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Given all the attention that it is receiving, the innovative technology that will place the Curiosity rover on Mars — the sky crane — may seem like something that we'll be seeing much more of during future space missions. Yet it's not. In fact, there's good reason to suspect that it will be a long time before the sky crane is used again on Mars, if ever.
Of course, its prospects do depend on the success or failure of the Curiosity landing, but let's hopefully assume the best. [Update, 1:36 a.m. EDT, Mon.: The best occurs! Success!] Instinctive skepticism has always greeted the plan: it is complicated and unorthodox, and a mishap anywhere along the chain of feats in involves leads to disaster. Even those of us enthusiastic about the sky crane have often conceded that it sounds crazy but might just be crazy enough to work. Even that skepticism, though, isn't exactly why the sky crane won't be selected for many other missions.
The absence of the sky crane might seem all the more surprising given that NASA's rationale for using it with Curiosity has always been that it had no good alternatives. As I explained in my SmartPlanet column about it, technologies used to land other probes on Mars hit their limits with something the size and weight of the Curiosity rover. Parachutes can't slow the craft enough in the thin Martian atmosphere for a soft landing. Airbags can absorb the force of a landing impact for the 400-lb. Spirit and Opportunity rovers but not something as big and sensitive as one-ton Curiosity. Rocket thrusters, the old reliable standby, can do it but at the cost of disrupting and polluting the landing site.
So then why wouldn't the sky crane be the method of choice for upcoming probes? Because the sky crane is an expensive technology developed by NASA, and NASA is temporarily getting out of the Mars lander business.
NASA expects to get years of good results out of Curiosity, so it won't be idle on the Mars front. Nevertheless, the only mission concretely on its schedule now is the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter, set to launch in 2013, which will study the planet's upper atmosphere. It won't be sending anything to the surface at all. NASA has long-term Mars exploration plans that would repeatedly take it to the surface — with balloons, aircraft, deep-drilling probes, more rovers, and even rockets capable of returning samples to Earth — but none of those has been scheduled or funded yet, and the cloudy condition of the economy makes it unclear when they will be.
Originally, NASA was planning to participate in the ExoMars program, a pair of joint lander missions with the European Space Agency and Russia (which was initially a minor partner) scheduled to launch in 2016 and 2018. ExoMars has been battered with financial problems and shifting plans throughout its history, and those only got worse early this past February when NASA confirmed that it was dropping out of the project because of budget constraints.
The two ExoMars missions never needed a sky crane. The one launching in 2016 was always planned to deliver a relatively small stationary instrument package. The 2018 launch will be sending a rover, but one that's only about 200 lbs. heavier than the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. That much extra mass doesn't justify all the complex contrivances of the sky crane, though it probably does exceed the tolerances of what airbags alone could handle.
The ExoMars partners have therefore developed an entry, descent, and landing system of their own. Like the Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity, after using its heat shield to slow atmospheric entry, the ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module will release a parachute for further deceleration. After cutting loose from the chute, the ExoMars vehicle will use small liquid thrusters to guide and slow its descent — much like the sky crane descent vehicle except that it goes all the way to the ground. That landing only qualifies as "semi-soft": whereas Curiosity arrives on Mars with a kind of suave grace, like a tuxedoed James Bond arriving by jetpack, the ExoMars landers will hit the surface with a bit more of a thump and count on airbags to absorb the worst of it. Nevertheless, it's a neat, elegant system that bears more than a little similarity to the arrival of a flying saucer.
(Sadly, Europe's financial problems call into doubt whether ESA will be able to mount these missions at all. The ExoMars partners will need to collect commitments on all the needed money by November.)
So no other mission will use a sky crane through the end of this decade at the least. In theory, sky cranes could reappear after 2020 if Mars missions would involve payloads massing on the same order as Curiosity or larger. Any human missions would surely meet that weight requirement. Yet even for some heavy missions, a stepped-up version of the ExoMars system might turn out to be a preferable compromise.
Any decision to go with a sky crane rather than a thruster-assisted landing has to be made by assessing the risks of the more complicated procedure against the priority of not disrupting the landing site with rocket exhaust. For example, imagine that you are planning the early human missions to the Red Planet. If the lander will include rocket systems for returning the astronauts to orbit, will you care whether the sit is disturbed? Will the sky crane solution be able to scale up to handle something the size of a return vehicle? Would it be easier and safer to let the vehicle's own rockets handle the landing?
Sky cranes may not disappear altogether from NASA's plans, but they will always represent just one solution among a mix of several from which mission planners will choose. They may not be the future, but they will probably stay as just a part of it. And they surely are all-important to the stage of Mars exploration immediately ahead of us: much of what we hope to learn about Mars over this next decade will all depend on how well the sky crane delivering Curiosity a few hours from now performs.


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Henry Ford Hearing Self-Assessment
Please answer the following questions. Give yourself 2 points for "Yes", 1 point for "Sometimes", and 0 points for "No".
- Do you find it difficult to follow a conversation in a noisy restaurant or crowded room?
- Do you sometimes feel that people are mumbling or not speaking clearly?
- Do you experience difficulty following dialog in the theater?
- Do you sometimes find it difficult to understand a speaker at a public meeting or a religious service?
- Do you find yourself asking people to speak up or repeat themselves?
- Do you find men's voices easier to understand than women's?
- Do you experience difficulty understanding soft or whispered speech?
- Do you sometimes have difficulty understanding speech on the telephone?
- Does a hearing problem cause you to feel embarrassed when meeting new people?
- Do you feel handicapped by a hearing problem?
- Does a hearing problem cause you to visit friends, relatives or neighbors less often than you would like?
- Do you experience ringing or noises in your ears?
- Do you hear better with one ear than the other?
- Have you had any significant noise exposure during work, recreation or military service?
- Have any of your relatives (by birth) had a hearing loss?
- Scores of 3 or more = You may have a hearing problem
- Scores of 6 or more = A hearing test is warranted.
In either case, further evaluation by an audiologist may be recommended.

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(b) On or after the date a member attains early or normal retirement age, a member may retire and commence to receive retirement income payments on the first day of the calendar month following termination of employment and receipt of his or her written application for retirement in an amount as provided under this article: Provided, That retirement income payments under this plan are subject to the provisions of this article. Upon receipt of a request for estimation of benefits, the board shall promptly provide the member with an explanation of his or her optional forms of retirement benefits and the estimated gross monthly annuity. Upon receipt of properly executed retirement application forms from the member, the board shall process member's request for and commence payments as soon as administratively feasible.


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Come See Me at the SQL PASS Summit
Notifications went out today for the SQL PASS Summit (Nov. 8 - 11, 2010) regular session abstracts. After many hours spent deliberating and reviewing abstracts, they sent out notifications to everyone letting us know if our abstracts were selected or not. I submitted 2 abstracts and 1 was selected.
I will be presenting on Automating SQL Buildouts with Hyper-V and SQL Server R2.
If you attend this session, I highly recommend reading my TSQL Tuesday post from last month, Walkthrough on SysPrep with SQL Server 2008 R2.
Hope to see lots of people there!!
Update: The sessions have now been posted online. You can see mine here: http://sqlpass.eventpoint.com/topic/details/DBA249


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In this section specific publications produced by the project and other relevant documents are offered. Registered members can also have access to the following documents:
EUMEDGRID-Support Publications:
- EUMEDGRID-Support Final Booklet (Document, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, January 2012)
The document offers an overall overview of all the activities performed by EUMEDGRID-Support durign the 2 years of the projects and the main achievements.
- EUMEDGRID-Support Partners' Declarations, December 2011, Amman, Jordan (Document, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, December 2011)
The document includes the declarations that the EUMEDGRID-Support partners signed in Amman during the e-AGE 2011 conference. The declaration ensures that each partner is committed to support the EUMEDGRID infrastructure in the upcoming months.
- e-Age Proceedings (Report, Author, ASREN in collaboration with EUMEDGRID-Support, January 2012)
- EUMED4 & eAge2011, 12-14 December 2011, Amman, Jordan - Executive Summary & Report (Report, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, December 2011)
e-AGE 2011 conference entitled "Integrating Arab e-Infrastructure in a Global Environment" was held in Amman, Jordan, on 10-12 December 2011. It brought together over 200 participants ranging from ministers and high-ranking government and EC officials to e-Infrastructure experts and researchers across the Arab world, the EU, US and the rest of the globe. It presented the status and future opportunities to develop and sustain a Pan-Arab e-Infrastructure bringing together important stakeholders including the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), the EUMEDGrid- Support and EUMEDCONNECT3 EU projects, and the EU and US Research and Education Networks GEANT and Internet2.
- EUMEDGRID-Support User Forum, 22-23 September 2011, Lyon, France - Executive Summary (Report, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, November 2011)
EUMEDGRID-Support User Forum, 22-23 September 2011, co-located with the EGI Technical Forum in Lyon, brought together around 40 experts, developers and users belonging to the field of grid computing for an intense 1 day dialogue focused on the scientific and technical results achieved by the EUMEDGRID-Support project both in terms of different applications currently running on the EUMEDGRID infrastructure with special emphasis on real use cases and of future sustainability after the end of the project.
- Second Release of the Grid User Survey Report (Report, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, August 2011)
On March 4th 2011, the Grid User Survey was reopened, after a first edition, so as to continue gathering responses and users' requirements and contact information to expand grid technology, analyse an ever-increasing sample of data and describe as best as possible who the current grid commuities are, their needs and how the EUMEDGRID-Support project can support and provide added-value to them. The second release of the Grid User Survey Report includes the analysis of 232 answers received in total from February-July 2011. This analysis confirms the main results and trends that came out from the first release. This new version of the report also includes a series of actions already performed/planned by the EUMEDGRID-Support project to concretely answer to the grid users' needs.
- Empowering Research & Education across the Mediterranean: the Role of eInfrastructures (Booklet, Author: EUMEDGRID-Support with the support of external contributors, June 2011)
This booklet, written by the EUMEDGRID-Support project in collaboration with several initiatives, including EUMEDCONNECT2, MIRA, CHAIN, SESAME, LinkSCEEM2, and a very important new one: ASREN, the Arab States Research and Education Network, comes three years after the first edition, and its main purpose is to provide an overview of the progress made and of the lessons learnt in these last few years, within European projects and experiences of regional scope, as well as the open issues. The document highlights the importance to take this progress further and propose a roadmap for future initiatives and actions.
- Conference on the Role of e-Infrastructures for Climate Change Executive Summary (Report, Author: EUMEDGRID-Support, June 2011)
The document gives an in-depth description of the event held in Trieste at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) 16-20 May 2011. The report includes information on participants, on the main topics of the event, and on insights from the experts.
- First Grid User Survey Report (Report, Author, EUMEDGRID-Support, April 2011)
The Grid User Survey was launched in February 2011 within the framework of the EUMEDGRIDSupport project. The survey targeted Mediterranean, African and Middle East countries and aimed to 1) Explore acquaintance with the grid concept 2) Explore experience of site administrators and users from different (research) communities 3) Enlarge the existing User Grid community by adding respondents' contact details to the existing database and further liaising with them 4) Identify potential new grid users, their needs and help respond to them and 5) Use respondents' feedback to feed-in the delivered grid trainings with the aim for ongoing improvement. The report includes the analysis of the over 150 answers collected.
- EUMED-3 Event Post-event Report (Report, Author: EUMEDGRID-Support, 2010)
EU-MED Event 3 was the 1st EUMEDGRID-Support high-policy event co-organised with EUMEDCONNECT2 and GÉANT, held in Brussels, Belgium 30-31 March 2010. This report summarises the event attended by more than 90 participants, provides an overview of key topics covered, highlights the announcement of the Arab States Research and Education Network and offers the professional profile and presentation abstracts of the high-profile speakers and full delegate list.
- Guidelines for new Certification Authorities (Document, Author: EUMEDGRID-Support, 2010)
This guideline is prepared for EUMED countries, large regions or international organizations for accreditation of their Certificate Authority. The definitions and information are gathered together from the documents of EUGRIDPMA and CAOPS WG.
OTHER Publications:
- Recommendations Report from the sharing Knowledge Conference (6) (Report, Author: Sharing Knowledge Foundation, June 2011) (English) (French)
This document summarises all the reccomendations coming from the Sharing Knowledge Conference (6) held in malta on the 5-8 May 2011.
- ASREN Summary Report (Report, Author: ASREN, 2011)
This document includes all the information related to ASREN the Arab States Research and Education Network.
- The Case for Research and Education Networking (Link, Author: EUMEDCONNECT2, 2011)
This article has been written in response to requests from people from developing countries, for more marketing material about the uses and benefits of research networks, to help address questions raised by key stakeholders. The question of what research and education (R&E) networks are and how they work is often raised. There is particular interest in understanding the benefits that research and education networking brings to its users, its funders and to individual institutions. A panel of DANTE people got together to shed some light on these important questions.
The artcle focus on what research and education networks are, who uses them, the key uses and benefits of R&E networking.
- Summary of the Proceedings of the ASREN Launch Meeting (Document, Author: ASREN, 2010)
The document describes the ASREN (Arab States Research and Education Network) Launch Meeting held in Cairo on 8-9 December 2010. The report includes the description of the objectives and achievements of the event, the highlights from the Opening Cerimony and the most important insights from the event. One section of the report is also dedicated to the description of the topics related to the session "Applications and Achievement enabled by Research Networks" chaired by Federico Ruggieri, INFN, Italy, EUMEDGRID-Support Project Coordinator.
- e-Infrastructures across Europe and India (Booklet, Author: EU-IndiaGrid2 project, 2010)
This booklet aims at providing an updated picture of the e-Infrastructures scenario and to provide a roadmap for sustainable collaboration on e-Infrastructures between Europe and India.
- e-Infrastructures across the Mediterranean (Booklet, Author: EUMEDGRID project, 2008)
This booklet was written thanks to the contribution of EUMEDCONNECT and EUMEDGRID projects and the Development Activity of GÉANT2. It addresses European and Mediterranean decision makers in the ICT and Research domain (politicians, civil servants, Directors of large research organizations and facilities, senior ICT consultants to Ministers in the Euro-Mediterranean area, as well as relevant International organization and agencies and Private Companies) with the single aim of drawing their attention on the status and perspectives of e-Infrastructures in the Mediterranean.
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ICT 2010 is leveraging a successful initiative carried out in 2008 by offering the opportunity for the participation of young researchers in a variety of dynamic activities such as Exhibition Watchers, Young Interviewers, Young Reporters and Web Radio Animators. This event is organised by the European Commission to be held on 27-29 Sept 2010 in Brussels, where some 4500 participants are expected to attend. Anyone interested is requested to fill out this "Expression of Interest Form" and send to Tiziana Archarese by 21 May 2010. Definitions of these activities are also provided in the document.
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has issued a list of major Pan-European facilities and services and subsequent updates thereto, which are unique to Europe due to their sheer size or cost involved in their establishment. The e-IRG has issued clear roadmaps describing present and future Pan-European e-infrastructures, that due to their scale require long term planning, and cross-border operations beyond a single administrative domain, but has a fairly short technological refreshment cycle of about three years.
This is a snapshot overview of the 3rd EU-MED Event held in Brussels on 30-31 March 2010 and highlights of the major outcomes.
For more information on the event, become member of the EUMEDGRID-Support Community, by registering to the website, and get access to the full Report.


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FREE Ontario G1 Driving Test Practice 2019
This G1 practice test mimics the real G1 in everything: number of questions (20 + 20), scoring system, and passing score. The actual G1 exam will not have exactly the same questions, but very similar ones. Most of the questions will just be worded differently. The Ontario G1 license test is divided into two parts of 20 questions each, regarding rules of the road and road signs. You must successfully answer at least 16 questions in each section to pass and qualify for your G1 license. Questions are pulled directly from the 2019 Ontario Drivers Handbook and will be multiple-choice. In addition to the test, you will also need to take an eye exam and pay a $158.25 testing package fee to cover your written exam, eventual G2 drive test, and your physical license. Ontario has adopted a graduated driver's license (GDL) program that can begin once you're 16 years old and takes about two years to complete. Once you have your G1 license, you may use it to drive a vehicle under the supervision of a licensed driver. You must hold your G1 for a year, or eight months if you're in a driver's training program before you can take a road test for your G2 license. If you fail your written test, you'll need to pay $15.75 to retake it.


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Revolutionary City Returns To Historic Area Streets For Sixth Season
Colonial Williamsburg opens its award-winning street drama — The Revolutionary City — for a sixth season March 14. Three distinct episodes, presented seven days a week, are the Historic Area's flagship presentations through late November.
"Revolutionary City: The King's Government Collapses, 1765-1776" — presented Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays — chronicles growing colonial unrest as loyal subjects turn against their king. Revolutionary ideas compel Virginians, and all Americans to choose between monarchy and self-government.
The companion episode, "Revolutionary City: The Challenge of Independence, 1776-1781," reveals the human drama Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in war-torn Williamsburg. Guests experience the challenges of creating a new self-governing society. As both free and enslaved cope with the effects of war profiteering, rampant inflation and other hardships, they ponder their loyalties and what the future holds.
Mondays offer "Building a Nation," acquainting guests with both well-known and obscure townspeople of 18th-century Williamsburg. Guests engage patriot leaders, visionary preachers and other residents, enslaved and free, as they shape a new society with the promise of liberty and prosperity for all its citizens.
"Revolutionary Stories" provide background to scenes in the Revolutionary City and encourage guests to explore other sites in the Historic Area.
Admission to The Revolutionary City and its companion presentations is with a valid Colonial Williamsburg admission ticket or Good Neighbor Card.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is the not-for-profit educational and cultural organization dedicated to the preservation, interpretation and presentation of the restored 18th-century Revolutionary capital of Virginia. This town-sized living history museum tells the inspirational stories of our journey to become Americans through programs in the Historic Area and through the award-winning Revolutionary City program. Colonial Williamsburg is committed to expanding its thought-provoking programming through education outreach on-site and online. Purchase of Colonial Williamsburg products and services supports the preservation, research and educational programs of the Foundation. Philanthropic support by individuals, corporations, and foundations benefits the educational mission of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Williamsburg is located in Virginia's Tidewater region, 20 minutes from Newport News, within an hour's drive of Richmond and Norfolk, and 150 miles south of Washington, D.C. For more information about Colonial Williamsburg, call 1-800-HISTORY or visit Colonial Williamsburg's website at www.history.org.
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Join us for the screening of "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," featuring former Vice President Al Gore, as he travels the world to face issues related to climate change and human interaction with the natural environment.
Following the film, there will be a panel discussion featuring professionals that focus their work on climate resiliency, air quality, and public awareness in Baltimore City.
Snacks will be provided by MOM's Organic Market.
Waterfront Partnership and Chesapeake Bay Foundation present the second year of a winter environmental documentary film series, "Docs from the Docks."


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Maui, Hawaii Reiseführer
Maui Zusammenfassung
- Kahului Airport accommodates international and interisland flights, including direct flights from several West Coast cities.
- South Maui offers almost perfect weather -- dry, arid, and near 85 degrees year round.
- A wide variety of beaches for a wide range of activities: swimming, surfing (beginner to expert), windsurfing, snorkeling, and diving
- Clear waters surround most of the island for great snorkeling, sometimes right in front of the resort; incredible snorkel and dive sites, including Molokini Crater, Lanai Cathedrals II, Black Sand Beach, and Makena Landing.
- Condo rentals and time-share properties offer affordable lodging alternatives.
- World-class golf at the Wailea Golf Club, the Kapalua Resort, and the Kaanapali Golf Resort
- Hawaii's most scenic drive, Hana Highway on Maui's undeveloped eastern coast, studded with waterfalls, hidden beaches, and natural pools
- Maui's roads and highways are mostly well marked and easily navigable, although the famous Hana Highway is probably the state's most notoriously difficult to navigate.
- The world's largest dormant volcano is easily accessible at Haleakala National Park -- hundreds of visitors drive to its summit before dawn to watch spectacular sunrises.
- Vibrant nightlife in Lahaina, the island's busiest town
- Hawaii's best whale watching from mid-December to mid-May; boat tours leave daily from Lahaina and whales are sometimes visible from the coast
- State laws prohibit smoking in all public and enclosed spaces, leaving Hawaii virtually smoke-free.
- Flights from the U.S. mainland directly to Maui usually cost $100 to $200 more than flights to Oahu.
- Minimal public transportation; rental cars are a virtual necessity for visiting many Maui attractions.
- Limited budget accommodations (most are condos and time-shares) that almost never dip below $100 per night; conventional budget hotels or resorts are few and far between.
- Most resorts are at least 30 minutes away from Kahului Airport.
- State laws prohibit smoking in all public and enclosed spaces, leaving smokers with next to nowhere to smoke.
- Few mainland chain banks -- expect a lot of $2 ATM charges
- Roads to several of Maui's hallmark sites are difficult to drive, most notably the 37-mile Hana Highway, which requires drivers to navigate some 600 turns and 57 one-lane bridges.
What It's Like
Hawaii's second largest island, Maui arguably lives up to its boastful slogan "Maui no ka 'oi" ("Maui is the best"). Its diverse natural landscape includes the most miles of swimmable beach of any Hawaiian island, the world's largest dormant volcano, and a variety of microclimates that range from desert to jungle (and temperatures that plunge below freezing at its highest elevations). The island is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts: There's windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, road and mountain biking, and, along the state's scenic Hana Highway in East Maui, hiking trails, waterfalls, natural pools, and remote beaches. Maui is not only for the active and rugged, though; there's plenty of opportunity for beach-, golf-, pool-, and spa-centric vacations along miles of beachfront development. It offers an equally wide range of accommodations: stereotypical beachfront resorts; condo and time-share properties; and secluded, rustic hotels in undeveloped areas. Maui's most obvious shortcoming is its lack of an urban center: It doesn't have a metropolis that comes close to Honolulu in size, population, or urban culture, and even its most lively town, Lahaina, generally shuts down by what locals jokingly refer to as "Maui midnight" -- 10 p.m. But it has more nightlife, entertainment, and shopping than Kauai and the Big Island, Hawaii's other popular island destinations.
Where To Stay
Maui's size and diversity can be overwhelming, but most accommodations are fairly concentrated within South and West Maui. Both face the island's western coast, which receives the most consistently sunny, dry, and least windy weather -- and has some of the most pleasant swimming beaches on the island. It's also ideal for watching the island's famously beautiful sunsets; resorts and restaurants are nearly all oriented for views of the sun dipping below the ocean horizon.
South Maui is the island's most upscale area in general, and the one with the most consistent weather. Wailea is its central resort area and home to some of Maui's best-known, high-end resorts, including the Four Seasons Maui, Fairmont Kea Lani, and Grand Wailea. While it's hard to find a property in Wailea with less than 300 rooms, or one that charges less than $400 a night, nearby Kihei, just north of Wailea, offers plenty of lower-priced alternatives. Kihei budget options, like the Maui Hill and the Maui Coast Hotel, feature far fewer rooms and amenities than those in Wailea, and are across the street from the beach, rather than directly on it.
West Maui encompasses several areas, but the biggest is Kaanapali, Hawaii's first master-planned resort town. Built on converted sugarcane fields in the 1960s, its impressive lineup of several-hundred-room resorts is stacked along four miles of uninterrupted beach, and each contains its own complex of pools, restaurants, and amenities. Standouts include the Sheraton Maui, located in front of the area's historic Black Rock, where a nightly torch-lighting and dive ceremony takes place, and the Kaanapali Beach Hotel, which has a unique Hawaiian cultural program and a tiki bar that offers the best resort nightlife. South of Kaanapali is Lahaina, a touristy, bustling town with the best nightlife on Maui, though lodging here is limited and not on the beach. To the north of Kaanapali are more remote resorts in Kapalua and Napili, notably, the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua -- a top Maui resort in a secluded locale with more unpredictable weather than most areas on the island.
East Maui is home to Hawaii's best-known scenic drive: Hana Highway, a twisting, often one-lane coastal highway that's as dizzyingly difficult to drive as it is gorgeous. The lush, undeveloped east coast is full of natural landmarks like waterfalls, secluded beaches, and natural pools. Accommodations are nearly nonexistent; the island's most unique lodging, Hotel Hana, is also one of the only options in East Maui. It offers unplugged luxury in rooms and cottages without TVs or radios and sits on a beautifully secluded, oceanside perch.
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Best Luxury Hotels on Maui
We visited over 90 hotels in Hawaii, and the luxury resorts on Maui are among the best in the state, and indeed, the country. They tend to be more tranquil than those on built-up Oahu and more extravagent than those on Kauai.
Best Value Hotels on Maui
Here's a list of the best value hotels on Maui. To help plan your entire vacation in Hawaii, check out our best value hotels on Kauai and best value hotels on Oahu.
Best Kid-Friendly Hotels on Maui
All these places offer solid value, but families that are particularly budget conscious might also check out our list of the best value hotels in Maui.
Most Romantic Hotels on Maui
Maui's clear waters, tropical sunsets, and lush greenery make it an obvious choice for a romantic getaway. All these places are luxurious in some way, but couples in search of pampering might also check out our list of the best luxury hotels in Maui.
Best Hotel Spas on Maui
Stunning settings, locally inspired therapies, and luxurious, private treatment spaces make Maui's spas the best in Hawaii.


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London's Liberal Democrat Euro-MP, Baroness Sarah Ludford, has today written to the European Commission to protest at the Czech Republic's laws on land reclamation.
In a letter to Commissioner Verheugen, Baroness Ludford outlined the problem that British descendants of Czech landowners are unable to reclaim the land that was confiscated in the second world war unless the descendants are currently Czech Republic citizens.
The matter was raised with her by a constituent whose uncle was an Austrian citizen living in Prague, and died in Auschwitz as a victim of the Holocaust. Four years after his death, the Uncle's property was confiscated, but in 1991 new laws were passed allowing restitution or compensation. The three surviving daughters and their children ought therefore to be able to reclaim the property; but the catch is that such benefit is restricted to heirs who have Czech citizenship and live in the Czech Republic.
Commenting on the situation, Baroness Ludford said "This situation is deplorable. The EU treaties specifically state that discrimination on grounds of nationality is not acceptable, yet the Czech Government seem happy to push for EU membership while they ignore the very treaties they wish to sign up to.
"This is a problem that needs urgent attention. The heirs must make their applications to reclaim the property before May 25th 2001, or they will lose out permanently. This must not be allowed to happen. If the Czech Government refuses to bend on this then they are simply punishing the families of holocaust victims, who would otherwise have inherited the property in the traditional way.
"I hope that Commissioner Verheugen reacts quickly and effectively to this situation so that this injustice can be reversed."


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Figures from the Central Bank show that lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) fell by
€390 million to €26.6 billion in the second quarter of 2012.
That is a drop of 1.4% over the three months to June and a drop of 4.6% in the 12 months to June in lending to non-financial, non-property SMEs.
New loans drawn down by SMEs in that sector amounted to €459m during the second quarter.
Credit advanced to all non-financial, non-property related enterprises declined by €530 million or 1.3% in the three months to June and 4.6% in the 12 months to June according to the Central Bank figures.
Enterprises involved in property related enterprises engaged in construction and real estate activities was 1.9% lower in the year to June and fell by €613 million in the three months to June.
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David Shafter, the current state monitor in Willingboro and a former school business administrator, has been appointed as the state monitor for the Beverly City Schools by Commissioner of Education Lucille E. Davy. Shafter, a certified public accountant and former supervisory auditor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office, will continue to work in Willingboro as he assumes similar responsibilities in Beverly City.
"Mr. Shafter will work with the current school administration to begin efforts immediately to return fiscal integrity and sound fiscal health to the district business operations," Commissioner Davy said. "As state monitor, Mr. Shafter will have oversight of the fiscal management and expenditure of Beverly City's funds and be responsible for directing all business office activities."
Commissioner Davy noted that the district's annual financial audits have contained significant findings in the following areas:
Shafter will work with local school administrators in Beverly to develop and implement a comprehensive action plan that will address the district's ongoing financial deficiencies and develop policies to ensure that appropriate financial internal controls are in order. In addition, he will monitor expenditures for 2007-08 to ensure that all purchases are consistent with the approved budget and consistent with district needs, and assist in developing the 2008-09 budget.
Shafter will serve a two-year term as fiscal monitor in Beverly, beginning on Monday, December 3, 2007. He will be paid $600 per day, two days per week, by the local school board. For the remaining three days, he will continue to work as fiscal monitor in Willingboro, where he is paid the same daily rate by Willingboro.
"We expect and hope that everyone will cooperate and work collaboratively with Mr. Shafter as we continue our efforts to bring excellence to the Beverly City school system," Commissioner Davy said.
Shafter holds a bachelor's degree in business education from Temple University and a master's degree in business administration from Penn State University. He is a former comptroller for the Trenton School District, and school business administrator for the East Windsor Regional School District. He later served in Willingboro as business administrator before being appointed as fiscal monitor there in July 2007.Since April 2006, the presence of a fiscal monitor in Willingboro has significantly improved fiscal conditions in the district. The leadership provided by the fiscal monitor has helped to erase a $10 million deficit in the district's budget and reduced recommendations in the district's annual audit from 26 to 10. In addition, an audit of Willingboro prior to the fiscal monitor's arrival carried a "disclaimer," indicating that fiscal conditions were so poor, an opinion could not be rendered by an auditor. Since a fiscal monitor has been assigned, the audit's status improved first to "qualified" and most recently to "unqualified," the highest opinion a district can receive.


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Blood travels to every part of the body, transporting elements related to most all of our body functions. Cells in the blood (red cells, white cells and platelets) serve essential roles related to oxygen delivery, fighting infection and blood clotting. In addition, may other molecules needed for our body to function (e.g. nutrients, hormones, enzymes, waste products) are delivered and removed by the blood. This makes blood an ideal source for vital information about health and to uncover the mystery of disease.. Not only is blood a wonderful way to find this information, it is very easy to get a blood sample and to measure it!
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Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
We went for Ruhlman and Polcyn's Chicago-style All-beef Hot Dogs for July's Charcutepalooza Challenge, and were very happy with the results. Doesn't everybody make hot dogs for the 4th of July?


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MAHWAH, N.J. – In just their second meet of the 2014 outdoor season men's and women's track and field had perhaps their best showing by far with multiple personal bests falling as well as senior Anitra Kloczewiak (Newton, Mass.) setting the program record in the hammer throw at the 5th Annual Ramapo College Roadrunner Invitational.
The senior thrower broke her original mark with a throw of 123-05 to finish in seventh place in the event. Nicole Aube (Westfield, Mass.) finished with a throw of 103-09 feet to start the Beacons off on the right foot at the two-day meet.
Also having a tremendous showing on Saturday was Hulerie McGuffie (Lynn, Mass.) who won both the 400 and the 200 meter dashes. The sophomore set a new personal best in the 200 with a time of 24.81, while in the 400 she recorded a time of 56.98.
Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.) recorded his second straight first place finish in the high jump as he posted a height of 6-06.75 feet. Right behind him was Tylor Hart (Newton, Mass.) in fourth place with a jump of 6-04.75 feet.
Nobert Simon (Chelsea, Mass.) also put together a strong weekend for the Beacons first earning a time of 52.49 in the 400 meter dash. He would later finish in third place in the long jump with a leap of 20-06.25 feet, which was a new personal best. In 200 meter dash he finished with a time of 23.50 seconds.
To start off the day the men's 4x100 meter relay team recorded a time of 45.86 seconds. Anisha Trappier (Taunton, Mass.) earned a fifth place finish in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.90 seconds. The sophomore sprinter qualified for the finals after posting a time of 12.81 seconds to finish in the top-8.
Xavier Romero (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Luis Hernandez finished with times of 18.57 and 19.40 seconds respectively in the men's 100 meter hurdles. Fritz Gustave (Fall River, Mass.) led the Beacons in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.56 seconds.
Renee O'Brien (Stoneham, Mass.) posted a time of 1:02.94 seconds in the 400 meter dash, before recording a final time of 26.04 seconds in the 200 meter dash to earn fourth place in the event. Ari Leao (New Bedford, Mass.) crossed the finish line with a new career best time in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:26.37.
In the men's 400 meter hurdles, Romero led four Beacons sprinters with a time of 1:01.27 to earn a new personal best.
The Little East Conference Rookie Field Athlete of the Week, Taylor Smith (Burlington, Mass.) set a new personal best in the javelin throw with an impressive toss of 100-03. Kloczewiak recorded a distance of 69-07 in the javelin, followed by Brittany Moore (Billerica, Mass.) who recorded a throw of 60-02 (personal best).
In the discus Smith posted an eighth place finish in the event with a throw of 102-07 feet. In the final two events of the afternoon, the 4x800 and 4x400 meter relays the Beacons closed out their afternoon on a strong note. The men's team finished in eighth place with a time of 9:10.71 in the 4x8. The women's 4x4 finished in third place with a time of 4:09.59. The men's 4x4 closed out the day with a time of 3:47.67.
Also in action on Saturday at the UMass Dartmouth Corsair Invitational Ron Esquivel (Guatemala City, Guatemala) recorded a time of 2:18.58 in the 800 meter run. Angelica Pizzi (Milton, Mass.) was also in action at UMass Dartmouth as she recorded a time of 5:18.82 in the 1,500 meter run.
Track and Field returns to action next Friday when they compete at the Eastern Connecticut State University Invitational in Mansfield. Start time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.


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Thursday, May 04, 2006
Thursday, May 4, 2006
I include this picture just to prove that I don't only talk about my successes. The topknot of this brioche was not exactly on top. First Sarah told me that it was "charmingly askew." Then, after it continued to tilt as it baked, she told me it was more like a monster child you've given birth to but love anyway.
Not only was this loaf aesthetically challenged, it was on the burnt side of normal. However, once I cut off the bottoms and sides of the loaf, I had a slice of delicious crust-less brioche: golden, buttery, and lush. Even though this bread didn't turn out perfectly, I'd like to try it again. I think that it could be spectacular if it didn't list and if I didn't burn it.
I actually started making this bread two days ago. I've gotten to the point where I feel that something is missing if I don't have a loaf of bread ready to eat, or at least in the process of becoming edible, so I started putting this together Tuesday night. I read the directions, but didn't add up the various 1 1/2-hour, 1 hour, and 2 hour segments until I had already started. Then I realized that I'd be up until 3:00 a.m. if I didn't fudge a little. As it was, I finally put the dough in the refrigerator for its two-day rest at midnight. (Having a full-time job really cuts into your bread-baking schedule). I was pleased whenever I looked in the refrigerator and saw the dough, and I was excited when I came home from work and started shaping the bread. Some of my younger friends would (and, in fact, do) scoff at my excitement over baking a loaf of bread. But baking bread has enriched my life so much that I can't understand why everyone isn't nuts about it. Really, if Osama bin Laden were tending to a loaf of brioche in his Pakistan cave, wouldn't he be a friendlier, homier sort?
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3 comments:
- Rose said...
back from las vegas and eager to see what breads you've been up to in my absence. really you are the BEST writer. i actually laugh out loud. and the comment about osamah is startlingly similar to one i've made.
the texas muffins posting was also a hoot and they looked terrific smaller. i'm not into big myself.
i'm trying to prepare myself for the day when you've finished making all the breads. i'll miss you terribly!
- Lynne said...
The cinnamon rolls and Chocolate rolls are great -- they are both made using the Brioche dough.
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For its third annual year, the Premier Centre for the Arts will usher families into the New Year through festive songs, dance and scrumptious nibbles during its New Year's Eve party on Monday, which will include Holiday Cabaret.
For its third annual year, the Premier Centre for the Arts will usher families into the New Year through festive songs, dance and scrumptious nibbles during its New Year's Eve party on Monday, which will include Holiday Cabaret.
Featuring a night's worth of Christmas tunes, Holiday Cabaret will kickoff Thursday with show dates running through New Year's Eve.
Holiday Cabaret director Nick Manerchia, 23, of Newark, discussed what he has up his sleeve for this year's show. He also touched on a unique aspect of the New Year's Eve party that families really enjoy.
Q What songs will we hear at this year's Holiday Cabaret?
A We're doing the classics like "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "All I Want for Christmas is You," "Let it Snow," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" — a lot of the classic Christmas songs. I've directed it the last three years, and Christmas songs are Christmas songs. They're pretty much the same thing — you have classic songs — so I try to change it up each year. This year we're doing some different versions of holiday songs like "Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe."
Q Have you tweaked any of the songs?
A For "Joy To the World" we're doing a mash-up, and we're doing that song with another version that I forgot the name of. This year there's also more of a storyline to the show — it's not just song, song, song, song, song. The theme of it is a Christmas pageant, and there will be funny characters in it. I tried to make it more fun for people.
Q Do you have a favorite Christmas tune?
A I love them all, to be honest. I love Christmas music period. I listen to it throughout the whole year. I listen to it in July. Seriously, I love Christmas music; it makes me feel happy.
Q What can guests expect at the New Year's Eve party?
A Everyone will come at 7 p.m. and then after the Holiday Cabaret show there will be hors d'oeuvres, party favors, a DJ and dance music. And then we do an early countdown at 10 p.m. with a champagne toast. That's why people love it so much, because it's not a late thing; we're done by 10:30 p.m., and they're home before the chaos starts.
WHAT Holiday Cabaret and New Year's Eve party
WHEN Holiday Cabaret runs the following dates: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28; 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29; 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30; 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31. The New Year's Eve party Dec. 31 includes Holiday Cabaret.
WHERE Premier Center for the Arts, 27 Anderson St., Middletown
COST $12 (Holiday Cabaret); $20 (New Year's Eve Party includes Holiday Cabaret)
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On May 9 the Skateboarding Hall of Fame held its fourth annual induction ceremony in Anaheim, California. I had no idea what I was invited to nor had a clue who was gonna be there besides Rodney Mullen. The ceremony was an experience I'll never forget. The room was full of legendary people in skateboarding along with product and photography. One by one, inductees came onstage with the most interesting stories to share. From the guys at NHS, Devo, Wendy Bearer Bull, Brandon "Woody" Woodward, the original Sims riders, the inventer of the Ollie: Alan Gelfand to Rodney Mullen, Christian Hosoi, and many more. The ceremony was definitely very educational and I recommend everyone attend one in the future. I wanna thank the Skateboarding Hall of Fame for the memories and all the legendary skaters for their contributions to skateboarding. Lots of respect! I can't wait to see who'll be inducted in the future.
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The Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F-Mount cameras is a sharp macro lens allowing for close focusing down to 9.4" (24 cm). The lens incorporates floating elements to ensure high performance across a wide focusing range. This lens is highly versatile for many applications, but truly excels with portraits and macro shots. The wide aperture allows you to use it in dim-lit situations without having to crank up your ISO to much.
This is much like the ZF1 except it has an electronic interface (CPU) that enables support of all important camera operating modes such as shutter priority, aperture priority and programmed auto exposure or manual exposure settings. Photographers no longer have to set the parameters in the camera menu as the lens now transmits standard data such as focal length, speed and the aperture setting to the camera. This data can then be viewed in the EXIF data of each picture. The ZF2 also has a mechanica lock on the aperture ring to prevent unintended adjustments.
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It's been awhile, but finally some new updates!
I've posted the quizzes for "Shindig," "Safe," and "Jaynestown" in the quiz area.
Also, the quotes for "Shindig," "Safe," and "Jaynestown" have been completed and are up on the quotes page.
I've posted a few LiveJournal icons and the link to those can be found under Shindig.
And a new picture of the cast has been uploaded to the gallery.
That's it for tonight. Enjoy!
Just a reminder for everyone: Joss Whedon's new TV series, Dollhouse will be premiering on FOX tomorrow night (Friday, February 13th) at 9/8c. The series stars Buffy alum Eliza Dushku and looks to be another excellent show from our favorite TV series creator. To find out more, please visit the show's official website or read the description of the series from there:
Echo (Eliza Dushku) is an "Active," a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected, the Actives don't just perform their hired roles, they wholly become -- with mind, personality and physiology -- whomever the client wants or needs them to be. Whether imprinted to be a lover, an assassin, a corporate negotiator or a best friend, the Actives know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time.
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Ryan Hunter-Reay, who won the IndyCar Series race in last year's Grand Prix of Baltimore, had a tough time defending his championship Sunday.
After starting eighth, Hunter-Reay's DHL Chevrolet had "electronics issues" nearly from the start. His car stalled on the first lap and he dropped down to 22nd. After clawing his way back into the top 10, the same problem resurfaced and Hunter-Reay had to drop out of the race on the 42nd lap. He was 20th at the time.
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Congressional Republicans broadened their attacks on the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, saying President Barack Obama misled Americans for years by claiming they could keep the health coverage they had once the new health law kicked in.
In remarks to the American Medical Association in 2009, Obama said: "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
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But at Tuesday's House Ways and Means Committee hearing about the troubled Healthcare.gov website, many House Republicans complained that Obama's promise wasn't true. They said their constituents would have to pay more for individual and small group coverage next year because of the health law changes.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have begun getting cancellation notices from their health insurance companies for 2014 because their policies don't meet the health care law's tough new standards.
Other Republicans cast the situation as yet another failed promise from Obama about the contentious health care law.
"Now we learn that it's only if the White House likes your insurance you can keep your insurance. And if the White House doesn't like your insurance, you can no longer keep your insurance," said Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney tried to quell the growing controversy, saying that the 80 percent of Americans with job-based coverage or government coverage through Medicare, Medicaid or the Veterans Administration would not be affected by the changes.
The health law engineers a complete makeover of the individual and small group insurance markets in 2014. The law guarantees access to coverage regardless of current or past health problems. It also requires each plan to cover at least 60 percent of medical costs and limits annual out-of-pocket costs such as co-payments and deductibles
The new consumer protections also limit the amount that older plan members may be charged; prohibits annual benefit-spending limits; and forbids insurers from varying rates based on gender, occupation or medical claims history.
It's the 5 percent of Americans who purchase coverage in the individual market that will be affected by the changes, Carney noted.
"That's the universe we're talking about, 5 percent of the population," he said, accusing news reports of overstating the effect. "In some of the coverage of this issue in the last several days, you would think that you were talking about 75 percent or 80 percent or 60 percent of the American population."
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a former health care adviser to Obama, said that many of the plans being eliminated were "psuedo plans" or "mini medical plans" that provide spotty coverage that often excludes basic services like child delivery _ which Emanuel called "unethical."
"We should not bemoan the fact that these very poor plans that don't really provide coverage are being eliminated from the health care marketplace," Emanuel said in an interview with MSNBC.
In testimony before the Ways and Means Committee, Marilyn Tavenner, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said half the people with individual coverage "churned," or dropped, their policies in 2010. The individual insurance market is known for high coverage denial rates, along with high customer turnover and dissatisfaction.
For people getting notices that their policies will no longer be available in 2014, Julie Bataille, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said administration officials are confident those folks will be able to enroll in coverage by Dec. 15 if they want coverage in January.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida CEO Patrick Geraghty told NBC that reports that the company was dropping 300,000 people from coverage were false.
"We're not cutting people," Geraghty said. "We're actually transitioning people. What we've been doing is informing folks that their plan doesn't meet the test of the essential health benefits; therefore, they have a choice of many options that we make available through the exchange. And, in fact, with subsidy, many people will be getting better plans at a lesser cost."


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For this month's Art & About tour, we will explore how artists stretch the boundaries of traditional landscape photography in new and exciting ways in the new exhibit, New Territory: Landscape Photography Today.
Art & About tours are designed for visitors with early-stage Alzheimer's or dementia and their care partners. Experience and discuss art together on a tour led by a specially trained guide on the second Thursday of the month. Themes change every month.
Tour and general admission to the museum are free for registered participants, but space is limited and reservations are required. Register by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Meet on the lower level of the Hamilton Building.
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Noisebridge is organizing a campsite at ToorCamp! We have a Mailing List!
Sign up with the discount code mentioned on our list soon!
Grey's going to DJ (I am? Ok, I guess I am! I'll bring turntables +mixer+tunes but someone have handy speaker setups?)
Which workshops should we host?
Jake's going to talk about Magstripes, Tor and GSM
Jacob (And other ~5 Tor Project related people)
15 people from Protospace, including Paul,DK,ramburglar,wintr + others
10 people from VHS, including Joe B, spiri, infamy + others
Jonathan Moore
David Stainton
Alex Peake
adi (60% probability) (0% probability)
Damian Johnson
Johannes of monochrom
matt +1
Sai - giving talk on telemarketing and workshop on meditation
craSH (Seattle Wireless/Neg9 - Seattle)
Eric Butler (Seattle Wireless/Neg9 - Seattle)
Meta (Neg9 - Seattle)
Matt Westervelt (SeattleWireless / Metrix - Seattle)
Matthew Wilson (Seattle)
Lee Colleton (Seattle)
Duncan Smith (Seattle)
Andrew Filer (Seattle)
Kyle Drosdick (Seattle)
How will we all get there?
I'm planning to drive and have space for two people in my car in exchange for gas money. Please ask me about it on IRC or in person if you're interested. - Ryanc
I'm planning on taking my motorcycle or driving with a few coworkers. Ask me IRL or IRC if you want to catch a ride. - John Menerick
7 people can fit in a regular Toyota Sienna. It's $40/day + 0.10/mi = ~$500 to rent one from CityCarShare (incl. gas). In turn that costs $10/month membership (could be gotten for the corp though and spread out) + $30 enrollment fee per driver. So ~$600 total cost if nobody has CCS currently and we have to sign up two people. Split over 7, that's $85 per person total with reasonably low crampedness, $72 if we already have two people w/ CCS accounts. (For comparison: ZipCar costs $80/day w/ 180mi/day covered, 0.45/mi after that, i.e. ~$660 total.) - Sai
Further option: bandago.com 15-passenger Ford van (with wifi internet!) is $800 per their quote, NOT including gas, so ~$1100 total assuming ~13mpg. That's ~$75/person, iff you can get 15 people to commit. - Sai
grey has also reserved an RV and will be heading up approximately on the 30th or 1st and coming back by the 6th or 7th.
Are we renting an RV? Tents?
- grey has reserved an RV.
I have an army surplus tent that sleeps 6 comfortably that I'm bringing... as with rides, please talk to me on IRC or in person if you're interested in sharing. - Ryanc
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by Dancho Danchev
As part of its quarterly patch update, today Adobe issued a critical security update plugging multiple security holes in its Acrobat Reader, and Adobe Acrobat software applications.
More details:
The security bulletin is patching the following vulnerabilities CVE-2011-2462, CVE-2011-4369, CVE-2011-4370, CVE-2011-4371, CVE-2011-4372, CVE-2011-4373, allowing remote code execution attacks.
These updates address critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh, and Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. These updates include fixes for CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2011-4369, previously addressed in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows as referenced in Security Bulletin APSB11-30.
Affected software versions:
- Adobe Reader X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
- Adobe Reader 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows
- Adobe Reader 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh
- Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.1) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
- Adobe Acrobat 9.4.7 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows
- Adobe Acrobat 9.4.6 and earlier 9.x versions for Macintosh
Adobe vulnerabilities are just the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to the malicious exploitation of client-side vulnerabilities. Contrary to the common belief that zero day vulnerabilities are the primary growth factor of the cybercrime ecosystem, numerous independent reports confirm that patched vulnerabilities are the primary exploitation vector for a cybercriminal's malicious campaign.
Users are advised to ensure that they're not running any outdated software, next to browser plugins.
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