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3Spins necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 363 diseños de 63 diseñadores freelance.
3Spins is a service for musicians to incubate new song ideas via a shared, online workspace. Our service removes collaboration barriers by permitting them to contribute their own tracks and written ideas to recording projects whenever it is convenient.
The company is run by a small team of musicians and music junkies who wants to create something real and meaningful in the eyes of a musician
3Spins wants to provide collaboration and recording solutions for all musician and music junkies out there, whether it's a 17 year old high school student, a normal Joe holding a day job while laying down riffs in their spare time, or the full time musician.
We respect your time and effort, and will be involved throughout the entire process. Submit ideas, doodles, or finished products, and we'll provide feedback ASAP to ensure our vision is properly communicated.
The logo can just be the '3Spins' text, or also include a graphic/mark(s) along with it
No explicit colors required, but should use no more than one main color and two accent colors
Is recognizable and printable as a silhouette in black and white
Fits within either a square or rectangular aspect ratio
Intended to be used on website, t-shirts, and print materials
The files required are: Layed PSD (RGB) and .ai (CMYK)
*** Review concepts and examples below for guidance
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Edgy, grunge, rustic, western - as in… the Wild Wild West
Clean, minimalist, fresh
Comfortable, welcoming, safe haven, familiar
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Cartoony or childish
Bubbly/shiny web 2.0
Anything ever associated to Nickleback and Creed
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Site consists of areas with lead-contaminated material
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has placed the Raritan Bay Slag site in Sayreville and Old Bridge Township, N.J., to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The listing enables the EPA to continue an investigation into the extent of contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag site and to take the proper measures to address the contamination.
The Raritan Bay Slag site consists of areas with lead-contaminated material, including slag and pieces of battery casings. At this point, identified areas include two areas that contain contaminated slag material used to construct a seawall and a jetty along the southern shore of the Raritan Bay in Old Bridge Township and Sayreville, as well as areas of Margaret's Creek in Old Bridge. The first location is on the Laurence Harbor seawall, which is adjacent to the Old Bridge Waterfront Park in the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge Township. The second section consists of the western jetty in Sayreville and extends from the Cheesequake Creek Inlet into Raritan Bay. The third area is approximately 50 acres associated with Margaret's Creek where elevated lead levels have been identified.
The EPA's Removal Action Branch erected public warning notices in both English and Spanish in the areas of concern, warning of the threat posed by the elevated levels of lead. Additionally, security fencing has been installed to restrict access. Reconnaissance operations along the shoreline of the Arthur Kill, Raritan River and lower portions of Staten Island were completed by the U.S. Coast Guard this spring to identify other areas that could have potentially been affected by the slag. Listing to the NPL enables the EPA to continue in a rigorous and extensive investigation into the extent of the contamination and the most effective way to deal with it.
To date, there have been 1,610 sites listed on the NPL. Of these sites, 340 sites have been deleted resulting in 1,270 sites currently on the NPL (including the three new sites added in the recent rulemaking). There are 63 proposed sites awaiting final agency action: 58 in the general Superfund section and five in the federal facilities section. There are a total of 1,333 final and proposed sites.


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JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) – Get your arms and legs limbered up. Missouri lawmakers have OK'd an official state exercise.
The Senate gave final approval Thursday to legislation that would make the jumping jack Missouri's official exercise.
The House passed the measure earlier this year. So it now needs only the signature of Gov. Jay Nixon to become law.
Why the jumping jack and not the pushup?
Students from at St. Joseph's Pershing Elementary School lobbied for the jumping jack in honor of Gen. John J. Pershing.
The Missouri-born general led U.S. forces in World War I and is credited with inventing the jumping jack as a training drill for cadets when he taught at West Point.
Some of the students were present Thursday as the Senate voted 25-5 for the bill. They applauded.
Jumping jack bill is HB1603
Legislature: http://www.moga.mo.gov


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Square Enix Announces Star Galaxy
Its countdown site didn't quite refresh as quickly as it was supposed to, but Square Enix's announcement is here, and it's for a game called Star Galaxy.
The website is in Japanese, so there isn't much information to us English speakers, but here's some rough Google translation answering the question, "What is the game Star Galaxy?"
"Star Galaxy" is a simulation strategy game that takes place in the galaxy.
Enhance the military to develop the territory of planet that is home to organize our officers were brought up to their liking, emergency, fighting to the sector.
In cooperation with the friendly, self-force will lead to victory.
So, there you go. Simulation strategy in space. It will be entering beta soon and hopefully we will have more general information about the game soon.
Update: According to rumor (and our comments section) it looks like Star Galaxy is a browser game. The best evidence so far to confirm this rumor is that the system requirements list assorted Internet browsers and the latest version of Flash. Is this something you are excited about checking out?


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STATIONARY AND NONSTATIONARY NONLINEAR DYNAMIC MODELING OF HIPPOCAMPAL NEURAL POPULATION ACTIVITY by Ho Man Chan ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Ho Man Chan
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|The brain orchestrates perceptions, thoughts, and actions through the ensemble spiking activity of its neurons. Biological processes underlying spike transformations across brain regions, including synaptic transmissions, dendritic integrations, and spike generations, are highly nonlinear dynamical processes and are often nonstationary. For example, it is well established that certain forms of plasticity, such as long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD), occur in response to specific input patterns, and plasticity is manifested as a change in input-output function that can be viewed as a system nonstationarity. Quantitative studies of how such functions of information transmission across brain regions evolve during behavior are required in order to understand the brain. In this project, we developed a nonstationary modeling framework for the multiple-spike activity propagations between brain regions. ❧ In this study, in order to analyze the nonlinear dynamics underlying spike train transformations, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) model was built using a generalized Laguerre-Volterra kernel method. Using the proposed structure, we have identified hippocampal CA3-CA1 spike train transformations in well-trained animals to perform delayed-nonmatch-to-sample (DNMS) task. The models we have developed can stochastically predict CA1 output spike trains based on CA3 input spike trains. In collaboration with Professor Sam Deadwyler's group at Wake Forest University, I have also integrated a software program I authored to implement our proposed algorithm into the hardware setup there for real-time stimulations. In this first step toward modeling the hippocampus, the experimental data collected are from well-trained animals who achieved asymptotic performance. That is, they performed the behavioral task nearly identically each time so the underlying input-output transformations are nearly stationary. This indicates that we can apply one time-invariant model to describe CA3-CA1 nonlinear dynamics. In the second step of hippocampus modeling, we try to identify, in the learning animals, the hippocampal CA3-CA1 in which the neural activities are expected to change over time, and so as the kernels describing the input-output dynamics. We seek to identify such time-varying properties of hippocampal nonlinear dynamics by extending our model to be non-stationary using adaptive signal processing techniques. ❧ A stochastic state point-process adaptive filter was used to track the temporal evolutions of both feedforward and feedback kernels. With the predicted firing probability based on the model coefficients estimated from the previous time step and the actual output spike train currently observed, the coefficient covariance matrix is first estimated at each time step. The covariance matrix then acts as the learning rate for the coefficient estimations. This means that the learning rate is proportional to the prediction variance. The speed of the coefficient updates increases as the estimated variance increases, and vice versa. The estimated Laguerre coefficients are used to reconstruct the feedforward and feedback kernels. While the poles of the Laguerre basis functions are also tracked, the durations of the kernels are concurrently adjusted. This provides an adaptive window which allows the model to capture the effects of changing time scales. ❧ Simulations of high-order systems and time-varying neural systems show that the proposed method can track the actual underlying changes of nonlinear kernels using spike input and output information alone. Despite the low input and output firing rates used in the multiple-input, high-order system simulations, the proposed modeling technique is capable of capturing the high-order dynamics. The estimated models also converge quickly to the actual models after abrupt step changes in kernels. Additionally, in the single-input, time-varying neural system simulations, the proposed method can capture LTP-like and LTD-like kernel changes. ❧ Using the above method, I conducted a study in tracking of the changes of neural dynamics in rat hippocampus while the rats were learning a memory-dependent task. Result showed significant increase in the magnitude of neural dynamics after the introduction of delays between events. It suggests that the nonlinear dynamics established in the initial training sessions underwent a functional reorganization as the rats were learning to perform the task that now demands increased cognitive load. We are tracking the change in neural circuits required to handle higher cognitive demand with the development of input-output models. The developed modeling technique will allow us to quantify the neurobiological bases of different behaviors.
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In a nod toward the ubiquitous nature of BlackBerry mobile devices, CrackBerry.com launched today to provide a new way for addicts of the system to get their fix.
CrackBerry.com is geared toward BlackBerry "users and abusers," said CrackBerry CEO Kevin Michaluk. The site includes a "crack team" of bloggers who provide BlackBerry news, rumors, tips, reviews and celebrity sightings of the mobile device sold by Research In Motion Ltd.
The site also offers software, games, ring tone and other downloads for BlackBerry users, as well as accessories like Bluetooth headsets, carrying cases and replacement batteries.
In the CrackBerry Connect portion of the site, members can post a CrackBerry profile, search other member profiles and swap BlackBerry PINs. New BlackBerry owners can access help forums and a beginner's guide on the site.
And, yes, there is a rehab section that provides cures for "CrackBerry Thumb" and other woes that stem from an addiction to BlackBerries.
"The site is relevant and useful to those who have made the BlackBerry a part of their daily lives -- from Wall Street financiers and business executives who use the device for professional use, to teenagers and socialites who use the device to stay connected," Michaluk said in a statement.
This story, "New 'CrackBerry' Rehab Site Aimed at BlackBerry Addicts" was originally published by Computerworld.


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Oregon University:2011 Sports and Entertainment Law Conference
This year's SELC will be on Friday January 28th, 2011 at the White Stag Building in Portland, Oregon. Panels and discussion will start at 9:15am and run till 4:30pm. Registration will be from 8:00am – 9:00am. This site will tell you want you need to know about registration, panels, panelists, directions to the White Stag, … Continue reading


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6 oz plain yogurt (I used Greek style, but regular, unstrained would do)
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Place all ingredients in a blender, pulse until almost smooth. Pour into ice pop molds, leaving a small space at the top so they can expand. Close the molds and freeze until frozen solid, generally 3-5 hours.
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Scott McClarin grew up in Northern Utah snowboarding since 1988, and enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, and rock climbing.
His views and opinions come from extensive outdoor testing as a Winterstick snowboard factory team member and product R&D specialist / test rider in UTAH from 1994-2001, as well as his active outdoor life that sometimes has few boundarys (compeditive spearfishing 3 years, and Street Luge, as well as Spelunking, and rock climbing, and Kite Boarding 2 years, ect).
Scott has skateboarded from 9 years old and first rode a snowboard and was hooked in 1988 and since has had seasons riding passes at Powder mountain, Brighton, Canyons (wolfe MOuntain), and Snow bird from 1990-2001 (total riding time 21 years 14 of which are full seasons) though he has also ridden Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Niseko Japan, and Val Thorens in the French alps.
Despite traveling and living abroad (Holland, Northern Marianas Islands) and recently moving back to Utah November 2009, Scott still snowboards full seasons and hikes Wasatch backcountry in the winter.
This winter Scott will spend a full season riding at Snow Basin 45 minutes drive north of SLC because it is the Solitude/Snowbird of the north with 1/2 the crowd and roughly the vertical descent as Snowbird at 2,900 ft. The limitless powder can be available all day like at Powder Mountain.
If your winter life revolves around the deepest, freshest and longest rideable powder (Because that is reason I left a sunny tropical island after three years of happy living to live in UTAH after hearing about the 700 anual inches from the 08 season), then you should consider at least two of the northern resorts seriously!SnowBasin is one out of three on the must do list. the other two are Powdermountain and Solitude. every other resort has too many people tracking out the goods by 10 AM unless you are hiking Wolverine cirque above brighton, or cardiack pass and Lightening ridge line across from Snowbird near Superrior peak.
Dont get me wrong a snowbird first tram 3ft powder ride on a swallowtail is something I will tell my grandkids about, but, traversing the cirque with 123 powder fiends who look at you as a potential speed bump on their way to glory, or the actual brief glory itself which lasted barely 1 hour. :( just think about that everything in your riding life culminating for 1 hour of grandure per year, or several full powder days at a northern mountain.) "ride smarter not harder" is my evolving mantra after livingn and riding in Utah most of my life.
you can ride all three resorts from my pick list on a freshy day nearly all day before it begins to look tracked out. ranked in order of time it takes to track out a resort from longest shortest are 1) Powder mountain {sometimes 2-3 straight days of non stop POW action (up to 4 if you know the area well) can be had here} 2) Snow Basin you can easily ride a full leg aching powder day and simetimes 2-3 if you know the area well. and 3) Solitude. expect 4 solid hours of fresh before it begins to track out around 1-2PM A solid rider can find fun till the next day easily enough.
Hiking backcountry Is one of my all time favorites, I recommend Wasatch exploration to anyone interested in foot powered pursuits if you remember to always have a partner, be familiar with current weather patterns, and use radio beacons effectively. But dont expect me to spill the beans on every place I have ever been to. But I will say the name Cardiac ridge is aptly named, because you will amp out your beating heart up to 180BPM or higher to run circuits before noon! if skiing or splitting skins are a must, otherwise Verts sowshoes rule it!
thanks for reading.
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RePresent: Renter! A game to prepare for an eviction hearing
If you have an eviction hearing soon, and will be going to court without a lawyer, you can practice representing yourself by playing RePresent: Renter! You'll learn how to prepare for court, what your rights are as a renter in Maine, what happens in court on the day of your hearing, and how to present evidence and cross-examine the other person in your case.
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Emergency Assistance (EA) is a program run by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). EA helps children and their families with some emergencies. The program does not cover all emergencies. You have to have children in your home, but you do not have to be on TANF, to get EA. If you qualify, EA will pay certain basic needs. For example, if you and your child have just been evicted from your home and you don't have the money to pay the security deposit on a new apartment, you may be able to get EA to help pay the deposit.
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LIHEAP funding continues to be lower than in previous years. This will mean that more households will be turning to local heating assistance programs after their LIHEAP money runs out. Here is a summary of the programs we know about - followed by information about how to access local programs.
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Cómo asegurar que se reembolse su depósito de seguridad (Security Deposit Return in Spanish)
Información sobre como asegurar que el dueño de su apartamento devuelva su depósito de seguridad y que puede hacer si no le reembolsa el depósito.
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Comment récupérer votre dépôt de garantie (Security Deposit Return in French)
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Return of Security Deposit Request Form
You can use this sample form to request return of your security deposit in Maine. We strongly recommend that you learn about the relevant Maine rules before using this form. Get sample Return of Security Deposit Request form.
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A Maine Guide To: How to Get Your Security Deposit Back – And What to Do If You Don't
This classroom will walk you through the basics of security deposits in Maine, from what you should do before you move in, to what you can do if you don't get your deposit back when you move out. It explains what security deposits are, and steps you can take to make sure you get your deposit back when you move out. Is this classroom for you? You may use this classroom if:
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Una Guía de Maine: Cómo Hacer Que Le Devuelvan su Depósito de Alquiler– Y Qué Hacer Cuando No
Esta clase le mostrará las nociones básicas sobre los depósitos de alquiler en el Estado de Maine, desde qué debe hacer antes de mudarse hasta que puede hacer en caso de que no le sea devuelto el depósito cuando termine el alquiler. También le explicará qué son los depósitos de seguros y los pasos que tiene que seguir para asegurarse que su depósito le sea devuelto.
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Rights of Maine Renters: Abandoned Property
en español What happens if I move and do not take all my property with me? If you move out without taking your property with you, you could lose it. So take all your things with you when you leave if you can. Don't leave things behind to pick up later. If this is not possible, Maine law does offer some protections.
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How to Get Your Property Back from Your Landlord
Is There Any Way I Can Get Back My Personal Property If It Is Being Held By My Landlord Or Someone Else? Yes. If someone has taken your personal property without your permission, you can get a court order that allows you to get the property back. Do I Have to Have A Lawyer To Get A Court Order? No. You may represent yourself.
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Rights of Maine Renters: Eviction
Can my landlord turn off my utilities or change the locks on my door or kick me out without going to court? No. It is illegal for your landlord to throw you out by force. Your landlord must get a court order before they evict you.
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Decide what you want to do. If you do not want to stay, but you need more time to move, call your landlord or the landlord's attorney to see if you can settle the case. Your landlord must take several steps to legally evict you. These steps take a minimum of two weeks beyond the move-out date listed in the first notice. So, if you need more time, don't sell yourself short. If you are offering to save your landlord the expense of a court hearing by settling early, you should be able to get some extra time for that. Before you agree to a date, read more below under "What if I plan to move out but I need more time?"and "How much time do I have?"
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CV-206 Notice of Appeal and Affidavit - Forcible Entry and Detainer
The Maine court form for appealing a decision in an eviction (forcible entry and detainer) case
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Maine Tenant's Request for Security Deposit Account Information
Maine tenants can use this form letter to request information from their landlord about where their security deposit is being held. Maine law requires a landlord to hold tenants' security deposits in a separate bank account. The purpose is to put your security deposit outside the reach of the landlord's creditors. So if your landlord is sued or foreclosed upon or declares bankruptcy, your deposit is safe.
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Form Letter: Security Deposit Return Request
You can use this sample form to request the return of your security deposit in Maine. We strongly recommend that you learn about the relevant Maine rules before using this form.
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Native American Unit Brings Racial Discrimination Case Against DHHS
Wabanaki Legal News, Fall 2010 by: WLN Staff Maine Human Rights Commission Agrees That Case Worker Discriminated We are representing a Penobscot woman who had a problem with the Maine Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS). Our client reported that a couple of years ago, a case worker from DHHS visited our client's home. While there, the case worker made several racist remarks. Our client told us that the case worker said that Native people are dishonest.
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Fighting Discrimination Against Native Americans
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Your Protections Under the Maine Human Rights Act
Wabanaki Legal News, Summer 2001 Basic Facts You Should Know about Discrimination By Ivy L. Frignoca
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Fair Employment Practices
Wabanaki Legal News, Winer 2011 The Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. and Pine Tree Legal Assistance in Maine work with the United States Department of Justice's Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Discrimination to protect immigrant and citizen workers from being discriminated against by employers. The Immigrant and Nationality Act's anti-discrimination provisions protect immigrant workers from the following types of employment discrimination:
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New Protections for Religious Rights of Native Prisoners
Native spiritual gatherings in prison are essential to the survival of tribal communities. Wabanaki Legal News, Spring 2009 edition by Paul Thibeault (opinion) The Sipayik Criminal Justice Commission has been negotiating with the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) about restrictions on the rights of Native prisoners to practice traditional Indian religion. The negotiations were supported by the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission. As a result of these efforts, some big changes have been made:
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Mountain View, California (EastBayDaily) — Shmoop, the digital curriculum site that over 10 million high school visitors depend on each month, has just released new resources for Passover and Easter. Whether students are looking for a deeper understanding of the Torah or Bible, or just want to start an online Easter Egg hunt for hidden prizes, Shmoop has learning tools for everyone.
New Bible Resources
While students might be tempted to learn about the Bible from movies like The Prince of Egypt or musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, nothing beats the source material. However, given that students have a hard enough time understanding Shakespeare, mastering a book that was written over a millennium ago can be a tough task. Thankfully, Shmoop has the resources to make the Bible relevant to even the most stubborn student.
Shmoop's new online course on the Torah demystifies the Hebrew Bible with lectures, activities, and discussion questions that take students step-by-step from Genesis through Deuteronomy. By the end, students will know some of the greatest stories ever told—and how those stories still affect them today.
In addition to Shmoop's new course, Shmoop's given its existing Bible Learning Guides a makeover so that understanding the #1 bestselling book of all time is easier than ever. From the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible to the New Testament, Shmoop breaks down every proverb and parable so that students get what's going on and see how it applies to literature and modern-day life.
Free Math Shack: Easter Eggs Inside!
Math Shack, Shmoop's online math study tool, is now 100% free for all middle and high school students. Math Shack allows students to practice an infinite number of auto-generated math problems in Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry. Shmoop's Math Shack is not only unlimited and addictive; it's also Common Core-aligned, easy to share, and a simple way to track math mastery. Plus, Math Shack is easily adaptable to any computer lab, classroom, or study hall environment.
The new Math Shack brings even more bells and whistles to the game with the ultimate in tracking, mastery, and fun: Common Core-Aligned Topics. Each question is tagged with a Common Core Standard, which links to Shmoop's Common Core page so that students can read along and see which skills they're practicing, or jump ahead of the curve for next year by practicing different topic areas on Math Shack. Mastery Tracking. Students can see how they're performing—by topic and subject—through an easy color-coded system. That way, they can quickly identify gaps and drill into areas of weakness, making it easy to track preparation for Common Core assessments. Easter Eggs and Competitions. Shmoop is known for making learning fun, and Math Shack is no exception. Not only do students get to compete against their personal best; they can also compete against each other. Students can earn points ('Shmoints') and see who can get the most, adding friendly rivalry to the daily math grind. In addition, Shmoop has added in special "Easter Eggs," like extra Shmoints for certain topics and a rocketship blaster math game. Students and teachers can get started on their math mastery and search for their Easter Egg bonuses on Shmoop's Math Shack site.
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Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities. Shmoop Learning Guides, Test Prep, and Teacher's Editions balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help teachers help students understand how subjects relate to their daily lives. Shmoop sees over 8 million unique visitors a month on its site, and offers more than 7,000 titles across the Web, iPhone, Android devices, iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. The company has been honored twice by the Webby Awards, named "Best in Tech" twice by Scholastic Administrator, and awarded with two Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES). Launched in 2008, Shmoop is headquartered in a labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California.
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Calaminarian Grassland - Spring Sandwort Flora - Derbyshire
What is it?
A relatively recently-formed habitat, calaminarian grassland is found on old river gravel deposits that were once contaminated by waste from historic mining for lead, silver, zinc, barium, chromium, copper and fluorspar. This waste was released into the rivers and deposited downstream, becoming trapped among the river cobbles.
As the natural river processes progressed, so these shingle areas became exposed. As a result, they were soon colonised by the plants of open grassland which were particularly tolerant to the heavy metals present.
The resulting grassland is varied and often species-rich. Thrift and sea campion accompany grasses grazed by rabbits and sometimes sheep. Lichens and bryophytes are abundant, and bees, hoverflies and butterflies enjoy the nectar provided.
Where is it found?
Outside the UK, calaminarian grassland is very rare. Here, it is a locally widespread, but uncommon, habitat that can be found in the north and west including the Pennines, Cumbria, Wales and Scotland. Near-natural examples exist where rock and mineral veins are exposed with only thin soils, but examples from artificial mine workings and spoil heaps are more common, with several thousand locations across the UK.
Why is it important?
A number of plants almost completely rely on calaminarian grassland such as spring sandwort and alpine penny-cress. A range of common species have become adapted to the unusual conditions including sheep's fescue, thyme and bladder campion, while several nationally scarce plants grow here including northern rock-cress, forked spleenwort and Young's helleborine.
It's thought that the heavy metals present in the soils, combined with a low nutrient status, maintain the open vegetation and stop the grasslands from naturally changing to woodland over time. However, calaminarian grassland is still dependent on the continuous grazing of sheep and rabbits in order to prevent gorse encroaching.
Some sites hold important populations of rare bryophytes and lichens, with as many as 30 lichen species per square metre. Less contaminated sites have a greater diversity of vascular plants, up to 22 per square metre, but fewer lichens.
The flowers attract insects like bees looking for nectar and beetles looking for shelter. In turn, predators such as owls and bats can be seen flying over the grasslands in search of their next meal.
Is it threatened?
In many areas, the metalliferous (metal rich) outcrops which would have been the natural substrate for calaminarian grassland to grow upon have been quarried away, but the mine spoil still provides suitable habitat. Despite this continuation, the species that rely on this kind of habitat have declined rapidly over the past 50 years as many calaminarian grasslands have been lost to mineral extraction or changing land use. On some sites, birch and gorse are invading as the natural succession of vegetation takes hold.
Cattle-grazing also has adverse effects on calaminarian grassland as the increased fertility accompanying their manure can quickly lead to course grasses becoming dominant and shading out fragile flowers. In addition, calaminarian grasslands are fragile habitats which are easily damaged by vehicles and leisure activities.
How are The Wildlife Trusts helping?
The Wildlife Trusts make a significant contribution to the protection of calaminarian grassland by managing nature reserves which contain it sympathetically and by providing advice to landowners on how to look after these fragile places.
What can I do to help?
- Take part in conservation measures on your land – ask your local Wildlife Trust for advice on grazing and management methods for calaminarian grasslands.
- The Wildlife Trusts are working to protect and restore grasslands for wildlife across the UK, you can support our work by becoming a member of your local Trust
- Volunteer with The Wildlife Trusts and help your local grassland wildlife; you could be involved in everything from raising awareness about these rare habitats to scrub-cutting.


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If I was an artist or, uh, social practitioner working in Detroit right now, I'd be pretty pissed off at all the obsessive media focus devoted to what's been dubbed 'Detroit Ruin Porn' (for a great critique of said genre of porn, see this). Actually, it already does kind of piss me off, even though I'm not a Detroiter, because I've read about so many vastly different–and far more productive–ways that Detroit artists (and not-artists) are engaging with their city's post-industrial context. See Imagination Station, Detroit Unreal Estate, Yes Farm, and Catie Newell's Salvaged Landscape project for just a few quick initial examples of what I'm talking about. In my opinion what is happening in Detroit right now is one of the most fascinating, timely, and significant developments taking place in contemporary art practice–way more deserving of coverage than, say, whatever the fuck James Franco is doing with whichever poor artist (aka Sucker) the guy currently has under his spell. To this end, I'm hoping/planning that Bad at Sports' blog will be able to provide periodic coverage of Detroit's art, culture, and social practice scene very soon. (Interested in contributing? Tweet me). Art21 blog has also been providing some great coverage of what's been happening in Detroit via guest blogger Allison Glenn's terrific recent series of posts.
If you live in the Detroit area yourself, you should definitely check out the Rust Belt to Artist Belt conference taking place in Detroit today and tomorrow, April 6-7. It's the third annual iteration of this conference, which brings together creative practitioners, business owners, educators, and designers to explore how cultural development strengthens post-industrial cities. This year's conference homes in on the "creative supply chain†as a means of catalyzing economic growth, entrepreneurship, and land use. Go here for information on the conference's lineup of events. They'll be talking about what constitutes a creative economy and the role that artists and creative practitioners can play in the transformation of the post-industrial rust belt. Keynote addresses will be given by Jennifer Goulet of ArtServe Michigan; Peter Kagayama of Creative Cities Summit; Josh Linkner, Founder of ePrize; artist Theaster Gates, currently in residence at University of Chicago; and artist and writer Allee Willis.
But wait, there's more! Also taking place in Detroit April 6-10 is Art X Detroit, an exhibition of works created by the 2008-2010 Kresge Eminent Artists and Artist Fellows. Check out Art X Detroit's Vimeo page for videos on each exhibited artist. Here's the one made for Louis Aguilar:
Louis Aguilar from Art X Detroit on Vimeo.
Detroit is alive. It's time we all started paying more attention.
Claudine Isé
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New York, August 29, 2013--Tunisian authorities should release a journalist and drop charges against him for allegedly conspiring to commit violence against a government official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Mourad Meherzi, a photographer for the local online TV channel Astrolabe, could face up to five years in jail, according to news reports.
Police arrested Meherzi at his home on August 18. Two days earlier, the journalist had videotaped a film director, Nasreddine Shili, throwing eggs at Mehdi Mabrouk, the Tunisian minister of culture. The journalist was on assignment to film the event, a commemoration of the death of a Tunisian artist, Astrolabe reported.
A prosecutor accused Meherzi of collaborating with Shili to film the attack and on August 23 charged him under Article 120 of the penal code, which calls for up to five years' imprisonment for "conspiring to commit violence against a government official," according to the Tunis Center for Press Freedom. Shili has also been imprisoned, news reports said. Meherzi's trial begins on September 5.
Meherzi's arrest runs counter to government decree No. 115, issued in 2011, that guarantees that journalists can operate freely in Tunisia without risk of imprisonment.
"The Tunisian government should drop all charges against Mourad Meherzi and release him immediately," said CPJ's Middle East and North Africa Coordinator Sherif Mansour. "Meherzi's arrest only emphasizes the tendency of authorities to abuse or ignore legislation that was intended to protect the democratic gains of Tunisia's revolution."
The Committee to Protect Journalists signed a joint statement today with Reporters Without Borders, the Tunis Center for Press Freedom, the Tunisian National Union of Journalists, and U.K.-based free expression group Article 19, calling for Meherzi's immediate release.
Astrolabe's manager, Ahmed Amin, began waging a hunger strike on August 21 to protest Meherzi's imprisonment, according to a statement on the channel's official Facebook page. Several journalists and human rights defenders have pledged to support Amin's hunger strike in solidarity with Meherzi and Shili, Astrolabe reported.
- For more data and analysis, visit CPJ's Tunisia page.
EDITOR'S NOTE: This alert has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Nasreddine Shili's name.


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Last month I attended a Six Sigma Workshop during lunch with Professor Peg Pennington. It was about an hour and students with non-operating majors were encouraged to attend. I had my Matching Supply and Demand class with Professor Hill yesterday — boy was I glad I had that ops review a few weeks before! Professor Hill's class will focus on different things than what we discussed during lunch, but the workshop was the perfect jolt back to the "ops world".
I saw the Six Sigma Workshop on the Hub, a RSVP system that allows students to review and sign-up for activities. These range from lunches to events put on by student organizations or Fisher departments, information sessions and more. It's a great system that allows students to stay organized and involved with everything at Fisher.
Throughout the workshop we discussed how six sigma is a problem solving methodology that uses research and data to construct a plan. Topics also included the DMAIC method (see illustration below) and quickly talking through two examples of a banks and an emergency room in a hospital. For a one hour workshop, it was jammed-packed with information!
This type of of workshop is one of the reasons I absolutely love Fisher's MBA Program. One of my fellow students described it best: I am treating this opportunity like a dressing room – I want to try on everything and see what fits".
Fisher has given me an opportunity to find out my passions, but has also exposed me to brand new worlds. I will never be a finance guru, but I feel much more comfortable with the topic after my CORE finance classes and my Corp. Finance 1 Class. Operations and Logistics, sign me up! Negotiations and strategy, let's try it out!
My heart will always lean towards marketing and advertising, but why would you ever stop yourself from learning everything you could? I am excited for my Matching Supply and Demand and my diverse course load next semester. Who knows what I'll learn and what "will fit"!?


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Bots are complicated. They're made to process repetitive actions autonomously and can be fairly easy to build, but they aren't always working on the side of good. Here's what you need to know.
Each year, EContent magazine compiles a list of the 100 companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Voting is now closed. We'll announce the results of the first-ever EContent 100 list chosen by the people!
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Jun 09, 2004
People work on the road, in airports, at home, and at the office. No matter where or when they're working, they want the same access to content that they would have if they were sitting in their office. In these days of random hacking and other senseless acts of computer violence, how do you give the people what they need to do their jobs wherever they may be while avoiding long delays or sacrificing computer security?
Certainly, part of the answer to the question of access has to include the Web—if for no better reasons than its ubiquity and familiarity. At best, though, it's only part of the answer because it's not enough to build an interface from computer systems that opens them up to the Web; there are too many security risks involved and too much time can be lost while custom software solutions are developed.
Still, the Web provided enough of a start and stimulus so that about five years ago, technologists could begin crafting the other parts of the answer: Web services. Today, they are still hard at work making the vision of Web services a reality, and some progress has been made. More needs to be done, but now is the time for companies to begin developing strategies for making the most of what Web services offer now and will offer in the future.
"Web services" is an umbrella term for services that take place over the Web, use Internet protocols, and may or may not involve the use of a Web browser. Toufic Boubez, CTO of Layer 7 Technologies, a Web services firm headquartered in San Mateo, CA, says that the term is a bit of a misnomer and not nearly powerful enough to convey the strength of the broad array of services under development.
Boubez ought to know—he has spent much of his career envisioning and creating Web services. Before helping to found Layer 7, he was at IBM for years and was part of the IBM Consulting Group and co-author of one of the Web services standards. "The original concept started in 1998 when we were working with XML," he recalls. With people just starting to embrace the Web, it was evident to the team that the Web had untapped resources for business. "We asked ourselves: How can you make this technology easier for businesses to use?"
The first step in the process was to make it easier for companies to build applications that used the Web to some degree. Web services toolkits started to be available at the end of 1999, and companies have worked steadily since then to create Web services software solutions. Dozens of companies now offer Web services modules or offer their expertise to companies that wish to incorporate Web services into how they do business.
It is possible, of course, for companies to develop Web services in-house by writing custom code suited to their needs. The problem with the do-it-yourself approach is that companies don't operate in a vacuum. Today, companies strive to add value and develop ways to stay competitive—and they are also searching for ways to do this before everyone else does. It's important to be in the game early, and waiting until the code is developed in-house takes too much time. "For organizations that are trying to be more nimble, the idea of starting from scratch to get new capabilities going doesn't work any more," explains Judith Hurwitz, principal of Hurwitz and Associates, an IT industry analyst firm based in Cambridge, MA.
This need for speed was something that Web services technologists understood from the beginning, even if it wasn't clear how to accomplish this goal. Over the last several years, though, technologists have realized they need to use a modular approach. The services have to be broken down into components that hook together and can be rearranged as needed. The plug-and-play concept that Windows PC users have come to expect must be embraced by Web services developers.
This is not an easy way for your average Web developer to think. "The reason we are not further along in the development of Web services is that it has taken some time for people to get the idea that they could make something new [as in modular software], rather than reinventing what they already had [reworking old code]," says Boubez.


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Guilin [38] (桂林; Guìlín) is a city in North Guangxi, China. Guilin is a scenic town and one of the best-known tourist destinations in China. There are many scenic places within short traveling distance of Guilin. These include Longsheng with its famous Longji rice terraces; the Li River, a scene of which is printed on the back of ¥20 bank notes; Yangshuo, a small county downstream from Guilin; and much more. This makes Guilin an excellent base for exploring the northern end of Guangxi Province.
Guilin is a beautiful city. The town center is surrounded by two rivers and four lakes and studded with sheer sided karst mountains. Outside the city center, the buildings are less well kept. The main industry in the city is tourism so the city is much cleaner than other Chinese cities.
Guilin itself is like most other medium size Chinese cities, other than that it has a large number of western-style hotels, tourists and is relatively free of air pollution. Many Chinese domestic tourists also flock to this area. What makes it special is its proximity to many picturesque limestone mountains and formations.
Separated from the center of China and the Yangtze River basin by the Nan Mountains, Guangxi has always been distinct from the rest of China. The Han Chinese empire first expanded into Guangxi in the 2nd century BC. The Ling Canal was cut around the time, allowing small boats to transit from the Yangtze to the south flowing Xi River via the Xiang River.
Trade grew along the canal and river routes. Guilin was founded as a trading post in the 1st century BC on the West bank of the Kuei River. During the Ming dynasty, a garrison was set up in Guilin and the surrounding area gradually civilised with the development of farmland. The city had a population of over two million at the time of the Second World War, but was utterly destroyed during the war. The population slowly recovered with post-war construction of several factories for the production of paper, chemicals and agricultural equipment. However, market forces have caused several of these industries to relocate out of Guilin.
Guangxi and Guilin are home to 12 different ethnic minorities besides the Han Chinese. Guangxi is an autonomous region for the Zhuang ethnic group, rather than a province. See List of Chinese provinces and regions. Various other minorities, such as the Dong, are also found in the area.
Guilin is the third largest city in Guangxi, after Nanning and Liuzhou.
Get in
By plane
There are daily flights to Guilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL) from major mainland cities and from Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei. Book air ticket early as the price will increase as it approaches your traveling day. At off season, air ticket may be cheaper than train ticket (even the hard sleeper price), it is worth a try to check the difference.
Air Asia provides flights to Guilin from Kuala Lumpur 4 times per week.
Airport bus to town is ¥20, but drops just south of the city centre at the Aviation Hotel where you can find taxis waiting. From the airport, a Taxi should then be around ¥100 to most hotels in the city center (taxi drivers refuse to go by meter, which would be significantly cheaper). Request meter 'da biao' at the airport taxi rank and overall pricing to downtown hotels should be slightly less than 100 CNY. Many hotels arrange for a "shuttle" (in practice, a taxi). Also, be wary of hotels arranging 'free pick-ups' as some persistently try to sell tours during the journey. Travel time to the city centre by taxi is roughly 40 minutes. The airport bus only leaves when full-ish so there may be a wait as the bus fills up.
Back to the airport, a hotel may arrange the trip for ¥80.
By train
Guilin has three train stations. Guilin Station (Guilin Zhan) is in the centre of town on Zhongshan Nanlu, Guilin North Station (Guilin Bei Zhan) is far away from downtown area, and Guilin West Station (Guilin Xi Zhan, started operation in January 2016) is even farther from downtown (north west to Guilin North Station). Most, but not all, trains which originate/terminate in Guilin go to or come from Guilin North; trains which come through Guilin from elsewhere usually only go to Guilin Station and not Guilin North; and Guilin West Station is on Guiyang-Guangzhou High-speed Railway. High speed trains are now serving Guilin (January 2014) from Nanning to Beijing significantly cutting down journey time (Guilin to Nanning 2 hours), (Guilin to Liuzhou 1 hour) & (Guilin to Beijing 10 hours).
There are trains from North (Beijing, Changsha, Wuhan, Shanghai, Xian), West (Kunming), South (Liuzhou, Nanning, Zhanjiang), and East (Guangzhou, Shenzhen).
Once you get out of the train station, you will be approached by cab drivers/other drivers alike. While their cab meters are trustworthy, they might use a few tricks to cheat you out of some RMB, for example, aggressively pushing tours or adding false charges to the tab.
By car
There are some expressways locally and within the province, however for any long distance journey, it is a two lane road. Drivers need to have a local Chinese license and international driving license doesn't work.
By bus
By boat
You can get to Guilin by cargo boat from Guangzhou via Wuzhou, but there are no passenger boats to Guilin anymore, except the boats to and from Yangshuo. You can take a cargo boat if you want to at almost no cost from Wuzhou to Yangshuo.
Get around
Getting a local map from a tourist guide or shop for ¥5 is a good idea. This will show the location of most of the sights as well as details of bus routes. Buses are an ideal way to get around Guilin on a budget. Many city parks and river spots can be accessed easily by bus. All the buses starting with 5# are free. A useful one is bus 58 which runs from the train station (and bus station) to many of the attractions. Bus fare are capped at ¥2 per trip.
Taxis are also inexpensive and easily hailed within the city. Usually hard to catch during peak hours (5:30PM-7PM). Taxi meters begin at ¥9 for 2km. Avoid taxi drivers at the train or bus stations asking for a fixed price that is usually more than running the meter. As always in China, ask them to run the meter( "Da Biao") and if they refuse, better to find another taxi.
Another inexpensive way for a day-trip to scenic spots in the city area of Guilin is to get a driver for a whole or half day. Off-season a whole day is about ¥100, half is ¥50. Most hotels or hostels arrange this service, also telling the driver where you want to go if one is not capable of speaking Chinese.
By Car: Hiring a private car is a good way to explore Guilin. A full day trip with driver is about CNY500-600 for Private Guilin Transport, including fuel fees. Make sure you specify exactly where you'd like to visit beforehand and ensure that all drivers/transportation don't simply take you to the various factories and tourist shops that pay drivers commissions.
Museums and galleries
Parks in the city
Landscape close to the city centre
Parks and landscape outside the city centre
Nearby towns and villages
Karst topography
Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant rocks, such as quartzite, given the right conditions. The Karst topography in Guilin is one of the largest in the world and thanks to the receding water from hundreds of millions of years ago, the gulf in Guilin bared hills made from limestone and dolomite rocks. As the hills protruded in the newly revealed landscape, rain, wind, and countless rivers develop the unique contours of the hills and the magnificent structures in the caves. All of these took 70 million years for nature to pull off. As acidic water slowly eats the bedrock by flowing to the fractures on the ground, these cracks became wider and allow more water to pass through them accelerating the formation of underground drainage creating caves and underground rivers. The Guilin Karst landscape is a classic example of large scale bedrock dissolution process, dissolving more bedrock than it eventually left out. This made the towering Karst hills possible.
In fact the sharp, slender slopes made the Guilin site very unique from other Karst landscapes of the world. This explains the extensive underground structures – a lot of water was channeled from the hills to the ground creating enormous cave complexes. The scale of the hills and the huge number of interconnected caves and rivers made this area a wonderful place to just be amazed of the natural sites on your every turn.
Two types of karst landscapes predominate in Guilin: fenglin or peak forest (isolated towers) and fengcong or peak cluster (linked-base towers). The two types may have evolved sequentially from peak forest to peak cluster, or they may have evolved simultaneously. Beiersdorfer described this landscape, which he saw during a recent visit to China: "China in general and the Guilin area specifically boasts some of the most spectacular karst topography in the world."
Guilin City
Neighbouring towns and villages
There is a big underground bazaar running from the train station all the way to the bus station selling clothes, footwear, accessories, bags, and many more. The second underground market is located underneath the city center selling food, bags, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Remember to bargain if prices are not openly displayed.
Branded luxury goods can be purchased from the departmental stores near Cross Street. Suncome has many branches throughout the city selling everyday necessities.
There is also a street market set up along Zhongshan Lu at night selling typical tourist trinkets.
Local cuisine
Guilin cuisine is a combination of Cantonese and Hunanese styles, but with more use of fish and spicies and often prepared using stir-frying or steaming. Restaurants often assume westerners do not like spicy food and will make your food bland as hell if you do not insist otherwise. Even then there is a chance they will not believe you.
Guilin has some distinct local ingredients used in a number of dishes.
As many other Chinese cities, Guilin has its own snacks.
A number of Guilin dishes are unique to the city or are especially wellknown here.
Restaurant streets
Restaurants can be found throughout the city. There are various eateries near the train station selling cheap and simple but delicious local dishes. There are many restaurants around the main streets, Jiefang Road and along the river, but many of them are either overpriced chains and/or tourist traps and the food they serve is less than authentic. Do not be fooled by them being crowded, they are not worth the money. A better option may be to wander the side streets.
There are a few clusters of restaurants worth exploring.
10 minute walk from the train station. Exit station, go left on main road. Keep going to a bridge, cross the main street you've been following before the bridge. Hostel is on the 2nd floor, near huge statue. Good atmosphere, good English, very friendly, GREAT location! Y35 for a bed, Y80-100 double.
Liquan beer and osmanthus tea.
Guilin is a tourism city. There are many hotels, more than 30 five-star hotels, 100 four-star hotels, and 200 three-star hotels.
There are a couple of buses passing nearby (No. 10), just 3 or 4 stops from the bus station. A relative newcomer, this hostel has learned from Guilin's best to give special attention to its guests. For example a padlock is provided for your dorm room locker. Also, webcams present on the 2 lobby computers. Close promixity to walking street of bars and the Li River.Friendly and knowledgeable staff, including Betty, who deals with internet reservations. Drinks and food served in cafe bar. Usual tours offered. Dorms from 35 yuan (February 2013).
Stay safe
Guilin is quite safe by both Chinese and International standards, but having said that :
Get out
As with any international transfer, check Vietnamese visa requirements for your country.


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Ok, what the hell is first the roadblock or the detour, PS don't tell Peach.
TAR15 is now the red headed stepchild
QuoteTAR15 is now the red headed stepchild
Quote from: michael on November 29, 2009, 12:31:36 PMQuoteTAR15 is now the red headed stepchild Next to last episode and no one cares ! I DO though, been waiting to see how this plays out as we had no spoilers besides the Globies supposed decoy run in Vegas which I believe we all agreed on.
I can't see the first one very well...where are M/C and what are they doing?? Is it a carry the drinks??
Quote from: georgiapeach on November 29, 2009, 01:36:49 PMI can't see the first one very well...where are M/C and what are they doing?? Is it a carry the drinks??My impression was that they just left the starting point.
I think the Roadblock is first and it leads them to the Detours but my question is ........ if lets say it is the Globies who take the 4 hour non-complete the Roadblock, how do they know where to find the Detours? How do they know where to go? They have been beaten to death as "followers" by the other teams so that might come into play? unless of course the Roadblock comes last then that answers that question but how do they find the pit stop?Do they just tell the clue giver that hey forgo the RB and to give them the clue? Has that ever happened before?
Penalty times are cumulative. If a player is unable to complete the Roadblock, the team is assessed a four hour penalty starting from the time of the arrival of the next team at the Roadblock, after which they are given their next clue to proceed
In the American edition, the teams who quit a Roadblock must serve a four-hour penalty assessed starting from when the next team arrives at the task site, whereas in the Asian edition, this four-hour penalty applies at the Pit Stop prior to checking in and not at the Roadblock itself.
I am calling it a 10 hour ROADBLOCK.
This is a bit random, but can they switch out who does the Road Block? For some reason I thought I remembered it happening before.
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Sony's PlayStation Network Faces Second Day of Outages
Sony's PlayStation Network, which provides PlayStation 3 users with downloadable games, movies and TV shows, says it may be another day or two before a network outage is resolved.
UPDATE: The PlayStation Network continues to be down with no estimated time for recovery.
The problems were first addressed on Wednesday on the PlayStation blog, and in a troubling update yesterday, Patrick Seybold, the company's senior director of corporate communications and social media, said it could be another day or two before they are back online.
"While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we're able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we'll update you again as soon as we can."
A Sony spokesperson declined to comment further on the situation.
For now, while the outage corresponds with Amazon's cloud difficulties, which has now been officially out for more than a day, there are no signs that there is any correlation between the two.
In fact, Sony's outage is being blamed on Anonymous, the same hacker group involved in retaliation efforts surrounding the Wikileaks shutdown, because they were involved again earlier this month in shutdowns on various Sony sites, reports the Christian Science Monitor. It's also plausible that something far less sinister, like routine maintenance, brought the network down.
Regardless, the outage is bad timing. Consumers are up in arms, as they were eager to play recent releases such as Mortal Kombat, Portal 2, SOCOM 4, and inFAMOUS 2's beta release.
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DALLAS – (April 30, 2014) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing an action that will significantly benefit the people of New Mexico. EPA is proposing approval of revisions to the New Mexico Regional Haze plan that addresses nitrogen oxide emissions and improves regional visibility from the San Juan County power plant.
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15-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, March 11, 1911: I had to bustle around and do some work today. I did most of it this forenoon and too a rest this afternoon. Helen Wesner alias Tweet was coming down to go along with Rufus to a play at W. tonight and I poor kid had to stay at home.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
This is the first time in the diary that Grandma referred to Helen Wesner as Tweet—though she's previously mentioned her. (And, be sure to see the Tweet 'Tweeting' posting.)
Grandma calls her sister Ruth Rufus in this entry. Both Ruth and Helen were three years older than Grandma. W. probably refers to the nearby town of Watsontown.