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New York City, in partnership with Electronic Recyclers International, Inc., is now providing an e-cycleNYC program to buildings in the New York City area. A state law, it is now illegal to discard of electronics in the normal trash and all buildings will need to abide by the guidelines that are set forth. If your building should sign up for the program and receive a Sanitation ticket for placing an electronic device out with the normal garbage (if a neighbor places a tv with your garbage, for instance), you will most likely have the ability to appeal the ticket and show good faith that you are in the program.
Accepted electronics for the e-cycleNYC program include televisions, dvd & dvr players, monitors, computers, peripherals (mouse, keyboard, etc.), tablets, printers, scanners, mobile phones, mp3 players and hard drives. Essentially, anything that is plugged in and has a storage function is acceptable. If an item is placed for collection with the e-cycleNYC program and it is cracked, such as a television with a broken screen, the city will request that tape be placed over the crack as to not endanger the staff when they are removing the items.
Items that are not acceptable for recycling in the program and that can be left out with the normal garbage collection are appliances such as vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, washing machines, blenders and stoves. In addition, batteries are not eligible for the e-cycleNYC program, either. There are consumer take-back programs available for rechargeable batteries at many locations that sell them (such as Staples) and normal alkaline batteries can be thrown out with the regular garbage.
Depending on how large your building is will determine what type of access you have to a storage bin, provided for free by the city. If you are in a building that is smaller than 50 units, a storage room can be kept where these items can be deposited. A bin will not be given to your building, but when there are more than 20 pieces of electronics to be picked up, your building can call the city to schedule a removal of those items. This room should not be located either more than one staircase down if there is no elevator, or should be accessible by an elevator. If your building is either too small for a storage room or if you feel as though you'll never hit the required 20 pieces of electronics to initiate the pick-up, you can always donate your electronics at Goodwill (or another organization) or recycle select electronics at vendors that will accept them. Best Buy, for instance, has a mobile phone recycling drop off at the entrance to their stores.
If your building is larger than 50 units in size, you will be eligible to have a locked storage bin delivered that will be placed in a dedicated room or area of the building that is accessible to the residents and/or building staff only. The bins come in two different sizes; a small (2′ deep x 4′ wide x 5′ high) and a larger (2′ deep x 5.5′ deep x 6′ high). A padlock will be delivered with the storage bin and when there is a pickup, the entire storage bin will be removed and a new one left in its place (with a new padlock as well). The city will request that the room where the bin will be located be accessible either by service elevator or if steps are required to be navigated, a building-supplied ramp should be used to allow for the bins to be rolled up and down. If there is no ramp and there are only stairs leading to the room the bin will not be able to be delivered. It goes without saying that any room that is holding these bins should be large enough for the bin and additional room for turning.
The program will be available to those buildings that sign a license agreement with the city. These agreements cannot be altered in any way from their original text (building attorneys will not be able to revise them in any way). In addition, individual Certificates of Insurance will not be given to your building, but each entity that is named within the licensing agreement will be covered by the city's insurance. The agreement is where a building would place the building's name, management company's name and any other parties that wish to be covered.
For buildings that are larger than 250 units, the city is happy to organize outdoor events on your property, with an e-cycleNYC truck and storage bins for the day. There are a few conditions that the building must maintain in order to host this event. The event must be held in an available outdoor space, such as a parking lot, it can take place any day of the week or weekend (a maximum of four hours) and it must be scheduled with e-cycleNYC at least 60 days in advance. It would be best if the building owner / managing agent could also publicize the upcoming event to all residents, at multiple times during the lead up to the event so that the event will result in higher levels of recycling by those looking to offload their old electronic devices. A resident survey or sign-up sheet will be utilized for e-cycleNYC to gauge the level of staffing needed.
If your building has a bin and would like to have the items removed form the subject property, you can schedule the pickup by calling 212-437-4647 or e-mailing [email protected]. Within three (3) business days, e-cycleNYC will replace your bin with an empty bin.
The last part of this installation and compliance with the e-cycleNYC program is that a representative from either your management company or from the building must attend a seminar given on this subject, at the Department of Sanitation, to go over all of the above information and to have any questions answered. You can call or e-mail the e-cycleNYC program to schedule by using the information given in the paragraph just above. If you are a part of a management company that manages multiple buildings, such as ours, one seminar attendance can cover each of the properties in your portfolio, but a separate license agreement would be needed for each individual property in your portfolio.


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The other two:
June 11, 1963 - Frank Malzone/Dick Stuart, 15th inning at DetroitThe Red Sox press notes list the September 25, 1985 game at Toronto, which is wrong.
September 28, 1985 - Glenn Hoffman/Dwight Evans, 10th inning at Detroit
Here is the box from the 2003 game. Jeremy Giambi was the DH -- batting 8th. Ortiz (hitting .188 at the time) pinch-hit for Giambi in the 14th.
It would be roughly another month until Ortiz got regular playing time. It's interesting to look at his game logs for that season -- he usually hit 5th.

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Random commentary about Machine Learning, BigData, Spark, Deep Learning, C++, STL, Boost, Perl, Python, Algorithms, Problem Solving and Web Search
Sunday, January 31, 2010
merge two binary search tree in optimal space and time
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Add two numbers representened in lists (with carry)
Num 1 = 123456
Num 2= 1234
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Ubuntu Firefox shuns Google for Yahoo! search
source: the register
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Google is going social
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Eleborate large dataset
Monday, January 25, 2010
Where I'd like to invest: 3D UI
What would be next?
I want to have a real 3D UI for my operative system and I don't just mean simulate it in a 2D screen, I mean project it and than interact with the users, like it is already happening to some extent for video games in Project Natal Then I want a 3D Search experience, which goes behind the 2D flat search. And I want a 3D social experience.
Any company out of there where I can put my money?
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Kernel PCA
Here you have the code in C++ and Eigen.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Google founders to loose control
Friday, January 22, 2010
Searches Soar in 2009; Google Tops List
About 87.8 million searches originated on the Google Sites network, a 58 percent increase. Just 9.44 million were made via Yahoo, which saw its own total jump by 14 percent. Chinese search engine Baidu.com finished third. But it was Microsoft, spurred by Bing, which showed the second-strongest growth out of the sites comScore measured, jumping 70 percent to 4.09 million searches. Russian search engine Yandex achieved the most considerable gains, growing 91 percent to 1.9 billion searches.
source PC Mag
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Longest non decreasing sequence.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
theft of search intellectual property: operation Aurora
Google reported an
highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from GoogleWired is giving some technical details. Apparentl,y is a problem with Adobe Reader and Microsoft IE (even if other programs can be affected)
Microsoft issued a security warningAlthough the initial attack occurred when company employees visited a malicious website, Alperovitch said researchers are still trying to determine if this occurred through a URL sent to employees by e-mail or instant messaging or through some other method, such as Facebook or other social networking sites.Once the user visited the malicious site, their Internet Explorer browser was exploited to download an array of malware to their computer automatically and transparently. The programs unloaded seamlessly and silently onto the system, like Russian nesting dolls, flowing one after the other.
"The initial piece of code was shell code encrypted three times and that activated the exploit," Alperovitch said. "Then it executed downloads from an external machine that dropped the first piece of binary on the host. That download was also encrypted. The encrypted binary packed itself into a couple of executables that were also encrypted."
One of the malicious programs opened a remote backdoor to the computer, establishing an encrypted covert channel that masqueraded as an SSL connection to avoid detection. This allowed the attackers ongoing access to the computer and to use it as a "beachhead" into other parts of the network, Alperovitch said, to search for login credentials, intellectual property and whatever else they were seeking.
McAfee obtained copies of malware used in the attack, and quietly added protection to its products a number of days ago, Alperovitch said, after its researchers were first brought in by hacked companies to help investigate the breaches.
Although security firm iDefense told Threat Level on Tuesday that the Trojan used in some of the attacks was the Trojan.Hydraq, Alperovitch says the malware he examined was not previously known by any anti-virus vendors.
iDefense also said that a vulnerability in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat applications was used to gain access to some of the 34 breached companies. The hackers sent e-mail to targets that carried malicious PDF attachments.
Alperovitch said that none of the companies he examined were breached with a malicious PDF, but he said there were likely many methods used to attack the various companies, not just the IE vulnerability.
Once the hackers were in systems, they siphoned off data to command-and-control servers in Illinois, Texas and Taiwan. Alperovitch wouldn't identify the systems in the United States that were involved in the attack, though reports indicate that Rackspace, a hosting firm in Texas, was used by the hackers. Rackspace disclosed on its blog this week that it inadvertently played "a very small part" in the hack.
The company wrote that "a server at Rackspace was compromised, disabled, and we actively assisted in the investigation of the cyber attack, fully cooperating with all affected parties."
Alperovitch wouldn't say what the attackers might have found once they were on company networks, other than to indicate that the high-value targets that were hit "were places of important intellectual property."
iDefense, however, told Threat Level that the attackers were targeting source-code repositories of many of the companies and succeeded in reaching their target in many cases.
Alperovitch says the attacks appeared to have begun Dec. 15, but may have started earlier. They appear to have ceased on Jan. 4, when command-and-control servers that were being used to communicate with the malware and siphon data shut down.
Microsoft also issued a risk assesment that I encorauge you to visitMicrosoft is investigating reports of limited, targeted attacks against customers of Internet Explorer 6, using a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue.
Our investigation so far has shown that Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack 4 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 is not affected, and that Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, and Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 on supported editions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 are vulnerable.
The vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference within Internet Explorer. It is possible under certain conditions for the invalid pointer to be accessed after an object is deleted. In a specially-crafted attack, in attempting to access a freed object, Internet Explorer can be caused to allow remote code execution.
As you can see, the client configuration currently at risk is Windows XP running IE6. We recommend users of IE6 on Windows XP upgrade to a new version of Internet Explorer and/or enable DEP. Users of other platforms are at reduced risk. We also recommend users of Windows XP upgrade to newer versions of Windows.Mcafee released some advices for security here
The vulnerability is present in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8. All versions may crash after opening the attack code. However, there are a number of ways to limit the attack to an IE crash and prevent attacker code execution.
- Disable code executing from random locations of freed memory. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) prevents the execution of code from pages of memory that are not explicitly marked as executable. DEP is a supported feature on Windows XP Service Pack 2 and higher, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 and higher, and all versions of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. Some platforms enable DEP by default (see below). You can read more about DEP in this blog here and here. You can enable DEP on Windows XP and Windows Vista by clicking the Microsoft Fix It button below. (DEP is enabled by default for Internet Explorer 8 running on XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and higher, and Windows 7, so you do not need to use the "Microsoft Fix It" for those configurations.)
Adobe released a critical patch hereMake sure that you have the latest version of McAfee security software on your computer with the latest signature files to protect yourself against the malware exploits within Operation Aurora. If you don't have security software, you can download a McAfee free trial.
Also, Microsoft recommends users change their browser security setting to HIGH and McAfee recommends that you restrict browsing to known sites until Microsoft provides a patch for the Internet Explorer exploit. To change your security settings to HIGH, open the browser, click on Tools>Options>Security and slide your setting up.
Adobe Reader 9.3 was released today, right on schedule, to address this issue. In the meantime, the company is realizing the changing nature of the platform business, and how Reader/Acrobat and Flash are now just as susceptible to potential attacks as any other platform, including Windows. Interestingly, the cross-platform nature of the Acrobat platform means that Mac users were just as susceptible to this exploit as Windows users.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Baidu CTO leaving
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Bing got +2.7% market share, since May 2009
source: techcrunch
Saturday, January 16, 2010
PCA: Dimensional Reduction in Eigen
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Google goes safe mode
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Google enters the real estate business + maps
I was wondering when this was happening. Alessio told me about this a couple of years ago. He was right and I knew it.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Som clustering algorithm
Store phone numbers
Monday, January 11, 2010
Getting eigenvalues solver in Windows
I am moving to Eingen library, which is a native template library ready to use. Just download it. Then in Visual Studio edit the proprierties of your project and in C++ add the appropriate include path. Then compile it, without any problem.
Eingensolver is defined in this class. Here a toy code example of use.
// import most common Eigen types USING_PART_OF_NAMESPACE_EIGEN
int main(int, char *[])
using namespace Eigen;
Matrix3f m3;
m3 << 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
Matrix4f m4 = Matrix4f::Identity();
Vector4i v4(1, 2, 3, 4);
Vector3f m_solved_val = m_solve.eigenvalues().real();
std::cout << "m3\n" << m3 << "\nm4:\n"
<< m4 << "\nv4:\n" << v4
<< "\neigen:\n" << m_solved_val << "\n" << std::endl;
std::string a;
std::cin >> a;
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Yahoo CEO Gives Herself a B-Minus
Saturday, January 9, 2010
2009 Word of the Year is "tweet"; Word of the Decade is "google"
Friday, January 8, 2010
Getting Blas and Lapack and Blas libraries in Windows without compiling them
One alternative solution, that I am exploring is based on extraction of symbols from R. You install it and then from Visual Studio command prompt perform a:
dumpbin /EXPORTS Rlapack.dll > Rlapack.def
dumpbin /EXPORTS Rblas.dll > Rblas.def
Next step is to use the calling standard described here. I will discuss about it in a follow-up posting.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Define a functor
In C++ and STL you typically define a functor object which had the type system check but is limited to unary, binary or ternary functions.
In Boost you resolve this problem by using the Boost Function library, which allows you to define a type checked function object with unlimited number of parameters.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Nearest Neighbour on KD-Tree in C++ and Boost
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Very curious about voice search on Nexus one
Monday, January 4, 2010
In the end the love you receive is more than the love you give
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Do you need to return more than a value
return_value function(parameters)
with boost::tuple you can return tuples of values. here is an example of code.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Your favourite 2009 posts
Friday, January 1, 2010
In the end the love you give is equal to the love you receive
- Antonio C, who taught how to use the power of imagination and think about a product before anyone else.
- Apostolos G, who taught how to realize world class industrial products
- Paolo F, who taught how important is theory and the beauty of algorithms.
PS: A 'teacher' is someone who is senior to me and I no longer work for him


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Enhance your home with contemporary elegance with this luxurious Moroccan inspired rug. Featuring a super soft thick pile, this plush rug is comfortable under-foot. Featuring a plush pile and carved effect results in an amazing textured look and feel. Easy to look after, Non-shedding will complement any space with modern simplicity.
- Made with synthetic fiber
- Non-shedding
- Super Soft
- 4cm pile height
- Contemporary style
- Carved texture
- Moroccan pattern
Tip: We recommend the use of a Rug Stop to keep the rug in place on smooth surfaces.
All rug sizes are approximate. Due to the difference of monitor colours, some rug colours may vary slightly.


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The Elephant Spray is a beautiful illustration of a cute elephant spraying the most wonderful objects and animals from the jolly little trunk. The magical spray swirls around the elephant in a whimsical cloud amongst many things an old car, a tea pot, a straying hot air balloon tied to a tea cup, a flying propeller plane, cup cakes with cherries and a flag pennant with the dancing name of your beloved child. The illustration is hand drawn and printed onto a thick creamy paper.
Framed by hand in a hand build white wooden frame.
Please write the desired name in the box at check out.
Pigment giclée print
300 g cold pressed aquarelle paper
Unframed 29x42 cm
Framed 40x52 cm
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A young and contemporary look, revolutionary silhouettes – Yves Saint Laurent and his designs were inspired by the zeitgeist. Hedi Slimane, the current genius at the Paris fashion house's helm, has been described in similar terms.
The history of SAINT LAURENT PARIS is inevitably linked to DIOR. In 1957 Yves Saint Laurent commenced his career as the artistic director of the House of DIOR. With his creation of the trapeze line, he freed women from their cinched waists and accompanying girdles. After Laurent launched his controversial and revolutionary Beat Look, Dior fired the designer. In cooperation with his romantic and business partner Pierre Bergé, Saint Laurent founded his own fashion house. As the first haute couture designer, he attracted new customers when he launched his ready-to-wear line Yves Saint Laurent - Rive Gauche - in 1966.
In 1996 Catherine Deneuve made his 'Le Smoking' popular as evening wear and Saint Laurent revolutionized women's fashion by adding trouser suits, trench coats and pea coats to modern women's wardrobes. Saint Laurent created a new androgynous type during the 1980s, making women look powerful and strong with his suits. As with previous collections, Saint Laurent interpreted typically male garments for the female body. The Safari Look in 1968, the Gypsy Collection inspired by folklore in 1977, colourful evening gowns as a tribute to Matisse in 1980, Saint Laurent refused to be pigeonholed.
In 1996 Hedi Slimane encountered YVES SAINT LAURENT in a working environment for the first time. Pierre Bergé appointed him the director of men's clothing. In 1999 the GUCCI Group bought the brand and appointed Tom Ford as creative director. Ford ensured that the collections appeal to a wider audience and was - similar to his designs for GUCCI - mainly inspired by the style of the 1970s.
Shortly after, Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent publicly criticized Ford. In 2002, Saint Laurent and Bergé completely withdrew from their fashion house with one last brilliant couture collection. Meanwhile Slimane left YVES SAINT LAURENT in 2001 in order to work as the creative director of DIOR HOMME. In 2004 Milan-born designer Stefano Pilati became Tom Ford's successor at YVES SAINT LAURENT, but he couldn't lead the house to success for long.
In spring of 2012 Hedi Slimane returned to YVES SAINT LAURENT as creative director, starting to focus on his own radical ideas – with overwhelming success. He changed the brand's name to SAINT LAURENT PARIS, the collection's name to SAINT LAURENT, focusing the colour scheme on black and white.
Although often being the subject of criticism, his collections sell extremely well. In the past three years, the turnovers of SAINT LAURENT have been more than doubled thanks to the designer. Not only the ready-to-wear collections, but also the footwear and leather goods collections, benefit from Slimane's design. Experts believe the main factor behind this success is the fact that Slimane addresses a broad, young audience - basically imitating what Yves Saint Laurent did when he established his ready-to-wear line in 1966.
With a clear eye for the zeitgeist, he creates new classics that combine luxury quality with casualwear. Slimane rejuvenated SAINT LAURENT and lead the brand to unimagined success.
Since the beginning of April 2016, the Belgian designer Anthony Vaccarello has taken over the house of SAINT LAURENT PARIS as the creative leader, who has been working as a guest designer for VERSUS VERSACE in 2013.


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Fareham Busmap Map
Bus map of Portchester, Gosport and Fareham routes.
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Southampton Public Transport Map
Public transport map of Southampton, England
13 miles away
Bournemouth bus tour map
Bournemouth bus tour map - City Sightseeing
33 miles away
Brighton bus tour map
Brighton bus tour map - City Sightseeing
44 miles away
Cheam Bus Route Map
Olympic Bid 2016 - Bus Route Map
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St. Georges Hospital Bus Services Map
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East Sussex, England Bus System Route Map
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London Bus and Tourist Map
Key bus routes and tourist attractions in central London. Scanned.
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London Underground Map
64 miles away
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An example of one of many possible sightseeing routes from Ensignbus tours in London.
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London Subway Map
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London Underground Map
London Underground map with all zones
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Central London Bus Map
1999 map from The London Tube Map Archive
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London School of Economics Bus Stop Map
How to get to the London School of Economics.
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Cambridge Bus Tour Map
Cambridge Bus Tour Map - City Sightseeing
110 miles away
Peterborough Stage Coach Citi Bus Map
127 miles away
Bentley Map
Location map for Bentley. Includes roads, bus stops, and directions to Bentley Pavilion.
128 miles away
Central Sheffield Map
Map shows central Sheffield, England area. Bus stops and University of Sheffield parking areas...
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Merseytravel Headquarters Location Map
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Paris City Map
City map of Paris with tourist information and transportation
205 miles away
Official Parisian bus map
206 miles away
Blackpool Bus Tour Map
Blackpool Bus Tour Map - City Sightseeing
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Isle of Man Transportation Map
276 miles away
Differdange Bus Map
324 miles away
Gasworks/Belfast city centre shuttle Bus Map
Shuttle Bus service map between the Gasworks Estate and Belfast city centre.
329 miles away
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332 miles away
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Official Rheinbahn map shows municipal-rail, light rail and tramway system, as well as a close-knit...
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Map of Sligo with tourist information
390 miles away
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Shows bus and tram itineraries to the Brethren Colleges Abroad office from the train station and...
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Public transportation map of central Frankfurt, Germany. Shows bus and train routes.
435 miles away
Basel Light Rail and Bus Map
454 miles away
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Bus routes and connections, Tubingen, Germany. (German).
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Munich Public Transportation Map
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Tourist map of Nice, France. Shows points of interest. Inset shows Nice area.
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Map of the city of Garching, Germany
General visitor information including the locations of restaurants, hotels, bus stops and more.
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text: Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for "good winter" and spelled wrong on purpose) is a greeting, a celebration and a sentiment. It is a new statement of an artist moving on and establishing the groundwork for a lasting career. 'For Emma, Forever Ago' is the debut of this lineage of songs. As a whole, the record is entirely cohesive throughout and remains centered around a particular aesthetic, prompted by the time and place for which it was recorded. Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, seems to have tested his boundaries to the maximum, and in doing so has managed to break free from any pre-cursing or finished forms.


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Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600
An ATSC PCI card from Hauppauge.
It is supported under Linux since kernel 2.6.26.
There are (at least) three different revisions of this dual tuner card with two layouts.
Model 1178 - features 2 RF inputs (analog, digital) and has product codes (found on the tuner label):
- 74021
Models 1101 and 1183 - feature 3 RF inputs (analog, digital, radio) and have product codes (found on the tuner label):
- 74551 (Model 1101)
- 74541 (Model 1183)
Model 1388 - features 2 RF inputs (analog, digital) and has product codes (found on the tuner label):
- 74351
Under Windows, product codes
- 74021 & 74041 support QAM
- 74031 and 74551 do not support QAM
- 74541 claims to support QAM but has not been tested
There are a couple of other models mentioned near the bottom of Hauppauge's product page, but it appears their description may suffer from some copy and paste errors. To say the least, the company provided information is far from clear.
Components Used
This card features:
- Maxlinear MXL5005S tuner and Microtune MT2131 tuner (WinTV-HVR-1600MCE uses the TCL MFNM05-12-E tuner)
- Samsung S5H1409/Conexant CX24227 digital demodulator
- Cirrus Logic CS.... (audio ADC)
- Conexant CX23418 A/V Decoder, MPEG-2 Encoder & PCI bridge
Making it work
The firmware can be obtained from [here]. It is required only for the analog (V4L) functionality of the device.
Status Report
As of August, 2008, NTSC support is excellent on pci 2.3 compliant hardware. Given the on-board mpeg encoder, it is very light on resources when recording. There are some issues for _some_ users on older hardware. Closed captioning is not yet supported.
As of August, 2008, HDTV is well supported and quite stable on modern hardware that is pci 2.3 compliant. There are some issues for _some_ users on older hardware. Closed captioning is not yet supported. OTA HDTV is known to work very well.
As of June, 2009, a known issue with the mxl5005s tuner driver still causes (at least) QAM programs to be received with a SNR loss of up to 3 dB, when compared with the Windows driver. For a weaker input signal, this can ultimately lead to errors in the received transport stream.
On Oct 29, 2009, a call for testers went out on the linux-media and ivtv-devel mailing list for a patch that addresses the above mentioned tuning problem: KernelLabs blog entry calling for testers
As of Feb. 6, 2011. Card is functional with Ubuntu 64bit and Mythtv.
General Tips
As a general rule, HDTV is very resource intensive. The HVR-1600 is no exception. A video card supporting OpenGL and/or XvMC is strongly recommended. Minimum CPU feature set should probably start at a dual-core or a very late model single-core.
MythTV in the repositories at debian-multimedia.org supports the card with no issues.
MythTV's timout default scanning timout may be a little aggressive for the Hauppauge 1600. If you are having difficulty detecting channels try increasing the timeout on the capture card setup screen and rescanning.
Analog A/V Problem
- video displays red screen
- audio crackle and sounds scratchy
- Per the file;
- /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
- add the following 2 items;
- blacklist cx18
- blacklist cx18_alsa
- Reboot and manually load drivers;
- sudo modprobe cx18 tuner=0 radio=0
- sudo modprobe cx18_alsa
Alternative Resolution
- Create file;
- /etc/modprobe.d/cx18.conf
- Per the file;'
- /etc/modprobe.d/cx18.conf
- add the following 1 item;
- options cx18 tuner=0 radio=0
Both the IR Blaster and IR Receiver will work through LIRC, but they are not supported out of the box. A recipe for configuring it on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit can be found here (hopefully helpful to those using other distrubtions as well).
External Links
- Hauppauge product page
- gentoo wiki article on the HVR-1600 ... An informative summary to get started, albeit a little old
- Myth TV's information on the HVR-1600


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New Decade's Message for the 2020s – Gennady Stolyarov II
Gennady Stolyarov II
As 2019 draws to a close, Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, expresses hope that humankind will emerge from the "Crazy Years" and offers ten concrete resolutions for human achievement during the 2020s. This message was recorded on December 31, 2019, and is available for viewing here.
As 2019 draws to a close, let us bid farewell and good riddance to a decade which could, in retrospect be referred to using the prophetic Robert Heinlein term, "The Crazy Years" – a turbulent, conflicted decade during which, while glimmers of hope appeared on multiple fronts of technological advancement, society and culture have clearly declined due to the rise of incivility, tribalism, authoritarianism, identity politics, and mass breakdowns of sanity. It is no secret that I had hoped for humankind to have been farther along the path of advancement by now than it has actually come. The great conflict of our decade – between the marvels that have been built by the creative and rational higher faculties of the human mind and the biases, fallacies, vulnerabilities, and atrocities spawned by its darkest evolved recesses – between the Apollonian heights and the Dionysian depths of human nature – will carry on into the 2020s and perhaps beyond. To win this conflict, those of us who desire a brighter future need to advocate for more progress, faster innovation, greater rationality, higher standards of civility and morality, and a long-term outlook that seeks to cultivate the best in human beings.
As the winds of fortune shift, some of us individually will rise, and others will fall. This certainly was the case this past decade. In so many respects, for me, it has been marked by colossal achievements and improvements, but also tectonic shifts in my own life which were not of my initiative – to which I needed to respond and adapt and preserve what I valued in the aftermath. Reflecting back on the end of 2009, and comparing it to today, I realize that absolutely everything about the circumstances of my life is now different… and yet I myself am essentially the same. I believe that it is this core of myself, this fundamentally constant and consistent identity, which has carried me through the crises and enabled me to defy adversity and arise stronger every time – to pursue new endeavors and take on new roles while remaining the same essential individual, to learn from the empirical evidence before me while maintaining the same convictions and understanding of the good. The events of the 2010s have illustrated for me that, indeed, peace and stability in life must ultimately come from within – although it is not a matter of withdrawal into the self or mere self-affirmation, as some popular creeds would claim. Rather, it is the self that must devise and implement solutions to the crises of the day while pursuing consistent improvement in as many dimensions as possible, and preserving that essential core intact.
It is beyond our power to live a decade over again, but we can harness the best of its aftermath and turn the coming decade into a superior and more rational one. Some of us will create resolutions as individuals, and then pursue plans of varying degrees of specificity and likelihood of success. But perhaps it is best to consider the resolutions we would wish to have for humankind as a whole. It is all well and good, of course, to wish for progress and prosperity, but it is also well-known that the resolutions which have the greatest likelihood of succeeding are those which are accompanied by concrete indicators of fulfillment. Therefore, I propose the following ten resolutions for humankind during the decade of the 2020s, which will enable us to empirically identify whether or not they have been fulfilled at the decade's end.
- Construct the next world's tallest building – because humankind must always reach higher.
- Build a base on the Moon – because it is time to colonize other worlds.
- Land a human on Mars – because it is time to expand beyond our orbit.
- Establish the first fully operational seastead communities – because it is time for human habitation to expand beyond land and for jurisdictional experimentation to resume in earnest.
- Have at least one person live beyond 120 years again – mathematically possible given that 10 of today's supercentenarians are 114 or older; it is time to begin to approach Jeanne Calment's longevity record of 122 years once more.
- Cut all world nuclear-weapon stockpiles in half – more than this has been done before, and so this is really quite a modest goal, but it is imperative to reverse the trajectory of the current arms race. Complete nuclear disarmament by all powers would, of course, be preferable, to finally dispel the "MAD" cloud of annihilation looming over our species.
- Compose 100 tonal symphonies – because it is time to rediscover beauty.
- Develop medically effective cures for every type of cancer – because, really, it is decades past time.
- End the decade with 50 percent of all vehicles on the road at level 2 autonomy or greater – because road deaths are a travesty and should become a relic of a barbaric past.
- Experience at least one year in which no country is at war with any other, with "war" including armed insurgencies and terrorist attacks – because national, ethnic, religious, and ideological warfare needs to be relegated to the past.
Of course, there are many worthwhile objectives not encompassed above, and it is my hope that efforts to reach those goals will also advance in parallel. You may have a list of ten resolutions for humankind that differs from mine, but they may be compatible nonetheless. The overarching aim, however, is to restore humanity's much-needed confidence in progress, to emerge from the postmodern swamp of self-doubt and deconstruction and return to the heights of ennobling ambition and creation. Concrete benchmarks to track our progress can also serve the dual purpose of motivating people everywhere to undertake great tasks. A certain President has expressed the desire to make America great again, but I would venture to say that he has not selected the proper means for doing so. I challenge everyone during the next decade to make the world great again and demonstrate that the most impressive achievements and the most lasting solutions to our age-old problems are still to come. This is the message of transhumanism, and I hope that it can become the theme of the next decade – so that when I speak to you again at the decade's end, we can reflect upon the wonders that have been built.


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like a Viking funeral.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Take me fast, quiet,
two guards at every door.
Wrap me tight
in your
extravagant straitjacket,
where the strangling is clean
and silent, since when I kiss,
it will not be as a sister.
You have seen my complete dossier.
I would have made a great man,
but I am a woman,
subtle but effective.
Do not toss me, deranged,
in your landfill;
it is more palatable to give
me something rich
and strange, tribal,
like a Viking funeral.
like a Viking funeral.
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- Emulex OneConnect 10 GBit Ethernet Adapter Driver
The oce 10 GBit ethernet adapter driver is a STREAMS based GLD (NIC driver) for 10G Ethernet functions on the Emulex OneConnect cards.
The oce driver initializes the NIC functions on the chip and implements send/receive of frames. The driver provides statistics and error reporting. The driver also supports multicast and promiscuous modes for send/receive, VLANs, lso, and so forth. The driver supports mtu of 1500 or 9000.
The device can be configured using tools such as dladm or ifconfig.
The mtu can be changed using the dladm set-linkprop command:
dladm set-linkprop -p mtu=9000 oce0
The only valid value for speed/mode is 10 Gbps/full-duplex.
The interfaces created by the oce driver can be configured through ifconfig:
ifconfig oce0 plumb xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx up ifconfig oce0 down unplumb
32-bit ELF kernel module
64-bit ELF kernel module, x86
64-bit ELF kernel module, SPARC
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
dladm(1M), ifconfig(1M), netstat(1M), prtconf(1M), attributes(5), dlpi(7P)
STREAMS Programming Guide
IEEE 802.3ae Specificiation, IEEE - 2002


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by Tina Wasserman, Cooking&More.com
Tzimmes has its origin in medieval Germany where it was the custom to have meat stews that contained fruit and vegetables. Perhaps the Persian and Western Asian culinary habit of using fruits with meat made it up the Rhine? The sugar beet growing region of southwestern Poland surely influenced the addition of sugar to the recipe, and the use of sweet potatoes is only a few centuries old as the sweet potato was introduced to Eastern Europe from the new world.
This dish, like all stews, tastes better the next day. It also freezes beautifully. Just freeze the meat separate from the vegetables and gravy. Slice the defrosted meat and place in a casserole with the vegetables and gravy and reheat.
1 pound pitted prunes
1 Tablespoon peanut oil
4-5 pounds brisket or boneless chuck roast
1 small onion (about 3" in diameter) finely diced
1 large clove garlic, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 carrots, pared and sliced into 1 1/2 inch chunks
2 sweet potatoes pared and cut into eighths
1/4-cup sugar
1 Tablespoon lemon juice (or to taste)
Cover prunes with cold water. Microwave on high for 3 minutes and then let soak for ½ hour or longer until soft.
Heat a large Dutch oven for 20 seconds. Add the oil and heat for another 10 seconds. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for a few minutes until the onion is golden. Do not let the garlic brown or it will become bitter. Add the meat and sear on all sides. The meat probably won't lay flat, don't worry just sear all sides.
Transfer the meat to a large roasting pan, preferably one with a lid (if not use heavy duty foil to cover) Add prunes and soaking water to the meat and bring to a boil on your cook top. Add salt and pepper. Cover roasting pan and transfer to a preheated 300F oven. Cook the meat for 3-4 hours depending on the size and thickness of your brisket.
Remove the meat and prunes from the gravy. Place the potato and carrot chunks in the bottom of the pan. Replace the meat and prunes on top.
Sprinkle sugar and lemon juice into the pot. Stir and cover.
Place the roasting pan in a 350F oven for 45 minutes to an hour or until the meat and potatoes are tender. Adjust the seasonings if necessary.
Remove the meat and allow it to cool, preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
Slice the meat when it is firm and then return to the vegetables and gravy to reheat.
Yield: 8-10 servings
Note 1: This recipe has been adapted for the modern cook so intervention is periodically required during the cooking process.
Note 2: If your meat is small enough to fit into a large Dutch oven or pot, you may cook it on the top of the stove for 2 hours and then proceed to step 6.
Recipes: Meat, Beef, Tzimmes, Kosher


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Praise be to Allah.
The kashf (intuition, insight, finding out about things that are unseen) that may happen to a person is of several kinds. One type is psychological, which both Muslims and kaafirs have in common. Another kind is spiritual, which comes via revelation. A third type is satanic, which comes via the jinn.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
We do not deny that people may experience some kind of kashf, whether when awake or in their dreams when the soul is less connected to the body, either by means of spiritual practices or otherwise. This is the psychological kashf which is the first type of kashf.
But it is also proven through rational evidence as well as shar'i evidence that the jinn exist and that they tell people things about the unseen, as happens in the case of soothsayers, those who are possessed and the like.
The second type is that which is done by outside forces, such as the jinn who tell the soothsayers many things. This is something that is well known, especially to those who have experienced it, and we have come to know about these things on many occasions. This is a type of kashf that has nothing to do with the first type, and this is the second type of kashf.
With regard to the third type, it is what is conveyed by the angels and this is the noblest type, as is indicated by the texts and by rational evidence. Information about the unseen may come from psychological sources, or from evil sources, whether they are satanic or not, or it may come from angelic sources.
Al-Safadiyyah, p. 187-189
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Partial kashf is something which both believers and kaafirs, righteous and immoral, may share, such as knowing what is in a person's house or what is in his hand or under his garment, or whether his wife is pregnant with a boy or girl after the gender has been determined, or things that cannot be seen such as things that are taking place far away, and so on. This may come from the Shaytaan sometimes and from one's own self sometimes, hence it may happen to the kuffaar such as the Christians and people who worship fire or the cross. Ibn Sayyaad told by means of kashf the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) what he was hiding for him. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, "You are from among the brethren of the soothsayers." He told him that his kashf was like the kashf of the soothsayers. Similarly the liar Musaylimah, even though he was a kaafir of the worst type, could tell his companions of what one of them had done in his house and what he had said to his wife, because his shaytaan told him that so that he could mislead the people. The same was true of al-Aswad al-'Anasi and al-Haarith al-Mutanabbi al-Dimashqi, who emerged at the time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwaan, and others of their ilk, whose numbers are known only to Allaah. We ourselves and others have seen a group of them and people have witnessed the kashf of monks who worship the cross, as is well known.
Spiritual kashf of this type is like the kashf of Abu Bakr when he told 'Aa'ishah that his wife was pregnant with a girl; and the kashf of 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) when he said, "O Saariyah, the mountain!" – i.e., stay close to the mountain. There are many such instances among the close friends (awliya') of Allaah.
Madaarij al-Saalikeen, 3/227, 228
What happened to 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may Allaah be pleased with him) is saheeh and is well proven. Naafi' said that 'Umar sent out a military detachment and he appointed a man called Saariyah in charge of them. Whilst 'Umar was delivering the khutbah one Friday, he said, "O Saariyah, the mountain! O Saariyah, the mountain!" And they found out that Saariyah had moved towards the mountain at that moment on the Friday even though there was the distance of a month's journey between them.
Narrated by Ahmad in Fadaa'il al-Sahaabah, 1/269; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1110
This was a miracle (karaamah) bestowed upon 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him); either it happened by means of inspiration and his voice reached Saariyah – as is the view of Ibn al-Qayyim – or it happened by means of psychological kashf and his voice reached Saariyah – which is what we will see below in the words of Shaykh al-Albaani. In either case, it was undoubtedly a miracle (karaamah).
With regard to what happens to the Sufis, it is not spiritual kashf, rather it is either psychological kashf which is something that they have in common with the kuffaar, or it is of satanic origin, which is usually the case.
Spiritual kashf only happens to the close friends (awliya') of Allaah who establish sharee'ah and venerate it. It is known that the Sufis do not do that. What happened to 'Umar, although it is correct to describe it as kashf, was spiritual kashf.
Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
There can be no doubt that the call mentioned was inspiration from Allaah to 'Umar. That is nothing strange, because he was "muhaddath" (inspired) as was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but that does not mean that 'Umar was shown the situation of the army or that he saw them with his own eyes. The use of this as evidence by some of the Sufis for the claims that they make about the awliya' ("saints") having kashf and that they can see what is in people's hearts is utter falsehood. How can it be otherwise, when that is one of the unique attributes of the Lord of the Worlds Who alone has knowledge of the unseen and sees what is in people's hearts?
I wonder, how can they make such a false claim when Allaah says in His Book (interpretation of the meaning):
"(He Alone is) the All‑Knower of the Ghayb (Unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghayb (Unseen).
Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen"
[al-Jinn 72:26-27]?
Do they believe that those awliya' are Messengers of Allaah so that it may be said of them that they can know the unseen as much as Allaah tells them?! Glory be to You (O Allaah)! This is a great lie (cf. al-Noor 24:16).
This story is saheeh and is proven. It was a miracle (karaamah) with which Allaah honoured 'Umar, by means of which the Muslim army was saved from capture or destruction. But it does not mean that he had knowledge of the unseen, as the Sufis claim. Rather it was a kind of inspiration, in the sense defined in sharee'ah, or a kind of telepathy, which is not infallible. It may be correct, as in this incident, or it turn out to be wrong, as usually happens to people. Hence every close friend of Allaah (wali) must adhere to sharee'ah in everything that he does or says, lest he do something that goes against sharee'ah and thus lose the status of being a friend of Allaah, which Allaah has described in comprehensive terms when He said (interpretation of the meaning):
"No doubt! Verily, the Awliyaa' of Allaah, no fear shall come upon them nor shall they grieve.
Those who believed, and used to fear Allaah much (by abstaining from evil deeds and sins and by doing righteous deeds)"
[Yoonus 10:63]
And the poet said:
"If you see a man flying through the air or walking on the water, but he does not adhere to the limits of sharee'ah,
then you should realize that this is a temptation which is leading him astray, and he is a man of bid'ah."
Al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 3/102-104
And Allaah knows best.


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ESPN host Maria Taylor will be leaving the sports network, weeks after remarks by a coworker suggesting Taylor's race was a factor in her promotion and assignments became public.
Taylor and ESPN jointly announced the departure Wednesday.
"After much discussion, an agreement on a contract extension could not be reached. As a result, Maria's last assignment for ESPN was last night's NBA Finals telecast," the statement reads.
Taylor's portion of the statement reflects on her "great teammates and friends" she has worked with at the network. "Words are inadequate to express my boundless appreciation," she stated.
Earlier this month, a recorded conversation involving ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols became public. Nichols, who is white, suggests to the person she is talking to that Taylor got her job hosting NBA Countdown because she is Black.
According to theAssociated Press, Nichols said she wishes "Maria Taylor all the success in the world — she covers football, she covers basketball. If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away."
After the comments became public, Nichols was removed from her reporting assignment.


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Contest Time: One Good Earbud
Contest Now Closed: Thanks to everyone who entered our One Good Earbud contest, and thanks to them for supplying us with some sets to give away to y'all. Three winners were randomly selected from those who left comments (using www.random.org). The winners are: @simonro, @egggman, and @ayogist. Please send your mailing address to [email protected] so that we can get your earbud to you.
First….My Little Rant
There aren't too many issues out there that get me fired up and force me to stand my ground. In fact, I rarely voice my opinion strongly one way or another. I sort of prefer to just cruise along at my own pace, doing my own thing, and laying low.
But when it comes to cycling laws, there is one thing that I really don't agree with and my feelings are strong enough to voice my opinion about it. In a few of the States, it is illegal to ride a bike whiles listening to music with earphones. As far as I know, California, Rhode Island, Maryland, Florida, and Delaware all impose this law. I don't think it's illegal anywhere in Canada, and not too sure about the UK, Australia, or anywhere else in the world….let me know if you have details on it.
Only 5 states regulate the use of headphones by bicyclists. Florida and Rhode Island absolutely prohibit the use of headsets while cycling. California, Delaware and Maryland prohibit earbuds use in both ears- you can only wear them in one ear at a time so that the other ear is left uncovered.
Let me clarify myself on my stance a little. I believe that cycling while listening to music and wearing earphones is okay….as long as you're still able to hear the traffic and surroundings around you. I don't think the music should be so loud that you totally block out any and all sounds, and I also don't think it's a good idea if you're cycling in an area where there are a lot of pedestrians. I also think this is a personal opinion and am fine with y'alls views on this one. I'm not here to start a debate, but I'm bringing my thoughts up due to the nature of today's contest. While researching the legalities of cycling with earphones, I came across an interesting bit of information….if you'd like to check out more on this topic and other cycling law, check out "Road Rights" by Bicycle Law.
Before I leave you with the details of our One Good Earbud contest, I would just like to say that I feel there are far more dangerous things out there that people do while driving and cycling…..don't take away my tunes, man.
One Good Earbud Contest Details
Okay, so you've heard my stance and seen me go on record as saying that cycling with earphones is cool as long as you're smart and safe about it. But what do you have to say about this law? We'll randomly select 3 winners from the list of you that leave a comment. Feel free to leave more than one comment and it will increase your odds of winning. But you have to argue your case, for or against. We want to hear both sides….but if you're against it, you might not be too keen on our winning prize.
I you live in California, Delaware, or Maryland then this prize will totally help you out. Remember, in those states "you can only wear them in one ear at a time so that the other ear is left uncovered." So the One Good Earbuds folks have got you covered. As the name implies, their products mix both stereo channels on your iPod or MP3 player and sends them through one earphone….and into one ear.
Three winners will be selected and you'll have your choice of any of their three models. Leave your comments below and get them in before Midnight (CST) tonight. Winners will be announced tomorrow.
One Good Earbud Review
In case you're wondering how well the One Good Earbud performs…..here's a review from my friend Jon who uses it.
"I have been using my One Good Earbud now for approximately 6 weeks and I absolutely love it. I purchased the right ear version since I ride my bike with traffic. As someone with a hearing impairment, I have to be very careful with what little hearing I have left. I have a 70% loss in my left ear and 15% loss in my right. Unfortunately for me, I am an audiophile and love good, clear sound which I get from my One Good Earbud. I cannot get this from standard headphones due to my hearing loss. I also need to keep my left ear available to pick up the sounds of traffic. As an added bonus, I use my One Good Earbud with my iPhone and it allows me to answer my phone if need be."


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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Mang Zhi" Ancient Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living just north of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like the teas from Yi Bang and Xi Kong the tea is a primordial mixed large and small leaf varietal. The tea leaves are not as big as Yi Wu mountain (proper) large leaf varietal but have a higher level of aroma (香气高) but not lacking in cha qi (茶气). The brewed tea is aromatic, thick and sweet but not entirely lacking in bitterness and astringency. Mang Zhi village tea leaves are dark olive green color when brewed. Careful attention was paid to the processing of this mao cha giving it an even taste and color with little or no black flecks (if the leaves are signed during the kill-green process). The mao cha was carefully steamed and pressed with 40 kilogram stone presses in the traditional manner and each stack of 7 cakes was packed in the highest grade bamboo leaf tongs for collection and long-term storage.
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Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, Canada's largest church, in Montreal, Quebec
Located in the city's heart, visit Mount Royal for the best city skyline, port and water views. Check out The Cross, which was first placed on Mount Royal in 1643. Today's installation is illuminated nightly. Mount Royal Park is popular year-round, and on Mount Royal's slope you'll find Saint Joseph's Oratory, Canada's largest church.
The church interior of Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec
Old Montreal is the city's historic district. There's plenty to do within its boundaries, such as taking a spin on Old Port Montreal's observation wheel; shopping locally at Marche Bonsecours; or visiting Notre Dame Basilica, one of Canada's most stunning churches. Built by 1824, it has vaulted blue ceilings with gold stars, a gold-detailed main altar and ethereal stained-glass windows.
Montreal Botanical Garden is one of the world's largest, with over 200 bird species and 22,000 plant, flower and tree varieties. This includes bonsai, maple trees and cactus. There are several gardens to visit during your Montreal cruise, including the Chinese, Japanese and First Nations Gardens. In the summertime, the Botanical Garden also hosts events, concerts and festivals.
Montreal is known for three things: smoked meats, bagels and poutine. For Montreal-style bagels, locals recommend visiting St-Viateur Bagel. Cruise to Montreal and check out La Banquise for poutine, as it's open 24 hours. Schwartz's Deli is Canada's oldest deli and serves world-famous smoked meats.
Artpop Montreal and L'Empreinte Gallery-Boutique both have gifts, crafts and souvenirs from Quebec's most talented designers. L'Empreinte stocks things such as contemporary jewelry, handmade musical instruments and home wares from 85 artists. Meanwhile, Artpop has handmade children's toys, Montreal sweaters and an assortment of cards.
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Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process, researchers report December 27 in the journal Cell Metabolism.
As expected, a 12-week intervention consisting of bicycle exercise decreased visceral abdominal fat in obese adults. But remarkably, this effect was abolished in participants who were also treated with tocilizumab, a drug that blocks interleukin-6 signaling and is currently approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Moreover, tocilizumab treatment increased cholesterol levels regardless of physical activity.
"The take home for the general audience is 'do exercise,'" says first author Anne-Sophie Wedell-Neergaard of the University of Copenhagen. "We all know that exercise promotes better health, and now we also know that regular exercise training reduces abdominal fat mass and thereby potentially also the risk of developing cardio-metabolic diseases."
Abdominal fat is associated with an increased risk of not only cardio-metabolic disease, but also cancer, dementia, and all-cause mortality. Physical activity reduces visceral fat tissue, which surrounds internal organs in the abdominal cavity, but the underlying mechanisms have not been clear. Some researchers have proposed that a "fight-or-flight" hormone called epinephrine mediates this effect. But Wedell-Neergaard and co-senior study author Helga Ellingsgaard of the University of Copenhagen suspected that interleukin-6 could also play an important role because it regulates energy metabolism, stimulates the breakdown of fats in healthy people, and is released from skeletal muscle during exercise.
To test this idea, the researchers carried out a 12-week, single-center trial in which they randomly assigned abdominally obese adults to four groups. A total of 53 participants received intravenous infusions of either tocilizumab or saline as a placebo every four weeks, combined with no exercise or a bicycle routine consisting of several 45-minute sessions each week. The researchers used magnetic resonance imaging to assess visceral fat tissue mass at the beginning and end of the study.
In the placebo groups, exercise reduced visceral fat tissue mass by an average of 225 grams, or 8 percent, compared with no exercise. But tocilizumab treatment eliminated this effect. In the exercise groups, tocilizumab also increased visceral fat tissue mass by approximately 278 grams compared with placebo. In addition, tocilizumab increased total cholesterol and "bad" low-density-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol compared with placebo, in both the exercise and no-exercise groups. "To our knowledge, this is the first study to show that interleukin-6 has a physiological role in regulating visceral fat mass in humans," Wedell-Neergaard says.
The authors note that the study was exploratory and not intended to evaluate a given treatment in a clinical setting. To complicate matters, interleukin-6 can have seemingly opposite effects on inflammation, depending on the context. For example, chronic low-grade elevations of interleukin-6 are seen in patients with severe obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. "The signaling pathways in immune cells versus muscle cells differ substantially, resulting in pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory actions, so interleukin-6 may act differently in healthy and diseased people," Wedell-Neergaard explains.
In future studies, the researchers will test the possibility that interleukin-6 affects whether fats or carbohydrates are used to generate energy under various conditions. They will also investigate whether more interleukin-6, potentially given as an injection, reduces visceral fat mass on its own. "We need a more in-depth understanding of this role of interleukin-6 in order to discuss its implications," Wedell-Neergaard says.
In the meantime, the authors have some practical holiday exercise tips. "It is important to stress that when you start exercising, you may increase body weight due to increased muscle mass," Wedell-Neergaard says. "So, in addition to measuring your overall body weight, it would be useful, and maybe more important, to measure waist circumference to keep track of the loss of visceral fat mass and to stay motivated."


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This diagram generation utility displays an application profile specified in SHACL in the form of one or more diagrams, using PlantUML. It supports a subset of SHACL constraints. The diagrams generated can be embedded in the documentation generation utility. Detailed documentation is available below.
The diagram generation utility will generate a link between 2 boxes if it finds:
reference to another NodeShapesh:class
reference that is the sh:targetClass
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reference that is not the sh:targetClass
of another NodeShape (in that case a box will be generated corresponding to the sh:class)sh:or
containing sh:node or sh:class resolved using the same algorithm as aboveIf a property shape refer to a node shape that does not have any property, and only one reference is made to that node shape, then the arrow will not be printed and will be replaced by a property inside the node shape box.
In addition to SHACL constraints, the following properties can be used to customise the output of NodeShapes
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foaf:depiction + dcterms:title + dcterms:description + sh:order |
IRI or blank node |
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rdfs:subClassOf links are displayed in bold grey. It implies the NodeShapes are also classes, and it of course implies that the submitted
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https://shacl-play.sparna.fr/ontology#color |
xsd:string | Color of the text inside the box. Values can be a color name, like "Green" or an hex code, like "4456BB"
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xsd:string | Color of the property name (inside the box) or arrow link. Values can be a color name, like "Green"
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Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that's 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don't try it. That's so cold scientists say it hurts to breathe.
A new look at NASA satellite data revealed that Earth set a new record for coldest temperature recorded. It happened in August 2010 when it hit -135.8 degrees. Then on July 31 of this year, it came close again: -135.3 degrees. The old record had been -128.6 degrees, which is -89.2 degrees Celsius.
Ice scientist Ted Scambos at the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the new record is "50 degrees colder than anything that has ever been seen in Alaska or Siberia or certainly North Dakota."
"It's more like you'd see on Mars on a nice summer day in the poles," Scambos said, from the American Geophysical Union scientific meeting in San Francisco Monday, where he announced the data. "I'm confident that these pockets are the coldest places on Earth."
However, it won't be in the Guinness Book of World Records because these were satellite measured, not from thermometers, Scambos said.
"Thank God, I don't know how exactly it feels," Scambos said. But he said scientists do routinely make naked 100 degree below zero dashes outside in the South Pole, so people can survive that temperature for about three minutes.
Most of the time researchers need to breathe through a snorkel that brings air into the coat through a sleeve and warms it up "so you don't inhale by accident" the cold air, Scambos said.
On Monday, the coldest U.S. temperature was a relatively balmy 27 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in Yellowstone, Wyo., said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private firm Weather Underground.
"If you want soul-crushing cold, you really have to go overseas," Scambos said in a phone interview. "It's just a whole other level of cold because on that cold plateau, conditions are perfect."
Scambos said the air is dry, the ground chilly, the skies cloudless and cold air swoops down off a dome and gets trapped in a chilly lower spot "hugging the surface and sliding around."
Just because one spot on Earth has set records for cold that has little to do with global warming because it is one spot in one place, said Waleed Abdalati, an ice scientist at the University of Colorado and NASA's former chief scientist.
Comment: Remember those words for the next time a 'climate scientist' tries to use the reverse argument to explain why unusual warmth in one spot means the whole planet is being fried.
Both Abdalati, who wasn't part of the measurement team, and Scambos said this is likely an unusual random reading in a place that hasn't been measured much before and could have been colder or hotter in the past and we wouldn't know.
Comment: Nothing to see here folks, it's just an aberration...
"It does speak to the range of conditions on this Earth, some of which we haven't been able to observe," Abdalati said.


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"The Perfect Circle" a short film directed by Daniel Leeb featuring Matthew Modine.
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Fact: People are talking about you online.
Some of it's good and some of it's, well, constructive. But if the customer is always right, you can't go wrong by showing off great customer service on social media. How you handle public customer comments and complaints can say a lot about your business. Social media can quickly show a lot of people you're doing a great job, or it can draw a lot of attention to customer complaints. Perhaps Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos said it best:
How to react fast in a PR crisis
Listen to consumers on the SurveyMonkey Audience global panel to make crucial real-time decisions.
Why good social media customer service is key
- To retain current customers by responding to their complaints.
- To win new business by showing off your excellent customer service skills.
Here's an example of how it can look to the world when your customer service team is on the ball and works hard to increase customer satisfaction:
A potential customer had a question, and we gave him the information he needed to make a purchase right away. Responding promptly also showed both this customer and others that we have their back. That's a nice little win, and it only took us a few seconds to pull it off. Compare this effort with trying to overhaul other customer touchpoints.
5 simple steps to help you perfect your customer service online
1. Be on the Lookout
You can't respond to complaints you don't see, so make a point of spending time on your social accounts. You'll need to monitor your Facebook page and Twitter account, and potentially LinkedIn and Google+. Looking at customer ratings and reviews in places like Yelp, e-commerce sites, blogs, and forums is also really important (to the extent they're applicable to your business, that is).
You should also do a Google search to get the lay of the land. And we recommend setting up a Google Alert based on your company or product names, which automatically sends you an email whenever you get mentioned. Other social listening tools, like Hootsuite, can give you a jump as well. These come in large and small packages and can monitor mentions about you across the web and spot trends you're associated with.
Don't have time for all this? If you don't have a designated support team, put 30 minutes on your calendar a few times a week to dedicate yourself to online monitoring.
2. Be Prompt
The moment a problem, complaint, question or suggestion surfaces on one of these channels, you'll want to address it. Whether the post is positive or negative, be sure to respond publicly rather than via direct message. This approach ensures not only that your customer will be alerted, but it clarifies the answer for anyone else viewing the post.
You should take a slightly different approach depending on what your customers have to say:
- Questions: Answer them and follow up to ask if they need anything else
- Complaints: Work with customers to understand and then solve the problem
- Feedback: Thank them for the suggestion, address it if possible, and follow up
Never attempt to hide or delete honest criticisms or complaints on social media. Addressing the issue publicly builds trust and credibility. And trying to mask negative feedback can lead customers to raise their complaints in forums where you have less control.
3. Remember: The Customer is Always Right
It may be a cliché, but the nicer you treat your customers, the better. Apologize, explain how you'll use your mistake to make better decisions down the road, and ask what else you can do to improve the customer experience. You'll look great, and it'll show potential customers how awesome your customer service is.
4. Give Them More Avenues to Complain
If you find that people are venting mostly on social media sites, there's a chance they're unaware of how to contact you directly. By making your phone number (if you offer one) and email address easy to find or setting up a feedback form, you can keep complaints in your inbox or voicemail, where only you can see them.
5. Be Proactive
Use the feedback you get to prevent other feedback and complaints from coming in. If you find that some questions get asked all the time, add the answers to your FAQs. Build out documentation and instructions. Or change your product or service to keep questions from arising in the first place.
Need some starter ideas? We'd recommend a customer feedback survey or social media survey to help identify problem areas before they arise.
Even when people on social media and community forums are not talking about you specifically, feel free to join groups in your field on sites like Quora and Reddit to help answer questions. You can also reach out to potential customers on Twitter and other social networks. You don't have to be doing the hard-sell out there–just chime in.
Find more ideas for collecting informal feedback on social media, and learn all the ways your business will benefit when you measure customer satisfaction.


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Comet Probe Mission is Scrapped
News story originally written on June 30, 1999
A mission that would have sent a probe to comet Tempel 1 has been postponed indefinitely. This mission, the first of it's kind, would have landed on the comet in 2005. Unfortunately, other projects have used up the money allotted towards the program. This is the first time a mission has been scratched in 10 years.
"What we're trying to do is solve our own problems," said Edward Weiler, head of NASA's space science program. "Nobody is coming to our rescue from somewhere else in the government."
NASA says it was just bad luck for the mission, called the Space Technology 4/Champollion project. Of all the missions planned by NASA, this one was in the earliest stages. NASA had only spent $10 million on the project. For comparison, the next earliest mission was Mars Surveyor '01, which has already soaked up $100 million.
NASA spent the majority of the $240 million set aside for the comet probe on the Hubble Telescope and the new Chandra-X Space Telescope. The Chandra-X project recently used an extra $60 million on sudden development problems. The gyroscopes aboard Hubble need repairs, which has forced NASA to send up a crew to fix it. The money left over will be given to other missions in various stages of development.
"We know very, very little about how comets are formed and what their constituency is," says Brian Muirhead, who led the successful Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 and also managed Space Technology 4. "If you're serious about planetary protection, you have to know more about comets than we do today."


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5 Things to Know about Pallets for Sale
Pallets are flat beds usually used for storage or for the purpose of lifting heavy products or goods easily with the use of a forklift. Pallets come in different sizes and designs. Pallets for sale on the market today are made of cardboard, softwood, hardwood, plastic, steel or aluminum. Several manufacturers are now present on the market offering cheap pallets for sale. If you are in need of pallets, it is essential for you to be aware of a few things. Take time to read over these important notes you should know about pallets for sale.
1. Pallets come in different sizes. You can request for specific sizes from manufacturers or suppliers but also be aware that there are standard ISO sizes especially applicable for those products that are shipped globally.
2. Wood pallets are stronger than paper and equally as strong as plastic pallets. Though wood pallet is considered as the widely used pallets, plastic pallets are proven to be cost effective and space saver. Steel pallets are also available on the market which caters to heavy duty use. Aluminum pallets are also available for specified use.
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4. When shipping products to Europe, remember to purchase Euro Pallets. It is a requirement to use only Euro Pallets when shipping products to Europe and these pallets should be manufactured only by EPAL or EUR licensed companies.
5. Several manufacturers and suppliers are offering used pallets for sale. These pallets had been used by some companies and were already disposed of but are sold again after suppliers repair some damages. Buying used pallets for sale will cut down your expenses in purchasing new pallets especially if your budget is tight.
Knowing the essential facts about pallets is very crucial in order to make good and pertinent decisions for your shipping or warehouse business..