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As toes are dragged back from Kimberley Hall's manorial grounds towards Wymondham the fact that Tales Of The Jackalope has required quite so much effort begins to plague the mind. When weakly-wired eyes picked up that Gang Gang Dance have been pulled from the bill in the early hours - the event having passed its apparent curfew - it flagged up that the Vice-affiliated festival was somewhat masquerading under the title '24-hour party'.
On arrival a glance around. Announcements tacked to tents. "Circumstances. Out of our control. ESG. Not performing." First blow. Start to find alternatives for mid-morning merrymaking. The fact that tracking down timetables is about as arduous as getting water to soak bitter tongues without shelling out shrapnel makes this some task. It also means that we fail to locate Chris Cunningham or Danananakroyd's billed performances.
Never mind. The beginning. Making like Tapes 'n' Tapes trying to get people dancing Glaswegian act The Phantom Band's decent psych-electro excess is met with many a shrugged shoulder and it takes Lightspeed Champion to bound on stage for the hordes to provide the first attentive audience of the festival. People are forgiving. Rapturously received with what seems safe to declare as something of a departure from the Shoreditch sideshow that was Test Icicles, Dev Hynes - having earlier turned out in the backing band for Florence and the Machine - now marks ground between Bright Eyes and Jeffrey Lewis, with a warped comic-book humour through a country-folk pretence. Most seem put back by Hynes' newfound composure but where his former act offered an unnecessarily relentless barrage of pretension-ridden influences, this all seems so unprovoking and tame. The decision to cover 'Buddy Holly' hammers a head on its innocuousness.
Comanechi lose their tops. The almost deliberately clumsily trodden. Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man and Chromeo - rarely paired-up for summarisation purposes - both suffer from the same pitfall: their sets are so self-satisfied and smothered in a lack of conviction that, for all the Beefheart/Prince aping, it all comes across like someone sarcastically hollering their way through a karaoke set. On the flip of that coin, These New Puritans - long derided as little more than an oddly amalgamated ode to their influences - demonstrate quite how significantly they have developed. Jack Barnett casts an odd centre of focus - top-button-buttoned, crippled claw outstretched – yet far more percussively focused than before, pained and lunken like slowed-down bullet bursts.
In the absence of ESG many find solace in Errors, whose soft drones and splintered glitches work to effect as dulled skulls sway. If ever an act had a trump card in a track it's these Scots and 'Mr. Milk' and - if only for half an hour - the non-appearance from the Bronx beatniks is forgotten. Then, The Fall. Relying heavily upon material from the hollow and uninspired Reformation Post TLC, (RE: adjectives: particularly when compared to recent Tromatic... escapades with Mouse On Mars), Mark E's ever-central contribution seems to have provided a new lease of inspiration. The set closes with Smith returning to the sidelines whilst his makeshift ensemble industrially charge on. He leers over as gurning buffoons howl for more. He turns and leaves the stage victorious.
DiS gets separated, minds scramble and end up separated glaring upon Dizzee Rascal and his cohort leaping around on stage. More focused than at Melt!, aided by tighter sound and a mangled crowd, front is customary even as revellers lag. Early material increasingly eclipses recent efforts; 'I Luv U' is brutal but basic, and 'Sirens'' desperate dirge drowns out Rascal's rasp. A catfight ensues between a few girls; slapping and biting and pulling at hair. The two are exhumed and expelled out through the crowd, boys laughing, warriors shrieking.
For most, Foals' performance is the first chance to see how working with Dave Sitek on their debut has warped them from their initially promising groundings. It hasn't. Whilst they are a tighter unit than before, there has not been the progression that many had hoped would have developed. Whilst the skewed innovation of Battles remains the root of their sound, there remains in this a Bloc Party-sourced yelping that can sometimes flounder. 'Balloons' seems to curtail into the next effort - all of a sudden it's 'Mathletics' and our ears are oblivious in calling to question whether Foals are merely one trick ponies.
Similar accusations could be levelled at Fucked Up and Uffie, though without the easy humour. Bored, motion gradually becomes a means for warmth rather than for exploration. Minds closing in around us, we rock back and forth with other casualties in a tent watching Medhi being too lively for our eyes to really take as they start to seal over.
When the performances start to dry up around 4am and with only a few tents scattered throughout the grounds, it leaves many a heavy head on hay bails with little in the way of shelter other than a propped position against an oak. The scenic nature of the grounds provide the festival an impressive setting, but whilst it may boast a venue with the largest ash tree in Britain, given the ultimatum, with only one food stall on site serving spinach and ricotta twists, most would chose a mouthful over an eyeful. Rutgot... Gutrot... Fatigue and dejection have set in around the site and many start to amble back towards tents/cars/train station. Some hardy sorts battle the collective sigh by rocking up on the fell trunks dotted across the freezing landscape. Comedowns litter the gardens like wheezing black holes.
It's like a festival having been circumcised, serving a purpose but lacking in providing anything much in the way of true enjoyment. With reams of tickets going spare in tight pockets, curling like thin-cleaved skin we begin the joyless, 12-hour odyssey home to bed. No sleep on concrete, no sleep on trains, with little to rationalise the ache.


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The Image Group at the Department of Computer Science (DIKU), University of Copenhagen, Denmark, seeks a postdoctoral researcher for the project "Self-adaptive cutting of wood for furniture production based on on-line low-E X-ray characterization" (TREEDFURNITURE).
The position is financed by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation . TREEDFURNITURE is a collaboration project between several companies and University of Copenhagen. The project is centered around technology development related to the quality assessment of wood plank. X-ray imaging forms a convenient basis to serve as qualitative measurement of wood quality in high quality furniture industry. Specifically, the postdoctoral researcher will work within image analysis ultimately aiming for on-line classification of the wood quality on the basis of x-ray measurements. The application deadline is 10th April 2012.

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<![CDATA[For many students at ACU, service to the community has been an integral part of their college experience. Like any town, Abilene has plenty of people who just need a helping hand. A group of students in the Department of Art and Design, led by professor Brandon Young, have come up with a way to help out the best way they know how – by applying the skills learned in their classes.
Through a project aptly titled Merge!, the students are trying to strengthen the bond between ACU and the community. Along the way they merged aspects of their design skills with a heart of service. The students selected a local family in need and gave the family's home a complete makeover.
"I wholly believe in integrating real-life projects into the way students learn. This way it is more hands-on, and we are still taking in the same information we would learn in the classroom, but would instead be exercising our teachings and skills for a greater cause," says Kirsten Haugaard, interior design major from Monrovia, Calif. "It also introduces real-life situations, such as financial barriers and difficulties within the house that may prohibit certain ways to design."
Haugaard, along with three of her fellow interior design majors headed up the project, with Haley Buffington of The Woodlands, Lisha Cottrill of Rockwall and Melanie Bartholomew of San Antonio playing vital leadership roles.
"Our goal was to select a family that lives near ACU that would be willing to let us into their home," Haley says. "The family that we picked is a multi-generational family, the great-grandmother down to her great-grandchildren. They are too sweet."
The mission of the project caught on, with several local businesses and churches jumping on board to help, says Haley.
For Kirsten, the project has been far more than just an opportunity to apply skills learned in her classes – it has helped focus her career goals in a mission-oriented sense. She hopes to one day do design work for those in need as a career and a ministry.
"Projects like this are important because it is not merely "redecorating" or even redesigning a home, but the true significance behind it is to provide a warm, comfortable and loving home; everyone deserves that," she says.
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FRANKLIN TWP — Five people were arrested and a cache of drugs and currency seized along with two guns during a Thursday night raid by county narcotics officers at a mobile home in the township, authorities said.
Ten officers with the Butler County Drug Task Force and two troopers executed a search warrant about 9:10 p.m. at the trailer at the Village Park mobile home park on Birchwood Drive.
A flash-bang diversion device was used during the operation.
Arrested were Brittney R. Barilaro, 28, of Butler; Annmarie Bedner, 48, who lives at the home; Orlando J. Everett, 32 of Pittsburgh; Solomon Shackelford, 24, of Coraopolis, Allegheny County; and Darnell A. Williams, 24, of Pittsburgh.
All five defendants were arraigned on felony charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and conspiracy and misdemeanor charges of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
They are being held in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail each.
County Detective Tim Fennell, who heads the task force, described Everett, Shackelford and Williams as drug dealers.
"(Bedner) was enabling the dealers with the location," he said, "and (Barilaro) was assisting in delivering (the drugs). She was 'the wheels.'"
Fennell said he was pleased with the outcome.
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ROCK HILL, South Carolina – January 29, 2013 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced today that it plans to present at the Stifel 2013 Technology Conference on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10:20 AM PT at The Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA. Damon Gregoire, Senior Vice President and CFO, will update investors on the operational and strategic progress the company is making.
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I don't care much about phones. I don't give a toss about eye-candy fancy stuff. It's a tool and only phone related features matters to me. Also, I tend to break things: obviously because I'm careless (yes, I don't care much about phones, as already stated). So when picking a phone, I go for the easiest to carry: lightweight and small. If it's robust, it's a plus.
But so-called smartphones seem to get bigger and bigger over years. So when my last phone died, I bought the cheapeast and smallest smartphone that was available to me through my phone provider. It's a Samsung wave 723. Not bad hardware-wise. Sure, there is better hardware around, but every piece of hardware is or will be bested soon in one way or another: as long as it's good enough, then it's good. No, the obvious drawback is the OS it came with.
The OS is called Bada OS and seems to be one more Linux based OS, developed in-house by Samsung. It depends on Libre Software but it's not obvious that it is composed of such software. Well, two weeks after getting this phone, Samsung announced they will no longer provide OS software upgrade for the Samsung wave 723 and several others of the serie. Brand new and already obsolete, the wave 723 is stuck with Bada OS 1.1 while Bada OS 1.2 provides T9 trace, which is not exactly what I consider frivolous.
Clearly, I'll take into account this policy from outer space next time I'll buy a phone.
I wrote 4-2cal.wgt and I can, now, also acknowledge I've never seen a so poorly documented OS/environment since a very long time ago. Quite time consuming to be forced to second guess the specifics/cracks of the javascript implementation.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Power & Light on Friday gave a tour of its Port Everglades Power Plant a few days before demolishing it.
Crews have worked for months to demolish the aging facility. All that remained Friday were its four blue boilers and landmark red-and-white smoke stacks. Those come down at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday.
"Yeah, this is a landmark," said Gregory Brostowicz with FPL. "It's been here for 50 years, [it's] very recognizable, but you know, evolution happens, new technology. It's a great thing. We're starting a new day for South Florida."
Demolition crews placed 450 pounds of explosives around and inside the structures, filling 320 holes with dynamite.
Steve Pettigrew with Contract Drilling & Blasting said the structures would come down in a carefully coordinated string of explosions.
"There's quite a bit of room on this site, but we're treating it like we're downtown," he said. "We're covering really well and doing everything we can as if we're in a very exposed area."
The existing structures will be replaced with a state-of-the-art, high-efficiency power generating facility. It will burn natural gas, which FPL said is 35 percent more efficient and gives off less emissions.
"Every dollar we save in fuel is something that saves a dollar in customers' pockets," said Brostowicz. "It's a great thing for customers and it's a great thing for the environment, so it's a win-win."
FPL is fronting the $1 billion to build the new plant. Customers will likely see an increase in their base rates when the new plant goes online in 2016 to repay FPL for the capital investment.
But the company said over the 30 year life of the plant, the reduction in fuel charges will result in a net savings of $400 million for customers.


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Are your students learning what you are trying to teach them? Are your lessons meeting the needs of your diverse learners? Technology tools can engage students and support their learning. Tools can also provide supports for the learner variability that exists in every classroom. The challenge is to decide why and when you want to incorporate technology and what tools to use. In this webinar (the last of the 4 part series, recordings available), we will briefly review the need for and importance of UDL in today's diverse classrooms and the 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We will then examine the UDL instructional planning process, how to thoughtfully incorporate technology and explore technologies (Chrome and iOS) that can support students' abilities to demonstrate what they have learned by offering multiple means of action and expression. Participants will be provided with resources to help begin/continue on their UDL journey.
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You can tell Dún Laoghaire is a sailing hotspot even with your eyes closed. How? By listening to that soft flapping of sail on mast and the gentle knocking of boats
Pop your head above pier level, and you'll see a perfect picture postcard of a Victorian (Queen Victoria herself visited in 1900) town extending uphill.
And it still has that edge of class. Broad, seaside pavilions, three-storey seafront houses, and a pier festooned with tenderly maintained Victorian street lights.
Sea air whets the appetite and hungry bellies could do a lot worse than Dún Laoghaire. If you see Dublin Bay prawns on the menu, snap them up.
Restaurants dot the seafront and a short walk away in the village Glasthule, the tiny restaurant of Caviston's is a definite favourite. In Dún Laoghaire itself, head up into Patrick Street in the heart of the town, and into a restaurant called Alexis. Trust us, you won't regret it.
The sailing
Aaron O'Grady, director of Go Sailing, knows Dún Laoghaire intimately. He has his own opinions on what makes Dún Laoghaire a special port of call.
"Dún Laoghaire harbour offers direct access to Dublin Bay and has done since it was constructed almost 200 years ago. We are very lucky to be situated as part of a very interesting section of coastline that is rich in history and natural life."
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Another bonus with Dún Laoghaire, according to Aaron, is that its location caters for beginners as well as the more savvy sailor.
"We're lucky that the bay is sheltered from the prevailing wind from the southwest, giving us relatively flat water but no shortage of wind.
"I myself started learning to sail on the bay 25 years ago from the harbour here; and have since competed all over the world. There are very few places that offer facilities to match Dún Laoghaire."
Local fun
t's not the facilities or the craic (which, according to Aaron, is in full supply in Dún Laoghaire) that Aaron loves most about sailing here, though. It's the wonderfully wild locals.
"I like the wildlife. There are very few places around that you can get close to dolphins, porpoises and seals within 20 minutes of a city centre.
"Dublin's only down the road and you could be in sight of it sailing with dolphins dipping and diving beside you. Magic."
Magic is putting it mildly.
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Afonso Malato de Sousa - Scenes from American West
Afonso Malato de Sousa is Portuguese photographer, starting his work in 1970s. Studied in Portugal, France and USA. Since that time he published seven books.
Material show in last one "Scenes from American West" were collected for 28 years of his travels along American West and never meant to be published.
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This last Winter term, I took a Classics class. It was the first of its kind, comparing Plato's The Republic and the writings of Mencius, the Chinese philosophical follow-up to Confucius. In my first class, I felt rather like an anchor had been attached to my foot and I was drowning in knowledge and readings I didn't understand, while the rest of the class was calmly treading water at the surface, basking in the light of their knowledge – I'd never taken a Classics course, much less anything remotely to do with Greek or Chinese history or thought. I was terrified. But as I took in the writings of these two great thinkers and floated to the surface to join the others, one major theme plagued me as a communicator (Journalism major): Plato condemned Greek poetry and the poets.
Plato's beef with poetry was that, in ancient Greece, poetry and mythology and the stories of Odysseus and the Greek gods encouraged the Greek people to engage in and invest in lives of amorality and baseness. Greek mythology, like MTV is full of self-centered gods who abide by no one's rules but their own. The problem is, to continue this metaphor, that there were no other channels like CNN, C-Span, Discovery or TLC to encourage true knowledge and goodness. So if an audience is only getting MTV, that sure as hell entertains you, but doesn't encourage its audience to better themselves, what conclusions should be drawn about life? It's poetic and epic, but does it foster goodness?
This was a little convicting, because in the journalism school, out of all of the focuses – news-ed, magazine, broadcast, electronic media, etc. – public relations majors, and probably advertising, seem to be the poets of the school. What would Plato think of public relations professionals and the industry as a whole?
Is there such a thing as Platonic PR?
I suppose this could be, more or less, conceived as a question of ethical PR, but it's more than that. Public relations writers craft messages that are pleasing to our audiences and our clients: we highlight positive information and find ways to hide or spin negative information. We tap into the vehicles that will best carry our messages to our publics.
The first thing that came to my mind was non-profit PR and what I'm doing for my internship. My team is working on a local account that creates curricula for new and young parents in order to foster low-stress home environments and eliminate child abuse and neglect. The greater good, right? Sounds very Platonic. We're using our poetic skills to strategically create awareness for our client.
But is Platonic PR limited to non-profit organizations and charity causes? Can it encroach upon the corporate, for-profit realm?
I'm going to go with: YES.
Like I said, avoid calling this "ethical" PR, because you can do celebrity or Exxon Mobile reputation management and still play by the rules. Platonic PR seems to me to reach beyond just ethicality to help a client strive for the greater good and act with with justice and truth and the idea of the "good beyond being" in mind. I realize that the "good beyond being" means just that – it's beyond being and unattainable. But I don't think it's a waste of time to try. As Shakespeare and Hallmark cards prove, poetry can be used to educate and stimulate goodness in a society.


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ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – Yamaha Motor Co. has become an official supplier of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and will provide more than 320 snowmobiles and other vehicles for the event, the organizing committee said Friday.
The vehicles, including four-wheel all terrain vehicles and golf carts, will be used to transport athletes and others between the game venues, they said.
With the arrangement, Yamaha will be able to use the logo of the Sochi games to market its products in Russia.
Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, and Toshiya Kawano, president of Yamaha Motor CIS Co., signed the sponsorship agreement.


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Democratic club endorses Ramsey, Fox Ruby
The Berkeley Democratic Club, home to the moderate wing of the city's Democratic Party, overwhelmingly endorsed Charles Ramsey for the 14th State Assembly District seat and Jacki Fox Ruby for the Alameda County Board of Education on Thursday. Both candidates are up for election in March. -more-


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Foley, Malloy offer positions on transportation issues
The two major candidates for governor are very familiar with the twice-a-day traffic nightmares endured by the commuters of southwestern Connecticut.
Both Republican Tom Foley, a private investor from Greenwich, and Dannel Malloy, the Democratic former Stamford mayor, are well aware that the state has struggled to maintain its infrastructure while raiding the state's transportation account for short-term operating funds.
Both promise to stop that tactic; to oppose railroad fare increases from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and use so-called Smart Growth measures to foster transportation options, housing and business growth.
Foley says that if elected, he will gather experts to study and come up with solutions to ease traffic congestion along the Merritt/Wilbur Cross parkways and Interstate 95.
He opposes raising the petroleum taxes that make up the bulk of the state's transportation funding. Foley also has a one word answer to the question of whether he'd support tolls on state roads: "No."
Malloy says his 14 years experience as Stamford mayor indicate a record of using Smart Growth measures.
While leaving open the possibility of tolls on interstate highways, Malloy said that such a back-to-the-past move would have to include rock-solid assurances that the General Assembly could not renege on the source of new transit funding and take it away for operating revenue.
Transportation dollars must be used for what they were intended and the state has to become more aggressive in obtaining transit support from Washington, Malloy says.
During interviews last week, both Malloy and Foley warned that the more than $1.5 billion in underfunded transit repairs and maintenance has put the state in a perilous position.
"We pare down expenditures in other areas to make sure we have money for priorities such as transportation," said Malloy, vowing to end what he called the era of politically expedient local projects, such as playgrounds and ball fields, getting on the agenda of the State Bond Commission, which the governor controls.
"We have failed to set our priorities with respect to the capital dollars that we have," Malloy said.
"We didn't make transportation a priority."
Foley said the state's approach to transit needs is symptomatic of a wider problem. "We've been spending too much and investing too little," he said. "They've been diverting money into the general fund to help their out-of-control spending."
Malloy, noting the looming $3.4 billion deficit in the $19 billion budget that will start next July 1, said that he would consider new toll plazas, "only" if the revenue could be thoroughly protected from uses other than transportation needs.
"I know what will happen: it will be misappropriated by future governors or legislators," he said.
"The only way I would even put it on the table would be if a legal wall were erected, an authority created specifically devoted to transportation bond payments."
Foley said he's heard many different theories on the causes and possible solutions for the traffic that often paralyzes the region in the morning and afternoon commutes.
"It's certainly tough on commuters and costs us jobs," Foley said. "I think multi-state employers are in some cases reluctant to increase the number of people in Connecticut. It's something that needs a solution. I think we really need a plan to get together the experts and see what can be done. But the solution is not tolls."
Malloy says the MTA gives Connecticut issues short shrift because there is no fully empowered state resident on the board.
"Our participation in Metro-North discussions will be a priority for me," Malloy said.
"If you examine state behaviors over the last 10 years, we have been odd fellows. We have not attended meetings, or staked out positions. We failed to go after federal dollars for rail cars. That's a dysfunctional relationship that the next governor has to make a priority for change."
Foley agreed.
"We end up paying for the railroad cars and they run them for us," Foley said. "I think a lot of people I've met on the campaign trail have said it would be nice if Connecticut had more of a voice on the MTA."


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19 of the Most Sinful Chocolate Desserts in Hawai'i
The best chocolate desserts in Hawaii restaurants, alas, bring out the worst in us.
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Photos: LINNY MORRIS
The best chocolate desserts, alas, bring out the worst in us. There's gluttony (I want to order them all!). Greed (I am not sharing with you!). Envy (I want what he's having!). It seems that virtue flies out the window when confronted with fudge icing. We say, embrace the dark (chocolate) side and give into temptation. Here are some of the best places to order a devilishly good chocolate dessert.
JJ Bistro and French Pastry
JJ's famous as the "home of the chocolate pyramid"—it says so right in the window and justifiably so—but you won't be cutting any corners if you stray from this favorite to try the Frou Frou au Chocolat ($4.50). A thin shell of dark chocolate encases a column of white chocolate mousse, fluffy, with a hint of vanilla, and a strawberry hidden in the heart of this small dessert, awaiting excavation. Other chocolate offerings include a chocolate lilikoi concoction, a chocolate fruit basket and chocolate banana confit. JJ's has also expanded into a neighboring space, with Le Cacao Bistro, offering even more chocolately treats.
3447 Waialae Ave., (808) 739-0993, jjfrenchpastry.com.
The Counter
OK, you've ordered a towering, custom burger, all the fixin's, with a side of sweet potato fries and crispy onion strings, and you're going to follow that with a diet soda? No, no, no. A chocolate shake ($4.95) is clearly the answer, and The Counter's hand-mixed version is the platonic ideal: real Dreyer's vanilla-bean ice cream blended with that Brooklyn soda-fountain classic, Foxes U-Bet original chocolate syrup. The result is so thick and creamy, you'll have to eat it with a spoon—just watch out for the inevitable chocolate brain freeze.
4211 Waialae Ave., E-1, (808) 739-5100, thecounterburger.com/honolulu.
Café Laufer
The double chocolate fudge cake ($5.95) is a massive slab of chocolate and fudge, stacked on top of even more chocolate and more fudge, making Spinal Tap references irresistible. How much more chocolatey could this be? The answer is none. None more chocolatey. There's no fruit garnish, no whipped cream to lighten the mood—just dark, dense, chocolate overload. Just the way we like it. An important note: Café's Laufer's desserts often arrive at the table slightly chilled from their time in the display case, which inhibits the full chocolate flavor and texture. Let your slice warm up before diving in, and it'll be approximately 10 million times more decadent.
3565 Waialae Ave., (808) 735-7717, cafelaufer.com.
Morimoto's chocolate mille feuille. Minimalist design, maximum flavor.
Morimoto Waikiki
Kudos to Morimoto for having two chocolate desserts the likes of which we've never seen or tasted before. Our strongest recommendation, in terms of sheer chocolate intensity, is for the chocolate mille feuille ($12). Your plate arrives with three little treats, all on beds of chocolate in various forms (a thin cake, or sheets of dark, bittersweet chocolate), including brûléed bananas, avocado anglaise and spiced chocolate ice cream. Also good, especially for fans of the beloved peanut butter/chocolate combo, the chocolate peanut bombe ($12), featuring a peanut-buttery cake filled with milk chocolate cremeux and a dollop of salted peanut ice cream. This one comes topped with a flake of edible 24k gold, for decoration.
1775 Ala Moana Blvd., (808) 943-5900, morimotowaikiki.com.
The Cheesecake Factory
Chris' Outrageous Chocolate Cake ($7.95) has something for everyone. This hybrid dessert is layers upon layers of brownie, chocolate cake, toasted coconut, chocolate-chip cheesecake, and pecan and chocolate frosting. It's so rich that even if you share the dessert among friends, you still might need a to-go box.
2301 Kalakaua Ave., (808) 924-5001, thecheesecakefactory.com.


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Sitting in a wheelchair as she was being released from the hospital on Monday, Kyndall Jack said she hallucinated much of the time during her four days lost in a southern California forest before she was rescued by sheriff's officials.
Related Coverage: Lost Hikers Rescued
Jack, 18, spoke out for the first on Monday about her ordeal in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County. She recalled eating "dirt and rocks" and trying to drink water from a straw, which turned out to be a tree branch. She thought she was getting eaten by a python at one point.
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"I thought I was in a big dream," said Jack, outside UC Irvine Medical Center where she was being discharged. "The last thing I remember is fighting off the animal."
"I saw animals, but they ended up being branches," she added.
When she reconnected with 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya, who was rescued Wednesday night, she said the two tried to figure out some of the details of their ordeal.
"We tried to figure out what was happening," she said. "But we just told each other we were in different dreams."
As for Jack's rescue on a cliffside, she just recalled "scooting down a cliff."
Jack suffered cuts and bruises on her limbs and what she described as frostbite on one hand.
She showed reporters how difficult it was to move her fingers on the affected hand, which she said would take a few more weeks to heal.
The two brought a few bottles of water on their hike but no other supplies.
Jack cautioned others to be more prepared than they were.
"Bring lots of water," she said, adding the duo also wished they had taken a flashlight with them. "Just stay on the trail," Jack said. "We didn't stay on the trail and that's how we got lost."
She said they had a lighter, but she dropped it and they were in darkness.
Jack said she and Cendoya were only friends and had only hung out with each other for the second time.
She did not recall how the two got separated. Jack said she had only been hiking a couple of times before.
"We wanted to touch the clouds. That's why we went up there," Jack said. "We just wanted to get to the top and we finally realized it was too dark to get to the top."
When they dialed 911 for help, "I started getting an anxiety attack and threw up," Jack said. "I just went in and out of consciousness after the 911 call."
In the hallucinatory state, Jack recalled people calling out her name, prompting her to respond, "Shut up, I'm running out of air ... I just thought it was a big joke."
Jack hoped she would soon meet with her rescuers so she could thank them in person. A reserve sheriff's deputy who suffered head, neck and chest injuries while trying to rescue Jack has been moved out of the intensive care unit and been upgraded to fair condition, said Gail Krause of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
"He is in good spirits and we anticipate he will be released from the hospital this week,'' Krause said.
Cendoya was previously released from Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.


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DOVER — Attorneys defending the Dover man suspected of killing University of New Hampshire student Elizabeth Marriott are reviewing hundreds of pages of police reports, witness interviews and other evidence collected in the murder case.
According to court documents, prosecutors have provided the defense team for 30-year-old Seth Mazzaglia with more than 1,200 pages of police reports. Other discovery materials produced in the case include laboratory reports and 12 disks containing audio recordings and other "digital data," according to court documents filed last week.
Prosecutors have once again requested an extension to prepare their case against Mazzaglia. They were granted a similar extension in January. It bumped the deadline by which prosecutors must bring an indictment against Mazzaglia to the end of February. The state is now asking for that deadline to be extended into April.
In a motion filed Jan. 29 in Strafford County Superior Court, Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley requested the extension, and detailed some of the new developments in the case.
Those developments include the arrest of 19-year-old Portsmouth resident Kathryn "Kat" McDonough. McDonough is accused of lying to police about her whereabouts and interaction with Marriott on the night Marriott went missing. McDonough was engaged in a romantic relationship with Mazzaglia before Marriott's disappearance, prosecutors have confirmed.
Investigators have also conducted additional interviews, and an "attempt was made" to begin presenting the case against Mazzaglia to a grand jury, according to the state's motion. The document doesn't elaborate on whether a jury proceeding took place.
Reached by phone on Tuesday, Hinckley declined to provide any additional information about the grand jury proceedings referenced in the motion.
"Grand jury proceedings are sealed, secret proceedings, so I can't expand on it beyond what I put in the motion," he said.
In a court document, Hinckley wrote that the state is requesting additional time to "complete certain investigative steps" and continue interviewing witnesses. The results of certain tests are also still pending, according to the state's motion. Prosecutors are also seeking the extension because they need additional time to assess what level of charges are appropriate to bring against Mazzaglia, according to the motion.
On Jan. 2, a superior court judge granted prosecutors until the end of February to present their case against Mazzaglia to a grand jury. A judge will now consider whether to grant a request to push the timeline for an indictment into April.
Mazzaglia's attorney, public defender Joachim Barth, could not be reached for comment Tuesday on the state's request.


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cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
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Vertical agreements are entered into by companies operating in the production or distribution chain at different levels. Such agreements are generally prohibited, however, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for exemptions from the general prohibition. The Commission decides whether or not an exemption is given. In its Block Exemption Regulation in the Motor Vehicle Sector (EC) No. 1400/2002 and its Guidelines, the Commission is presenting the conditions according to which an agreement is deemed in line with competition law. Said Regulation will expire on 31 May 2010. At the end of last December the Commission has submitted a follow-up Draft Regulation and Draft Guidelines.
Under horizontal agreements, undertakings co-operate as competitors at the same level in the value-added chain. The Guidelines are intended to make it easier for undertakings to assess themselves whether or not their intended horizontal agreements infringe the ban on cartels of Art. 101(1) TFEU and whether an exemption applies. They contain general and agreement-specific explanations of the assessment of horizontal agreements for goods and services. The revised version contains also contains explanations on "information exchange" between undertakings which are relevant in terms of competition law.
The Commission intends to restrict the maximum repayable amount of EU deposit guarantee schemes to € 100,000 in future. Deposit guarantee schemes are being obliged to mutually grant loans.
In the middle of the financial crisis the Council and the European Parliament decided to increase the minimum coverage level to Euro 50,000 and – by the end of 2010 – up to 100,000. Issues such as the EU-wide harmonisation of the financing of deposit guarantee schemes and the establishment of a European deposit guarantee scheme were postponed to 2010.
The latest plans face substantial opposition. Several national parliaments intend to file a subsidiarity complaint, a procedure newly introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, in order to force the Commission to reassess the Proposal.
Pursuant to the Waste Framework Directive, the Commission is obliged to evaluate the management of bio-waste and, where necessary, to make proposals for action. According to the Commission, the existing EU waste legislation is adequate, but poorly implemented in several Member States. To this end, such Member States are to receive EU subsidies. Moreover, the Commission assesses whether or not minimum requirements for the management of bio-waste and quality standards for compost and digestate from bio-waste should be set.
The EU is to be entitled to monitor and avoid "macroeconomic imbalances" in and between Member States. Furthermore, it is to be entitled to carry out a "thematic surveillance" in order to ensure that Member States comply with the "Europe 2020 targets". A reform of the Stability and Growth Pact is to safeguard that Member States consolidate their state budgets sufficiently. In addition, the EU is to be entitled to coordinate the economic policies in Member States. To this end, a "European Semester" is to be established.
In its Green Paper "Adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems", published on 7 July 2010, the Commission addresses all the challenges that pay-as-you-go and funded pension schemes are facing. With regard to the pay-as-you-go – usually public – systems, the Commission sees urgent need for action in order to tackle demographic change. Regarding funded systems, the Commission manly calls for EU-wide, harmonised regulation and supervision. The Commission's aim is to improve the sustainability and security of pension systems. Furthermore, the Commission is considering whether or not it should define "when" pension is adequate.
Since 2005 the framework of EU emission trading system (ETS) allows for certain stationary installations (e.g. for power and heat supply, for metal production and processing, for paper production and for the chemical industry) and, as of 2012, air traffic may emit greenhouse gases only if the operators possess the according allowances. Pursuant to the ETS Directive as of 2012 Member States must auction all allowances for aviation and as of 2013 for stationary installations which are not allocated free of charge. The submitted Regulation Draft affects the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of these greenhouse gas emission allowances.
Research and development agreements can stipulate provisions on the partial outsourcing of R&D activities, R&D co-operations or the common distribution and marketing of jointly developed products. Thus they can increase efficiency, lower costs and intensify the exchange of ideas and experience. The revised version of the Block Exemption Regulation for research & development agreements provides for a new exemption condition, namely that, prior to starting an R&D, all parties must disclose their existing and pending rights in intellectual property. Moreover, the Commission extends the scope of "hardcore restrictions" for both, the passive and active distribution.
Since 2009, the Rating-CR regulates the registration and supervision of credit rating agencies at an EU-wide level. National supervisory authorities are key to this procedure. Now, the Commission wishes to change this: In September 2009, the Commission proposed to establish the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) which is to be responsible for the supervision of credit rating agencies in future.


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BIW security guards rescue dog from Kennebec River
Poodle was floating on small patch of ice
A dog is now safe with its owner after taking an unintended sail down the Kennebec River this past weekend.
Two Bath Iron Works security guards saved the poodle from a small ice chunk floating in the frigid water.
"That's the first time for a dog. We've retrieved other odds and ends over the years, but this one was unique," said Sgt, Paul White.
Unique enough to where he and Cpl. Harland Stanley took a picture with the dog, named Hoku, after the rescue.
"So I shook its hand and off we went. He just had the look in his eyes like he was ready to go home, I guess," said Stanley.
But not before a short but incredible journey. The two guards said Hoku managed to ride a small piece of ice about a half-mile before he was rescued.
"As we got closer you could see the dog was getting a little nervous. He appeared like he was afraid of the water so he didn't jump in. We let him float towards us in the current," said Stanley.
The guards said they got a call, took the boat out and met the dog, turning off the engine and letting the boat drift up. The pooch was floating with the tide.
"(He) was sitting there just as happy as could be, waiting there for someone to fetch him off," said White.
And that is what Stanley and White did.
"We thought this was one for the books so we would get a quick picture of the dog, Harland and myself and then we returned the dog to the owner," said White.
Both said they know this story could have had a very different outcome. Even so, both said they were just doing their job and are happy the dog is back with its owner.


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First off, the news. Luke and I started quietly looking for houses online early this year, and we recently just purchased our first home in north Austin! The big move is this Friday, and I hope to share some kitchen photos soon. Our first home improvement project will be building a couple large garden boxes to go in our big back yard, so hoping we share a post on that soon too!
With all this moving business (not to mention some unexpected travel last week), my cooking schedule has been a bit wonky. That said, I wanted to get a few more cooking sessions in while still in my bright blue kitchen, so I've been making some easy-to-cook-then-repurpose meals. Case in point, I prepared the Curried Chicken with Coconut Rice from Everyday Food's May issue on Saturday (subbing in some beautiful bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts that were on sale at Whole Foods Market instead of a whole chicken cut up), and made a little more rice than the recipe called for. We had a good 2 cups of coconut rice leftover in addition to what I portioned for our leftover chicken, so a new recipe was born.
Curried Shrimp, Mango and Coconut Rice
1 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 lime, halved and divided
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 semi-ripe or ripe mango, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces
1/2 green bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 cups leftover rice
2 cups spinach
Place the shrimp in a bowl or baggie. Add curry powder, cayenne, juice from 1/2 lime and salt and pepper to taste and toss/shake to combine. Heat a large nonstick skillet on medium heat and warm olive oil. Add mango and bell pepper to pan and saute until beginning to lightly brown, 4-5 minutes. Add shrimp to pan and cook one minute, then turn over until shrimp is cooked through.
Meanwhile, warm up rice. Place rice in 2 serving bowls and add 1 cup spinach to each bowl, then toss to combine. Top each rice mixture with 1/2 of shrimp and vegetable mixture, then squeeze remaining lime half over it. Enjoy!
Don't want to make the Curried Chicken recipe first for the rice leftovers? Here's a few other coconut rice recipes I've found that look tasty:
Toasted Coconut Rice from Cooking Light
Coconut Rice from Bon Appetit
Toasted Coconut Rice from Everyday Food


text: Mixing Languages in a Single Assembly in Visual Studio seamlessly with ILMerge and MSBuild October 6, '07 Comments [13] Posted in ASP.NET | Microsoft | Programming | XML Sponsored By I really like the new LINQ to XML direct language support in VB9. However, while it's cool, I'm not ready (or willing) to dump C# and start using VB. But, if I could only use VB9 just for the XML stuff... Sure, I could create a VB assembly and a C# assembly and add them to a solution, but then I'd have two assemblies. I could add a PostBuildEvent batch file and call ILMerge myself (merging the two assemblies into one), but that just doesn't seem pure enough. What I really want is to be able to mark an assembly as merge-able and have it automatically merged in just because it's referenced. Here's what I came up with. Thanks to Dan Moseley and Joshua Flanagan for their help. Thanks to Jomo Fisher for the Target File. First, here's the sample project. There's a C# MergeConsole.exe that references a C# MainLibraryILMerge.dll that references a VB XmlStuffLibrary. If I compile it as it is, I get a folder structure that includes three resulting assemblies. Now, here's were we start messing around. Remember, we don't want to have the extra VB-specific XmlStuffLibrary right? We just want to use the XML features. First, download and install ILMerge in the standard location. Now, go to C:\Program Files\MSBuild (or C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild on x64) and make a new text file called "Ilmerge.CSharp.targets". This file is the start of a hack we're going to borrow from Jomo Fisher. Note the red bits in the file below. We're creating an "AfterBuild" target...a Post Build Event in the MSBUILD world. <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> <Target Name="AfterBuild"> <CreateItem Include="@(ReferencePath)" Condition="'%(CopyLocal)'=='true' and '%(ReferencePath.IlMerge)'=='true'"> <Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="IlmergeAssemblies"/> </CreateItem> <Message Text="MERGING: @(IlmergeAssemblies->'%(Filename)')" Importance="High" /> <Exec Command=""$(ProgramFiles)\Microsoft\Ilmerge\Ilmerge.exe" /out:@(MainAssembly) "@(IntermediateAssembly)" @(IlmergeAssemblies->'"%(FullPath)"', ' ')" /> </Target> <Target Name="_CopyFilesMarkedCopyLocal"/> </Project> In this target, we're going to look for assemblies that are marked CopyLocal but also that have IlMerge equal to true. Then we'll call IlMerge passing in those referenced assemblies. Is this some undocumented MSBUILD thing? No, you can put whatever you want in an MSBUILD file and refer to it later. Since CSPROJ files (Visual Studio Projects) are MSBUILD files, we can open it in Notepad. Open the CSPROJ for the C# project that references the VB one and make these changes: ... <ItemGroup> <ProjectReference Include="..\XmlStuffLibrary\XmlStuffLibrary.vbproj"> <Project>{someguid}</Project> <Name>XmlStuffLibrary</Name> <Private>True</Private> <IlMerge>True</IlMerge> </ProjectReference> </ItemGroup> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Ilmerge.CSharp.targets" /> <!-- <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> --> ... At the bottom there, we're commenting out Microsoft.CSharp.targets (but notice that it's included back in at the top of the new Ilmerge.CSharp.targets. Then a totally made-up element <IlMerge> is added. That's the most important part. We're saying we want this specific Reference (or References) merged into the final assembly. This made-up element is referenced in the conditional "'%(ReferencePath.IlMerge)" above in the AfterBuild. The addition of this IlMerge element to Jomo's original hack gives me the flexibility to pick which references I want to merge in, and in my specific case, I'll use the VB9 new XML hotness inside my C# assemblies. Schwing. Close and save. If you're running Visual Studio, switch back there and it'll prompt you to Reload your project file.Because we've messed it it, you'll get this warning dialog. Select "Load project normally" and click OK. At this point we can build either from the command-line using MSBUILD on the Solution (SLN) file, but more importantly we can (of course) build from inside Visual Studio. You can see the output in the Output Window in VS.NET. MERGING: XmlStuffLibrary "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Ilmerge\Ilmerge.exe" /out:bin\Debug\MainLibrary.dll "obj\Debug\MainLibrary.dll" "C:\dev\CSharpVBTogetherAtLast\MergeConsole\XmlStuffLibrary \bin\Debug\XmlStuffLibrary.dll" And the results in the bin folder: Looks like the VB XmlStuffLibrary is gone! But where it is? Let's load up MainLibrary in Reflector: Looks like they are both in there. To refresh, if I want to merge in VB assemblies: Change the referencing CSPROJ to import "IlMerge.CSharp.targets" Add <IlMerge>True</IlMerge> to the references you want merged in. Save, Reload, Build C# and VB, living together, mass hysteria! « The Red Ring of Death makes itself known... | Blog Home | REMINDER: Register TODAY for the Fight D... » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. 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PER: Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad
versión On-line ISSN 1727-3781
PER vol.15 no.2 Potchefstroom ago. 2012
Editorial by Francois Venter
This edition contains two orationes, three edited conference papers, twelve articles and a note.
Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann of the North Gauteng High Court delivered the address published here as he delivered it in Afrikaans in the series of FW de Klerk lectures in Potchefstroom on 20 February 2012. He dealt with the role of and limitations on the judiciary to promote social peace in South Africa, pointing out the achievements of the courts in the establishment of the constitutional dispensation over the past decades. He however also showed that the courts are over-burdened and that court administration leaves much to be desired. Litigants and practitioners do not hesitate to abuse the system and ugly incidents of unethical conduct have marred the professions. Judges however do not take these trends lying down and measures to rectify the situation are well underway. Fair, understandable, predictable and speedy adjudication without fear, favour or prejudice continues to be the contribution of judges to the protection of the South African democracy.
Emeritus Judge Louis Harms, formerly of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal, addressed the 12th International Conference of the International Academy of Linguistic Law in Bloemfontein on the 1st of November 2010. The paper on which this address was based, is published here. Judge Harms spoke on the critical issues of law and language in a multilingual society and concluded that the role of the law in protecting or promoting language is limited. The protection or promotion of minority languages such as Afrikaans, he said, was in the hands of the speakers of such languages.
Conference Papers
The establishment of accountable and democratic governments is not merely a matter of the constitutional framework in any given country. It is also a matter of servicing citizens, which is primarily done on the basis of decentralized and local government(s). In 2011, the Gesellschaft für afrikanisches Recht (African Law Association) held its annual meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Apart from discussing constitutional developments in Northern Africa, the Association's annual meeting focused on decentralization and local government. The participants were not only academic experts but also practitioners in the field. We are pleased to publish three of the papers dealing with decentralization presented at the conference. The organisers and co-editors of this part of the present edition, Hatem Elliesie and Thilo Marauhn, also wish to acknowledge the support provided by the Max Planck Institute, by the African Law Association and the editor of PER and express their appreciation for the efforts of the authors for their insightful contributions on the subject.
Hartmut Hamann, professor on dispute resolution and international law at Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Chemnitz addressed decentralisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi and offered valuable insights into the francophone discourse.
Henry Ojambo of the Makarere University in Uganda reviewed Uganda's experience with decentralisation critically and provided interesting (background) information and reasons for the contradictions between the form and content of decentralization as exercised in Uganda.
Petra Zimmermann-Steinhart and Yakob Bekele, both advisors to and experts in the House of Federation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia showed, with reference to empirical data, the impact of decentralization in Ethiopia in three of the decentralized sectors, viz. health, water and education.
In his article on public access to private land in Scotland, David Carey Miller of the University of Aberdeen and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London considers the radical reform of Scottish land law and the "new" right of public access to private land for recreational purposes and the right to cross land. He also puts this in the context of the protection of property under the European Convention on Human Rights.
With reference to child victims of armed conflict, Robbie Robinson of the NWU addresses the difficult question of the nature of the relationship in law between the state and the individual, both as bearers of legal subjectivity, making use of the theory of public subjective rights.
The relationship between sustainable development and renewable energy is the theme of the contribution by Michelle Barnard of the NWU. She employs the principles developed in international law as criteria for assessment of South African renewable energy law and policy.
Loma Steynberg and Raheel Ahmed of UNISA analyse the procedure under the South African Road Accident Fund for the determination of the nature of injuries sustained by claimants against the Fund for non-patrimonial loss suffered after a motor-vehicle accident.
Magda Slabbert of UNISA and Herman Edeling, neurosurgeon, show that the South African Road Accident Fund is supposed to provide just compensation to persons who have suffered following a road accident. The claiming process for general damages is however cumbersome, confusing, complicated and socially unjust, requiring some formal adjustments and appropriate assessment of serious injuries.
Murdoch Watney of the University of Johannesburg considers the question whether, given the opportunities afforded to criminals by globalization, South Africa has succeeded in establishing an appropriate framework to enable it to make a positive contribution to the fields of mutual legal assistance in cases of extradition.
In their contribution Tamara Cohen and Luendree Moodley of the University of KwaZulu-Natal consider, with reference to five statistical indicators, the progress made by South Africa towards the attainment of decent work objectives against the background of the fundamental goal of the International Labour Organisation to secure decent and productive work for all.
Rinda Botha and Jo-Mari Visser of the University of the Free State present a critical and comparative discussion of the historical development of section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 concerning the use of violence by the police, which some consider to guarantee suspects a right to flee.
Aspects of cyber terrorism, its meaning, terrorist use of the Internet and countermeasures to curtail it in various countries are highlighted by Fawzia Cassim of UNISA and she points out that an environment has been created which may easily be infiltrated by cyber terrorists.
With reference to the jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court, which she finds to be highly suspect both intellectually and philosophically, Letetia van der Poll of the University of the Western Cape poses the question whether pornography is speech. She points out that the South African Constitutional Court has explicitly followed the US Supreme Court's philosophical justification as the basis for allowing "non-obscene" sexually explicit material as free speech and expression.
In his analysis, Amos Saurombe of UNISA emphasizes the fact that member states' commitment to the work of institutions within a regional economic community like SADC is critical for the full implementation of its Treaty and its Protocols, but that SADC institutions are not capable of completely fulfilling their legal obligations, partly as a result of the legal instruments themselves being incomplete and being in need of further reform.
Yousuf Vawda of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Farhana Variawa, specialist radiologist, argue that, while significant recent discourse and jurisprudence have focused on the rights of patients in South Africa, the situation and rights of providers of health care services have not been adequately ventilated. They emphasize the challenges faced by the human resources personnel located at the centre of the roll-out of the government's ambitious programme of anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy in the combat against HIV/AIDS.
Omphemetse Sibanda of UNISA evaluates the Canadian and the EU's implementation of the WTO's resolution that developed nations could export patented pharmaceutical drugs to member states in order to address public health challenges such as HIV/AIDS and other epidemics. He dismisses the arguments against TRIPS flexibilities-inspired legislation and similar measures as mostly mere rhetoric and hair-splitting, stating that they sometimes unwarrantedly dismiss a workable solution to public-health problems.
In his note on the South African retirement fund industry, Clement Marumoagae, candidate attorney in Benoni ventures to demonstrate that the boards of trustees of South African pension funds are accountable to and owe fiduciary duties only to the fund they serve and not to the members of those funds.
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Let's do something different.
I'm gonna ask you… straight out, no wriggling out of it…
What, of all the behaviors you've seen displayed by people in a group event, what is the one that pisses you off the most?
I've mentioned a few PUG stories recently, I've read some on other blogs, and you've shared some of your stories in the comments, and there are some reoccuring trends in instances and raids that just blow me away.
Now, I'd expect to get some great stories in the comments from this one, and that alone is reason enough for the post. Great stories, by definition, are ones that allow me, the reader, to mutter "oh, that's just amazing" in tones of horrified wonder and awe.
But I think there's more to offer about the topic than just the entertainment value.
I think that if you give me your personal pet peeves about things people do in groups, whether small instances or large raids, and I catalogue it and put up a poll with those choices to see which ones people hate the most…
Maybe, just maybe, someone that DOES them will see it and freaking STOP!
Where there's life, there's hope.
Let me toss a few of the behaviors into the ring just to kick things off.
Remember, these are just different behaviors in general that may or may not tweak you, and I'm looking for the bulk of the list to come from YOU…
Showing up with broken gear, or gear so close to broken that within the time it takes to reach the first boss fight, the person says, "I need a break, I have to go to a vendor to repair."
The person that wants to go on the run, but once invited, makes no effort to get to the instance entrance on their own. They just automatically expect someone else will, and will summon them. I've even seen this for Violet Hold, believe it or not. Oh yes I have.
The person that dies in a fight and makes no effort to actually get themselves back to the instance on their own. They wait for a ressurrection, regardless of whether the entire team wiped and has to run back, or whether it's in Trials where you can run back in during the encounter itself and your team might need you, or whatever.
An addendum to that last one would have to be the person that dies in a big boss encounter, and walks away from their computer immediately for a drink or something without a word. You find these folks out when you battle rez them and they never respond.
Someone that never, ever brings consumables, they count on someone else bringing a Fish Feast to the run, or lending them a flask or potion. And they don't help getting the fish.
The person that 'tunes out' in a run, they don't really try and play the best they can, they figure they've got great gear, so they can run the whole way using autoshot/auto attack while chatting with friends or spending most of their attention watching the new episode of Army Wives.
Someone that insists on talking about the strategy on the next fight, even though everybody on the run has been doing this same fight together the last four months (this would be me… yep, I do that).
Someone that doesn't spend two seconds discussing strategy. They might, if you're lucky, ask if everyone is ready before they pull the boss.
Those are just off the top of my head examples of things that may or may not irritate you.
I'd sure like to hear yours.
I'm going to take the answers I get over a week, and see if I can put together a poll for you to vote on the worst of the worst.
So let's hear those stories!
God, I love your stories.
I think, if possible, the person that came up with the most popular idea will get a button or a shirt mailed to them. So don't be shy…


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March 08, 2011
Happy Mardi Gras!
10 comments:
- Kwana said...
I love this picture! Happy Mardi Gras!
- March 8, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Purple Flowers said...
Wishing you a Happy Mardi Gras!
- March 8, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Unknown said...
I love that place! And right next door is the Magazine Street Antique Mall! My son has a booth there.
Hope I get to go to Jazz Fest this year!
Which weekend will you be there?
- March 8, 2011 at 9:36 AM
- Keetha Broyles said...
Is Today Mardi Gras? Is Mardi Gras on Fat Tuesday?
In this here part of the frozen tundra, Mardi Gras is nonexistent, so we don't even know.
- March 8, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Maureen said...
Happy Fat Tuesday!
And I have to think anything from a place called Sucre has to be delicious and decadent beyond belief.
- March 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Joyce said...
Let the party begin. Be careful with your shirt and those breads!
- March 8, 2011 at 10:42 PM
- Shellbelle said...
OMG, you're back! You're really back! When I saw the link at Maya's today, I couldn't believe it!
Welcome back, you were missed, I didn't think you were ever coming back and your name on my blogroll made me sad. It's back there now already!
This is a good day!
- March 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM
I'm a virgin. That's right, I've never been to Mardi Gras, New Orleans or Louisiana! I did order macaroons last year from Sucre after reading your post. I will get there one day.
Your Friend,
- March 11, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...
I love New Orleans, Laura! I hope to visit it again soemtime this year.
- March 14, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Linda Lou said...
Hi Laura-got to go to New Orleans last Mothers Day with my sister and two cousins-what a blast we had-always wanted to go there...and waiting in line for at least a half hour for the beignets!!
- March 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM


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I started this blog to post my grammar gripes and tips, and as a place to store the style guide I've been working on since college.
But I don't think about grammar all the time.
I also think about eating healthy, exercise, and many other topics, so I started adding articles that have nothing to do with grammar.
In this blog, you'll find articles about writing, computers, health, and just whatever is on my mind that day.
You can click the topics in the left menu to read articles in that topic, or use the search box to search all of the blog for a certain keyword.


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Morneau gets a breather
DENVER -- First baseman Justin Morneau got his first day of rest Sunday as the Rockies completed an unusual opening week of seven games without an off-day. With the Rockies facing D-backs left-hander Wade Miley, Rockies manager Walt Weiss moved right fielder Michael Cuddyer to first, shifted Charlie Blackmon from center to right, and started right-handed-hitting Drew Stubbs in center.
"It's not a platoon situation with Justin," Weiss emphasized. "He's going to face a lot of lefties this year. With his track record, he's going to get the benefit of the doubt. I know he didn't do so well last year, but he has a history of pounding lefties."
Morneau is hitting .333 (7-for-21) in five games since taking over as the Rockies regular first baseman following Todd Helton's retirement at the end of 2013.


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This is a solar eclipse. One like you have probably never seen before, taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory in space. It looks really weird, as if the Sun is fizzling away, fading into the darkness of space. Why is the edge of the shadow fuzzy?
Every six months, SDO goes into what NASA calls an "eclipse season." For more than an hour a day, the spacecraft goes behind the Earth. So what you are seeing here is not a typical solar eclipse, where the Sun hides behind Moon. Here it's hiding behind Earth, with more than half still out of our planet's silhouette. That's why the edge is fuzzy and convoluted in such a strange way: Earth's contour is distorted by our atmosphere, something that the Moon doesn't have.
Our planet's atmosphere—composed roughly by 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases—doesn't have an even, clean edge. Its density changes, blocking the Sun's light with different intensity. But what about those weird swirls of fire getting into the shadow, making our home star look like it's dripping magma? They are brighter spots on its surface. Or solar demons coming to Earth. One of those. [NASA Goddard Flickr]


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The hunt is on for the rapscallion responsible for this: An update of East Carolina University's pirate logo. Yes, it may be time for all pirate-themed teams to turn in their swash, and their buckle.
It's your move, Raiders, Buccaneers and Pittsburgh Pirates; but the recent incident off the coast of Somalia, in which a U.S. warship tricked the pirates into letting them reel in their boat before shooting them, should serve notice that committing grand larceny on the high seas is no longer cool. Pirates used to have panache; one could identify with them, even root for them, and many of them even had a code of ethics (see: Dread Pirate Roberts). But recent events have popped that iconic bubble; it's a new century. As Jerry Seinfeld said in The Puffy Shirt, "But I don't wanna be a pirate!"
Anyway, I saw this over at Every Day Should Be Saturday, which doesn't know who the original artist is. Whoever you are, nicely done, matey.
Update: Logo is from New Raleigh. Be sure to read their comments section.
New ECU Logo For This Century [EDSBS]


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Love the white trim. Not sure about the socks, but they're for character as Gwen Stacy as she's here on set of the sequel.
The Amazing Spider-Man was on the movie channel last night. Jacek and I watched for a while after the hockey game. He's never seen it. You know the scene after he breaks the backboard and gets in trouble and Martin Sheen gives it to him in the school hall before embarrassing him in front of his crush?
Emma and Andrew have a really cute moment afterwards when he tries to make a date with her but not really and I asked Jacek if he was into her and he was like, YES, totally. Thinks she's really hot. Mostly for personality. Said that she has a spark to her, like whenever she's anywhere, she's the most interesting person in the room. She really is irresistible on screen, non?
I'm going to have a hard time with...
You know.
I mean, I don't know why this is a spoiler since you already know that Shailene Woodley's been cast as Mary Jane but LOOK AWAY if you have to.
Mary Jane's appearance means that Peter Parker will fall in love again. Which means his first true love won't be around. Emma's hinted at it too. Gwen will die. See, I didn't have a hard time with Rachel dying in The Dark Knight. Bruce Wayne was always so unhappy anyway, it just added to what was already there. But Peter was allowed moments of true joy in the first movie. To see that taken away from him, and whatever guilt/regret he'll feel afterwards is going to suck. Necessary, probably, but sh-tty all the same.


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Patrick Carnes
Missing From:Wells Nevada Missing Since:04/13/11 Classification: Missing Endangered White Male Age at disappearance:86 Height:6'0 Weight:180 Hair:Gray or Partially Gray, Partially Bald Facial Hair-2 day beard growth when he left Toledo Eyes: Blue Special Identifiers: Wears glasses Clothing:Tan or beige pants. Blue plaid shirt. Tan jacket. Toledo Mud Hens baseball Cap. Tan canvas shoes
Circumstances of Disappearance Patrick Carnes (86 years old) who was last seen alive in the area of Wells, Nevada on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. He was traveling to Reno, Nevada from Toledo, Ohio. His car was later located abandoned off of I-80 between Golconda and Battle Mountain, in Humboldt County. Carnes was traveling with his canine companion Lucky. Lucky is a large 80-100 pound brown mixed breed male dog.
Patrick and his dog, Lucky, were heading home to Reno when they both mysteriously vanished on April 13, 2011.
In early April 2011, Patrick Carnes traveled from his home in Reno, Nev., to visit family in Ohio. There, he looked at retirement homes where he could spend his golden years.
Patrick, a World War II vet who served in the Solomon Islands, was a proud, active man, with no signs of slowing down.
On April 12, he packed up his dark green Subaru wagon and drove back to Reno with his best friend, a slightly overweight, 100-pound Akita/mixed-breed dog named "Lucky."
The following night, just after Patrick and Lucky entered the state of Nevada, a trooper pulled Patrick over for not changing lanes appropriately near the town of Wells. After speaking briefly with the officer, Patrick got off with a warning and continued his late-night trek across the state via westbound I-80.
Though they were only about a six hour drive from Reno, Patrick and Lucky never made it there.
The next morning, Patrick's car was found abandoned in sage brush, a good distance from the highway in rural Winnemucca.
When investigators came upon Patrick's vehicle, they found no signs of foul play. The car was a good distance from the road, and its front end was facing the interstate. There was no evidence leading investigators to believe Patrick and Lucky were abducted, but they can't rule anything out.
After doing extensive air and ground searches of the vast, wide open, Nevada desert, police in Humboldt County have come up completely empty-handed. There hasn't been a single sighting of the missing duo.
When Patrick was pulled over in Wells, he told the trooper he was going to get a room in nearby Elko that night, but there's no record of him ever doing so.
What happened overnight remains a mystery to investigators, and they need your help to piece the clues together.
In the middle of the night, every night, I-80 is dominated by big rigs. Detectives believe a trucker might have seen what happened to Patrick and Lucky, but no one has come forward as of yet.
"Some trucker saw an old man with a dog," Humboldt County Undersheriff Curtiss Kull said.
Consequently, investigators would like to make a plea to anyone — specifically long-haul truck drivers — who may have driven on I-80 between Wells and Winnemucca, and saw Patrick and Lucky between the late evening hours of April 13 through the early morning hours of April 14.
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If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.


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text: So I migrated my whole FLAC collection to WV. 2017-09-11 06:31:23 Hello.First of all, I would like to say thanks to the developer(s) of this codec. It's a little inefficient than FLAC, has worse hardware support and encodes/decodes slower (note: these observations are based on hybrid mode), but the hybrid mode is really convenient. Please know that I'm not insulting the codec or the developer--it's awesome Besides, I like using less mainstream formats, so I like WavPack Anyway, I have several questions, and I hope that someone can put me at ease So I converted my whole FLAC music archive to hybrid lossless WavPack. All 7000 of them. At x6. It took more than a week to finish. WavPack won't copy the tags from FLAC so I had to convert first to WAV then to x1 WavPack while manually copying the tags using Mp3tag, then I made a Python program to reencode all .WV files to x6. No errors ocurred (my Python program checks for WavPack's return/exit code, and doesn't consider a file reencoded if WavPack didn't return zero.So here's my question. What are the chances that I have a corrupted WV file? I used verify option and added MD5 checksum while encoding. Is this enough to make sure that corrupted WV does not overwrite non-corrupted WVs?Also, what are the chances that the audio has been modified when encoded to WV but was not reported as an error, so it is not an exact copy of the FLAC?Also, I noticed that there are times when audio encoded with x8 is larger by up to around 250kb compared to the same audio encoded with x1. Is this a bug or something?Also, I noticed that the gain setting wvgain gives is very much different from the ones that Foobar2000 uses. Which is correct, and which should I use?One last question, sorry for being annoying XDWhat is the quality of hybrid lossless when played lossy compared to other lossy codecs? Like, is the 210kbps lossy quality transparent, or is it noticeably lossy compared to a 210kbps LAME encoded MP3? I'm not sure, since I don't have really good headphones, but I think I heard "roughness" on tracks that are primarily vocal. I haven't ABXed, though, which is why I'm asking here and hoping it was just my headphones I know I shouldn't use spectrographs (?) to judge audio quality, but 210kbps WV's look awesome (just higher noise floor which shouldn't be noticeable, I think) compared to 320kbps CBR MP3 which is full of holes and lowpass.Thank you for reading this, and please have a nice day Last Edit: 2017-09-11 06:52:29 by OrthographicCube


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