really funny a lot of the time. It is nice to watch and let's you break away from life and drama. At times you may stray away from it but you'll come back. The Characters are pretty good, Captain Tylor is really funny and a likable and enjoyable character as well as others like Yuriko, Yamamoto, and Goza. I liked them. Character development is there, the characters really change through out the anime. You see how the crew grows together and how they change. It's pretty good. The music is good, I really enjoyed the opening and ending themes and as well as some of the other soundtracks, they were pretty good and I wish I could find the ringtones. I watched the English dub, it was good, I thought that the voices matched the characters pretty well. The animation is old, it was from 1993, but I also liked watching that older animation sometimes. It isn't the best but it's fine.
The ending was nice, there is a OVA squeal but I haven't seen it yet. The enjoyment is good, I liked it, it was nice. It was also nice to watch older anime, I do like watching older anime sometimes.
2. Nodame Cantabile -- One of my favorite anime, it deals with music and the life of Shinichi Chiaki and Megumi Noda or as everyone calls her Nodame. The story starts off with Chiaki walking around campus of a music college, and says that everything's bad or terrible or something, but he then hears something that's not terrible. Chiaki is from a respectable family and has traveled around Europe and has been in Japan for a while. He can play the piano and the violin and is good at both, however wishes to become a conductor and he is a perfectionist. Nodame plays the piano an unkempt girl. The story goes on.
The story is wonderful, I really enjoyed it and it was amazing. I really liked it, it deals with music, slice of of life, drama, romance, comedy, and is josei. I really liked it as it told a wonderful story and I really liked how it deals with college. The pacing is also well done. The Characters are wonderful, Chiaki and Nodame are wonderful and amazing I really liked them as well as many of the other characters like Milch. Not only that but I also like the relationships between the characters. The Character development was also pretty well done and it's nice. You can see how they develop and move. The music, really key to the anime as it deals with classical music. The music is wonderful, the opening and ending are very wonderful and I like them and have used both of them as ringtones. Not only that but the songs that they play though out the series. This anime really helped me to really start liking classical music again. Now for the voice acting I watched the first season dubbed on Crackle and it was great I really liked it the voices were good, but I don't think that they have dubbed any further than that so I had to watch the second season subbed, which was good but I would have liked to have had the dubbed. The animation is also well done, I liked it.
The ending of the first season was good of course I went to the second season later and still have to watch the third. The enjoyment is great, I really liked it. This is one of my favorite anime, I just love it. I have also read a lot fo the manga after it, I didn't jump ahead though and still need to finish reading a lot of it.
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In laws, who'd have 'em?
Future queen Kate Middleton is spending her hols with the present queen at Balmoral. The Queen it is said, wants to get to know her better, now that she's officially part of the family. Good for Her Majesty, smoothing the way on what can be a difficult path - getting on with the in-laws.
Future mother in law Carolyn Bourne made the news recently when she emailed her daughter-in-law to be, Heidi Withers her thoughts on a recent visit she made to the Bourne household. She criticised her for getting up much later than the rest of the house, her fussiness about what she would eat, her table manners and her choice of wedding venue.
Big mistake Mrs Bourne! The golden rule of being an in law is to keep on the right side of the daughter in law. The old saying 'A son's a son, 'til he takes a wife, but a daughter's a daughter all her life.' says it all. However devoted a 'mummy's boy' a man is, once he gets married he shifts his allegiance. In fact I suspect that the more a man is a mummy's boy the more likely he is to transfer all that feeling to his wife.
It's not a good idea to ask a son to choose between his mother and his wife or to take sides in any disagreements they may have. It's no choice for him; wife first, every time - if he knows what's good for him!
When the children come along then the odds are even more in daughter-in-law's favour. A mother-in-law may not like her daughter-in-law very much, but she will probably dote on her grandchildren. How much she sees them and under what circumstances will be controlled by her daughter-in-law, especially if there is a divorce and the mother has custody of the children.
Of course it's not always mothers in laws who are to blame. There are women who are so possessive of their husbands they resent the relationship with his parents, especially 'the other woman' -his mother. In my own family, a daughter-in-law drove a wedge between her husband and his parents when they were married. When they divorced she made it almost impossible for them to have a relationship with their grandchildren.
So in-laws,- like puppies, are not just for Christmas. Like it or lump it, they're here to stay and (note to Mrs Bourne) unlike puppies they won't respond well to attempts at house training.


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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba on Monday, more than two months after surgery for cancer that has jeopardized his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation.
The middle-of-the-night homecoming by Chavez, 58, implies some medical improvement - at least enough to handle a flight of several hours - and will again fire up supporters with hope he could return to active rule.
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Yet there was no new information on the socialist leader's condition, nor images of his arrival, and aides say his condition remains "complex."
Chavez could be returning to govern behind the scenes or could be hoping to ease political tensions in Venezuela and smooth a transition to Vice President Nicolas Maduro.
Chavez has urged voters to back Maduro should he have to stand down and a new presidential election be held.
"We have returned to the Venezuelan fatherland. Thank you, my God! Thank you, my beloved people! We will continue the treatment here," Chavez said via Twitter after flying in.
Maduro said Chavez flew in at about 2:30 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) from Havana and was taken to a military hospital in Caracas.
Until photos were published of him on Friday, Chavez had not been seen by the public since a six-hour operation in Cuba on December 11.
There had been speculation Chavez was not well enough to travel despite wanting to return for continued treatment for the disease, which was first diagnosed in mid-2011.
"I remain attached to Christ and trusting in my nurses and doctors," the president also tweeted on Monday. "Onwards to victory forever! We will live and we will conquer!"
The tweets were his first direct communication with the outside world since he went to Cuba in December.
His return thrilled supporters in the country of 29 million people, where his common touch and heavy spending on welfare policies have made him an idol to many of the poor.
"It's fabulous news, the best thing possible," Chavez's cousin, Guillermo Frias, told Reuters from the president's rural birthplace in Barinas state. "Venezuela was waiting for him, everyone wants to see him. Welcome home! Thank God he's back!"


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Big Bash of Light weight Desktop Managers is about pitting against each other the various DMs offered by openSUSE 12.2 . It involves taking each of the each of the desktops for a spin and checking out whether they are good enough for daily use. The desktop managers described here are managed by the community and not officially supported. The end of the article features a table which compares and rates these desktops.
Special Note:-
It would be a good idea to create a new user profile and turn off auto login feature to avoid getting stuck with a broken system. To know more about user management from a GNOME 3.X perspective you may take a look at this post.
Since I had already written about Cinnamon i am not covering it again. The following are the desktop managers we are going to take a look at in the rest of the article
Razor Death". Once we login the screen goes blank and I became it's latest victim :) .
- Assuming that you have GNOME 3.4.2 / openSUSE 12.2 installed, we need to ensure that we have installed the community repositories similar to what has been described here.
- Open the gnome terminal and add the relevant desktop repositories. The -f option will make the repos' auto-refresh enabled.
sudo zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/windowmanagers/openSUSE_12.2/X11:windowmanagers.repo
- Reresh the repository metadata
sudo zypper ref -f
- Install the relevant packages/rpms
sudo zypper in iceWMCP icewm-gnome icewm-themes iceWMCP enlightenment epplet-base fluxbox fvwm2 pekwm pekwm-theme-adriano awesome
It is a window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible. It is primarily targeted at power users and developers. It has minimal graphical user interface and is not the for people who need a GUI (Graphical User interface) to configure or do things. Awesome needs users to be comfortable editing config files and at ease with command line settings to perform basic things like changing wallpaper. If changing the desktop background involves editing a configuration file sounds like a bad idea then avoid Awesome.
Change background
You need to download a ".png" image of your choice as ".jpg" are not accepted by the themes framework and then edit the below line in the file "/usr/share/awesome/themes/default/theme.lua" provided you are using the default theme.
-- You can use your own command to set your wallpaper
--theme.wallpaper_cmd = { "awsetbg /usr/share/awesome/themes/default/background.png" }
theme.wallpaper_cmd = { "awsetbg /home/test/Downloads/Fable3-wallpaper_1280x1024.png" }
Open an application
Press key combination "Win key+r" which opens a tiny command launcher on the top panel where you can type in a command of your choice to launch any application. If you need to browse and need Opera you can type in opera in the command launcher and press the return or enter key.
Screen Layouts
Awesome provides a cool layout switcher at the right end of the panel which can be used to switch between 12 different screen layouts. The default is the floating layout. Using key combination "Win+Space" we can switch between various layouts.
Switch Screen Resolution
Awesome requires its users to know what XRandR is and how can one set the screen / display resolution using command line interface. You open a terminal by terminal in command launcher(win+r) or (win+Enter key) and then type in "xrandr -q" to get the screen resolution list.Then you can type in something like "xrandr --size 1280x1024". Ensure that the 'x' is a small one.
Close Applications
Applications can be closed using "win+shift+c" key combination.
Switch between workspaces
You can switch between workspaces using key combination "win+1, win+2, ..." or use the GUI tool on the panel numbered 1 to 9.
Application Switcher
Instead of using Alt+Tab for application switcher you need to use "win+Tab"
Screenshot of Awesome desktop showing time at the top right end of the screen, customised desktop wallpaper, a rudimentary panel at the top which also contains a workspace switcher and very simple menu at the top left hand side.
Screenshot showing Nautilus (File & folder organizer), Gedit (Text Editor), Terminal and SeaMonkey (Browser)
Enlightenment also known simply as E, is a stacking window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Only thing I found annoying is that the focus shifts to a window based on the location of mouse pointer on the screen. E16 has a very different user interface and main desktop consists of:-
- Two Pagers(Workspace Switchers)
- System Tray
- Icon Box(Dock or Panel like stuff) for switching between open applications
- E-Applets which provide additional functionality like E-NetFlame(Network app),E-CPUFlame(CPU load app), E-Exec(Application launcher)
The following snapshot shows the Enlightenment desktop with "iconbox" at the bottom of the page , systray at the right hand side bottom, Two pagers at the bottom left hand side, two E-Applets at the top left hand side.
The next snapshot shows the Enlightenment desktop with Alt+Tab switcher at the centre of the screen. It is a switcher with a difference as the applications are stacked vertically.
Instead of placing the application menu on the panel the desktop E has opted to display the application menu on the left click of the mouse.
Not many desktops provide maintenance menu to purge cache and stuff and i am impressed that E16 provides a way to purge desktop latency.
There is a very good E16 settings tool which provides various tabs to manage sessions, theme, desktop background and a host of other settings.
Fluxbox is a lightweight window manager for the X Windows. It offers a bare bones desktop similar to Awesome and requires a high degree of customisation using command line and editing myriad config files.
The default desktop with command launcher(Alt+F2) is displayed below
Fluxbox showing Gedit and nautilus
Fluxbox screen with context menu(right click) showing sub menu to change themes
Fluxbox theme ZimekGreen in action. The snapshot also shows the way to customise panel/toolbar which consists of a widget showing list of open application list, workspace switcher , time widget and system tray.
Since Fluxbox doesn't give you a fully loaded application menu the desktop users can download the menu creator software from here and create their own menus as displayed below. After you download the menu creation software you can extract the archive file and then launch the tool by using the command "python fluxMenu.py" from terminal.
After creating your own customised application menu you can get a menu similar to the one below . When creating new menus you may want some icons. You will find that application icons are of format "png" or "xpm" and are available under folder path "/usr/share/pixmaps"or "/usr/share/icons/...".I have created four custom menu items for applications Shutter(Screenshot Tool) , SeaMonkey( Browser ), Artha( Thesaurus ) and Pinta( drawing/editing program ) using the menu creator software as shown in the screenshot.
FVWM is a window manager for X Windows. FVWM is intended to have a small memory footprint but a rich feature set, to be extremely customizable and extendible. This window manager tends to iconify windows and place them at the top left hand side of the desktop when minimised which i found to be novel and at the same time amusing.
Default start up screen of FVWM with banner displayed prominently. You can see the task bar at the bottom of the page.
FVWM provides a very cool feature for power users. It provides menu item which launches xterm in super user mode which is very helpful if we are going to change any settings.
FVWM screenshot showing Libreoffice Calc, Pinta and xterm windows
FVWM iconifies applications when they are minimised
FVWM has a very simple and dull looking application switcher (Alt+Tab). I guess it reflects the age of the product.
There is cute application launcher called Talk!
IceWM is a ice cool window manager for the X Windows System .It has lot of quirky themes. IceWM features multiple workspaces, opaque move and re-size, taskbar, window list, mailbox status, and a digital clock. It is fast but at the same time has a lot of features. It has a good desktop configuration utility in the form of iceWMCP (IceWM Control Panel) which can be accessed through the main menu.
The fact that the main menu of IceWM responds to windows key on keyboard is a welcome relief compared to other desktops which have not bothered to implement this simple feature. The panel is loaded with buttons like "show desktop" button, "window list" button which adds up to provide a good user experience. Pressing "Win+Space" opens up a command launcher on the panel which is pretty cool.
This is a screenshot of the default IceWM desktop with toolbar / taskbar at the bottom of the screen.The toolbar has a network monitor as well CPU load monitor at the right end near the digital clock. If we want more detailed stats we can click on the monitors and they will open full fledged monitors.
The application list is exhaustive and can be accessed either through right click of mouse of through icemenu(win key) at the bottom of the screen.
The below screenshot shows Nautilus(File manager), SeaMonkey (Browser) and DrJava (light weight IDE for Java)
IceWM with xterm and YaST installer in action
You can launch the "IceWM Control Panel" using the command "iceWMCP" from xterm. The control panel allows users to do various activities like change themes, change desktop backgrounds etc.
The IceWM Menus or IceMe provides a cool way to add more application launch buttons to the panel/toolbar.
To customize IceWM we can create the following files in the folder "~./.icewm"
MenuMaker to recreate the the IceWM menu using the command "mmaker icewm" which creates menus based on categories like "Education", "Development" etc. You can refresh menus using command "mmaker icewm -f". You can get the MnuMaker executable by extracting the archive downloaded from the link. The following screenshot shows the menu created by MenuMaker.
- toolbar - If you make entries in this it will create application launchers in toolbar. The entries in my file as below. The format is prog<space>"<tooltip>" "<iconpath>"<space><excutable name>
prog "Nautilus" "/usr/share/icewm/icons/folder_16x16.xpm" nautilus
prog "SeaMonkey" "/usr/share/pixmaps/seamonkey-orig.png" seamonkey
prog "DrJava" "/home/test/Downloads/drjava-icon-512x512.jpg" java -jar /home/test/Downloads/drjava-stable-20100913-r5387.jar
prog "Calc" "/usr/share/pixmaps/xcalc.png" xcalc
prog "Shutter" "/usr/share/pixmaps/shutter.png" shutter
prog "IcePref" "/usr/share/iceWMCP/icons/icewmcp-icepref.png" iceWMCP
prog "1360x768" "/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm-setup.png" xrandr --size 1360x768
prog "1280x1024" "/usr/share/pixmaps/gdm-setup.png" xrandr --size 1280x1024
- startup - This file needs to be made executable and any executable / program entries made in this file are executed at start of IceWM session.
- theme - The theme settings are stored here. The settings look are something like this
Though outdated this page should serve as a good starting point for your IceWM customisation needs.
pekwm is a window manager which was based on the aewm++ window manager. It has a expanded feature-set, including window grouping , autoproperties and much more. It is very Lightweight and unobtrusive. It feels like an much improved version of TWM. I would call it TWM++. The following screenshot shows tiled windows of running applications on PekWM.
The default theme has a Orange tint to it. Here is screenshot of Gedit, Nautilus and Terminal applications and PekWM after applying "Vista Black" theme.
All PekWM applications sport 4 buttons on the top bar which are "Tiling button" on the top left and then the usual minimize, maximize and close buttons are bunched together at the top right.But in some themes(Vista Black) all the four buttons appear together .
The application menu can be launched using the key combination "Mod4+R" or "Winkey+R". It can also be opened by right clicking on the desktop.
When applications are minimized they get hidden unlike what you see on other desktop managers. Once minimised they can be opened using the "Focus Client" which can be accessed through the application menu.
The command launcher is mapped to "Mod4+D" or "Winkey+D" and very useful to launch applications.
You can use MenuMaker to recreate the the PekWM menu using the command "./mmaker -f pekwm" which creates menus based on categories like "Education", "Development" etc.You can get the executable by extracting the archive from this link.
Sample PekWM config file can be obtained from here. It can be downloaded and copy pasted into the path ~/.pekwm/ or /home/<profileName>/.pekwm. This folder has various files which can be used to configure things like programs which should startup with PekWM and so on. To figure out the usage of all the configuration files you can take a look at this webpage. Here is also a official page for your configuration needs.
Comparison & Rating
Of Use
Awesome No Win+x Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2/5 E16 Yes E-Exec
Yes Yes Yes No Yes 4/5 Fluxbox No Alt+F2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes 3/5 FVWM Yes Talk Yes No Yes Yes Yes 3/5 IceWM Yes Win+Spc Yes Yes Yes No Yes 5/5 PekWM No Win+D Yes No No Yes Yes 3/5


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New Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending Provides, for the First Time, Complete Total Per-Pupil Cost; Outlines Actual Cost of Educating Students for Greater Accountability
|For Immediate Release:
|Contact: Alan Guenther, Director
Allison Kobus
|Date: May 20, 2011
Trenton, NJ – Keeping Governor Chris Christie's commitment to provide taxpayers and parents with complete transparency about spending and performance in New Jersey public education, the Department of Education today released, for the first time, the 2011 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
The guide, formerly known as the Comparative Spending Guide, outlines the cost of educating students for the 2009-2010 school year. The Taxpayers' Guide now includes a per-pupil spending figure that reflects the total amount spent on PreK-12 education in New Jersey. The former per-pupil cost in the Comparative Spending Guide did not include many categories of spending, and, therefore, reflected an artificially low per-pupil cost.
According to the more complete Taxpayers' Guide, average total spending per pupil for the 2009-2010 school year is reported as $17,836. Furthermore, total spending per pupil in the 31 former Abbott districts averages $20,859 compared to average total spending per pupil of $17,051 in the other 500-plus school districts in New Jersey.
"The Taxpayers' Guide now includes the total amount that is actually spent for students in preschool through grade 12," said Governor Christie. "If we are going to reform a system that is failing tens of thousands of children, we need real accountability for academic performance that considers the total dollars being spent. Parents, students and taxpayers deserve nothing less than a complete reporting of all the facts."
Previous calculations of the total per-pupil cost in the former Comparative Spending Guide did not include costs such as transportation, debt service, federal funds, and state payments on behalf of the districts for pension, social security, and post-retirement medical costs. The previous guide also omitted the costs of tuition and students sent out of district. The new Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending will include these numbers, as they are very real parts to the whole spending picture.
Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf said the Taxpayers' Guide provides important new information.
"One of the first commitments I made as Commissioner was to improve our data reporting systems and provide more complete financial information," said acting Commissioner Cerf. "Today's report is a necessary first step to serve our children better. All the facts should be available to the public, and with today's report, the Christie Administration releases more financial information about our public schools than has ever been released before."
The total per-pupil cost is calculated by dividing districts' total expenditures, and state payments on behalf of the district, by total students, excluding those attending charter schools. Charter school students and expenditures are listed in a separate section.
The 2011 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending can be found online at:
Districts are listed by county and district and then alphabetically.


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Apple Cutting Orders for iPhone Parts
Apple has cut its component orders for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday, indicating sales haven't been as strong as previously anticipated. George Stahl reports. Photo: Bloomberg.
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A two-volume guide to architecture in Pyongyang offers a startling contrast between propaganda and the reality of life in North Korea, writes Hyunjoo Lee
The process of branding a city through iconic architecture and cultural activities is increasingly common, and few cities in the world have as singular an identity as Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
Virtually since the founding of the nation in 1948, and certainly since the rebuilding that followed the end of the Korean War in 1953, the regime has used the architecture of Pyongyang, as with all its art and industry, to express the ideology of the nation and the philosophies of its leaders. The recent passing of 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il has created greater interest in the secrets of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and this book, with its revealing images and stimulating discussion, could hardly be more timely.
Uniquely for an architectural guide, the book is presented in two volumes that contrast with and complement each other. The first volume is simply propaganda material compiled by the Foreign Languages Publishing House of Pyongyang. It consists of official state photographs and translated text, reproduced unaltered and presented as a guidebook to the city.
Volume 2, on the other hand, includes a warning from the editor that its contents may include banned or classified material, and it has certainly not met official state approval. Among the contributions is a selection of polemical essays on the history and theory of architecture in Pyongyang, as well as extracts from Kim Jong-il's guidebook/manifesto On Architecture.
The photographs collected in Volume 1 emphasise the grand landmarks of the city, with shots of the enormous Kim Il-sung statue overlooking the city framed by a beautiful, perfect sunset. The cult of personality is evident in countless statues of the country's first leader, and other iconic buildings are presented in striking detail. The Party Foundation Monument (depicting the giant raised hands of workers, peasants and intellectuals) looks more oppressive than inspiring, yet the Arch of Reunification (showing two women in traditional Korean hanbok dresses joining hands to unify the divided nation) has a much stronger aesthetic and emotional appeal.
The notorious half-finished Ryugyong Hotel, delayed for over 20 years and routinely described as 'the ugliest building in the world', is also given a glowing prominence in this volume. Interestingly, the propaganda machine seems to be just as proud of its monotonous apartment buildings and public facilities. Modernists will either be delighted or embarrassed to read the state's architectural assessment of the 'rhythm and variety' of a block of near-identical apartment buildings, and it is unlikely that the reader will agree that the marble interiors and chandeliers of the Yonggwang (glory) metro station are 'sumptuous'.
Volume 2 is incredibly valuable as an independent narrative companion to North Korea's controlled, official ideology. There are provocative contrasts between the writings of Kim Jong-il himself, and the perspectives of non-Korean and South Korean architects and scholars. Essays on the historical development of architecture in the city are set in the context of the need to rebuild after the Korean War, which destroyed 90 per cent of Pyongyang, and the modernisation that proudly purged all Japanese buildings from the colonial period (this is still a highly controversial topic in Seoul and South Korea, where numerous colonial-era buildings remain).
These chapters articulate the hypocrisy of the North Korean state in justifying its expensive monuments by insisting that urban redesign is the key to ensuring quality of life for all. However, the most effective criticism is achieved through simple juxtaposition of text and images: as Kim Jong-il argues the importance of originality, the accompanying image shows a warehouse full of identical prefabricated walls being loaded on to a truck. Architects will surely find Kim's advice amusing, as he insists his priority is to 'combat and promptly do away with fame-seeking, formalism, art for art's sake, imitationism, and all the other unhealthy creative attitudes that find expression among architects'.
Ultimately, these two volumes achieve a powerful combination. It is within the critical essays of Volume 2 that the truth of the images in Volume 1 is revealed: the idealised and well-kept residential buildings in fact conceal primitive huts in their backyards. The authors of Volume 2 also convincingly and accurately refute the claim made in Volume 1 that Pyongyang's architecture 'has remained immune to international influence' by emphasising the impact of Soviet design on the city.
As a South Korean born and raised in Seoul, viewing these images of Pyongyang is an uncanny experience and shows a city that is both familiar and different. Having been educated to regard North Korea as an alien country, I was surprised to see that the identical riverside apartments along the Taedong river are almost indistinguishable from their equivalent buildings around Seoul's Han river. This book presents an incredibly detailed and revealing look at Pyongyang from several ideological perspectives, but ultimately leaves the words and images within open to individual interpretation.
Hyunjoo Lee is a PhD candidate at Lancaster University, researching city branding and urban regeneration
Pyongyang: Architectural and Cultural Guide Philipp Meuser (ed), DOM Publishers, February 2012, €38=
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Chinese oil executive under investigation
BEIJING (AP) — A vice president of China's biggest oil company, state-owned CNPC, is under investigation on suspicion of unspecified "severe violations of discipline," the government said Monday.
The investigation of Wang Yongchun marked the second time this month an executive of a major government company was the target of such a probe.
The Ministry of Supervision's one-sentence announcement gave no details of the accusations against Wang, who also is general manager of the subsidiary that operates China's biggest oil field, Daqing.
China National Petroleum Corp. is the parent company of PetroChina Ltd., one of the world's biggest oil producers by market capitalization.
"Discipline violations" often refers to allegations of corruption by a government official or manager of a state company.
Wang also served in China's national legislature, according to official Xinhua News Agency.
China's new leader, Xi Jinping, has made a crackdown on corruption and government waste a feature of his first year in power. He has vowed to target both low- and senior-level officials.
On Monday, a court in eastern China wrapped up a five-day trial of Bo Xilai, a former Communist Party secretary of the major city of Chongqing, on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
Also this month, the general manager of state-owned phone company China Mobile Ltd.'s operations in the populous southern province of Guangdong was detained. A government announcement said he faced an investigation of suspected discipline violations.
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April 13, 2001
Northridge, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara (26-10, 1-1) couldn't find enough offense to stay with Cal State Northridge (24-14, 2-3) Friday afternoon, losing 18-5.
Senior lefthander Rylie Ogle (8-2) ran into trouble early, giving up a grand slam in the five-run Cal State Northridge first inning. Two more Matador runs in the fourth made it 7-0 before the UCSB bats woke up in the sixth.
Andy Campanella led off the inning with a walk, followed by a Jared Schumaker walk to put two men on. Both men then advanced two bases when Ryan Spilborghs reached on a bunt single and the Northridge pitcher threw the ball away down the right field line. Chad Peshke then walked to load the bases for Dave Molidor. The Santa Rosa native then connected on a grand slam to left, his seventh home run of the season and the Gauchos' second slam of the season.
Cal State Northridge came back with a run in the bottom of the sixth and ten in the eighth, all earned, to pull away and earn the Big West Conference victory.
The teams will play the third game of the series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m.