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Camelot came to Brooklyn as the borough's premier play−pen morphed into a medieval fairesite for a group of Lancelots, who courted the crowd with their skills and showmanship during a Renaissance Fair.
Jousters held spectators spellbound with their comely maneuvers as part of a day of revisiting traditions of the Middle Ages at the National Park Service concession, which operates in New York City's historic first municipal airport, Floyd Bennett Field.
The joust was topped by traditional sporting tournaments, family−friendly activities and carnival−style amusements.
Jousting was among a number of popular martial games in medieval times, known as 'hastiludes.' The first recorded tournament was staged in 1066, but the sport didn't enjoy widespread popularity until the 13th century when it continued its status as a European sport of nobility until the early 17th century.
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Judges 'too narrow' on bias claims
Judges have been criticised by the human rights watchdog for interpreting the law "too narrowly" in high-profile religious discrimination claims brought by Christians.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it was seeking to intervene after four Christians took a landmark legal fight over claims of religious discrimination to the European Court of Human Rights.
The commission said it planned to argue that the way existing human rights and equality law has been interpreted by judges has been "insufficient" to protect freedom of religion or belief.
The courts have "set the bar too high" for someone to prove they have been discriminated against because of their religion or belief, the commission said.
It is possible to accommodate expression of religion alongside the rights of people who are not religious and the needs of businesses, the commission said.
The criticism comes after British Airways worker Nadia Eweida, nurse Shirley Chaplin, relationship counsellor Gary McFarlane and registrar Lilian Ladele took their religious discrimination cases to the European Court of Human Rights.
Ms Eweida, a Pentecostal Christian, received widespread publicity when she was sent home in 2006 after refusing to remove a necklace with a cross or hide it from sight.
An employment tribunal ruled Ms Eweida had not suffered religious discrimination, but the airline changed its uniform policy after the case to allow all religious symbols, including crosses.
Mrs Chaplin was moved to a paperwork role by the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital after refusing to remove a necklace bearing a crucifix.
Mr McFarlane, a Bristol marriage counsellor was sacked for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals and Ms Ladele was disciplined after she refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies in north London.


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I began learning Chopin's Ballade No. 1 during my freshman year of college. When the piece started to gain tempo in certain passages, these passages felt difficult when I knew they shouldn't, and for the first time, I started feeling like I was reaching some kind of physical "ceiling" in my playing. This realization first consciously occurred to me while practicing the Chopin in a music department practice room. Since no part of this ceiling was mental – I was able to fully comprehend the music in real time and I literally felt like my fingers couldn't keep up with my brain – I felt certain that there ought to be a way for me to overcome it. After all, the pianists who played the piece in all the recordings I owned certainly didn't sound like they were struggling. Why should I?
After thinking about this for several minutes in silence in the practice room, it occurred to me that I had never tried to relax before. Yes, I had teachers tell me to lower my tense shoulders and other obvious things like that, but nobody ever conveyed to me that I should literally stop, start over, and reprogram my entire "body map" (a term I had never heard at that point but understood in an intuitive way) so that my muscles would behave differently when given certain commands. I wasn't even sure that this would be the right path to take. What if the tension I had was the "necessary mininum" amount of tension to play piano? I knew that such a threshold existed. Where was I in relation to the threshold? I knew the only way to find out was to take a kind of "Goldilocks" approach: I sought to experience "too tense" and "too relaxed" for myself so that I could accurately determine where that "just right" point was. So, I knew I needed to push myself to the extreme end of relaxation.
The Journey Begins
I flopped my arms onto the keyboard and literally studied (memorized) how all my muscles felt – not just my hand and arm muscles, but the torso, neck and legs too! I probably spent a good five minutes doing that the first time. I proceeded to play certain passages extremely slowly, seeking to redefine all of my muscular movements. After that practice session, I remember thinking, "Did I just invent Piano Yoga?"
This relaxation mindset permeated every movement I made at the piano for weeks and weeks. For several months, I lost a great deal of accuracy in my playing. Luckily, I did not allow myself to fall into the trap of thinking that loss of accuracy was a sign that I was on the wrong path. Whether the path was right or wrong, my muscles simply hadn't gotten used to the new body map "environment" they were in. So I had to keep my experiment going until the body map was complete.
This took about six months, and I was overjoyed beyond words when I realized it had been the right path. I got all my accuracy back plus much more accuracy. I could play pages and pages of music without hitting a wrong note. I played with far greater dynamic and rhythmic control than I thought I'd ever achieve. I felt I was starting to sound like the pianists in the recordings. I arrived at a point where I could know for certain that the tension I had was truly the necessary minimum to play.
Excessive tension may cause a certain lack of control in intermediate and even advanced levels, but when you bring tension into concert level performing, certain passages simply cannot be played at all. This constant tension would have been much easier to eliminate if I had gone through this process when I was 8, 10 or 12. Even so, guiding students to eliminate tension is not easy to do.
Creating Obsession: The Key To Teaching Relaxation
Ultimately, while I believe a teacher can show a student the right path, it is really up to the student, because unlike learning the correct fingering of a scale or what a rhythm sounds like, relaxation can only be learned when the student literally obsesses over fixing the problem every day for weeks and weeks. I've heard one must repeat something 70 times to turn it into a habit. That would of course depend on the complexity of what's being drilled – but this would probably work well for fixing a wrong note. But reprogramming the deep, core-level programming contained in our "body map" goes far beyond 70 repetitions. With regard to changing the Body Map, 70 repetitions will get you about as far as a drop of water in a Mohave Desert drought. The part of our brain that stores Body Map information is very slow to change! In all honesty, very few people have the patience, inner calmness and ability to obsess to truly conquer tension at the piano. I believe that is why (by my own observations) the vast majority of piano teachers are actually quite tense themselves.
I find that most people have a very hard time seeing the need to break down their playing into painfully small and slow steps. When I tell myself to go "very slow", I'll sometimes cut the tempo down to one-tenth the performance tempo. When I ask students to go "very slow", they'll shave two percent off of the performance tempo if we're lucky. Whether this is caused by a lack of patience, a tendency to underestimate the difficulty of the problem, or an inability to break the problem into its smallest components, the fact is that most people have a very difficult time with "piano yoga".
The best I can do for my students is to give them a big impression that tension absolutely must be eliminated. How do you cause your students to obsess about relaxation for weeks? You can't achieve this goal by mentioning to them once in a while to relax their shoulders or to get that "teacup pinky" to rest idly when it's not being used. When tension is the main problem in a student's playing, I will sometimes even use their entire lesson time to walk them through "piano yoga" practicing. I show them the true meaning of "slow", I help them discover every last nanojoule of wasted energy in muscles that flex uselessly all over their body, and I make them see 20 things happening in a single measure when they previously thought only 5 things happened.
But even this is often not enough. The student who takes this information and truly obsesses over it for six months until it's absolutely fixed is a rare student. Consequently, constant follow-ups are necessary with students. I've found that tension is an area in which improvement (greater relaxation) is easily confused with arrival (perfect relaxation). Suppose there is a scale of tension from 1 to 10 (10 being very tense, 1 being as relaxed as possible). If someone has never experienced what it's like to perform an entire piece at the level of 1, how would they know when they actually get there? They have no reference point to compare with, because they've never actually experienced a "1" on the tension scale while performing. If they start out at a 7, and then they improve to a 5, they're going to feel better than they've ever felt before. They will be tempted to think they've now eliminated as much tension as can be eliminated, when in fact they're not even half-way there.
The Journey Never Ends
Every new piece presents different muscular motions, and this leads to the necessity to always have to "focus" on relaxing. But I put "focus" in quotes because it's kind of like counting: while students have to be told to count all the time, well-trained professionals are constantly counting. It's not that professionals don't have to count; it's that professionals simply do not consider it an option to play notes without knowing their place in time. They always count. Likewise, one who has been well-trained to relax still must put effort forth to relax, but this effort becomes more habitual as they gain experience relaxing, until it is so habitual that it is difficult to "turn it off".
I do believe there are some people who naturally relax at the keyboard from a very young age and who therefore never learn tension. These people are even more rare than the student who reaches a "1" on the tension scale through deliberate, obsessive effort. I am tempted to say that I wish I could know what it was like to be blissfully ignorant of tension, but I do believe my memories of tense playing help me dramatically in teaching others to relax.
My hope is that this will motivate many more teachers and students out there to engage in Piano Yoga for the next six months. The good news is that focusing on relaxing will not prevent you from also focusing on articulation, dynamic phrasing and balance. You can still do everything you normally do… except perhaps for playing music at full tempo!
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Welcome to our church. Sycamore Baptist Church in Decatur, TX desires to be a place where you can come and worship no matter where you are at in your spiritual walk. We strive to both encourage and challenge you to continue to grow in your love for God and others, your outreach, and your service to the community.
Our Vision at Sycamore Baptist Church is: To Take You from Come, Worship & Connect; To Go and Serve in Christ. Our Vision is based on the Mission Jesus gave us: To go into all the world making disciples (Matt. 28).
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1.12.1 Calculate and estimate sums, differences, products, quotients, powers, and roots using formulas and algorithms
1.12.3 Apply properties and theories of the real number system to everyday situations.
3.12.1 Convert one unit of measure to another between customary and metric systems and between monetary systems.
5.12.4 Select and use the measures of central tendency such as mean, median, mode and variability including range, distribution and possible outliers that are appropriate for given situations.
1.12.2 Apply the laws of exponents to perform operations on expressions with integral exponents and scientific notation.
2.12.3 Create and use different forms of a variety of equations, proportions, and/or formulas, solving for the needed variable as necessary in given situations.
2.12.7 Solve systems of two linear equations both algebraically and graphically; use graphing calculators as a primary tool in solving these problems and to verify solutions found by other methods.
2.12.4 Add, subtract, multiply, and factor polynomials, describing each step in the process and the connection between the algebraic process and the arithmetic process; use simple quadratic equations with integer roots to solve practical and mathematical problems.
3.12.2 Select and use measurement tools, techniques, and formulas to calculate and compare rates, cost, distances, interest, temperatures, and weight/mass.


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Out-of-adjustment brakes and other brake system violations make up almost half of the out-of-service roadside inspection violations on commercial vehicles.
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By Tom Berg
Coming up: another "non-event" for brakes? That's what Phase Two of new federal stopping-distance requirements will be for truck operators, according to people we talked with. Stronger, higher-performance brakes on certain vehicles won't even cost much more in most cases. But like Phase One two years ago, which was hardly noticed by truckers, Phase Two represents a lot of work for brake makers and truck builders.
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If you know what to look for, and are sensitive to the symptoms, you can spot many potential brake problems before they become real liabilities. And having concluded there's a problem, you can report it to the shop in a way that might prompt more than a readjustment of the slack adjusters.
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VINCE McMAHON: "Just a mastermind genius. Treated me with an incredibly – he welcomed me into his own home. He really cares about all the guys, and does all kinds of things that never come out in the press. He plays a character on TV. There may not be a union for the guys, but Vince cares about the guys and does a lot of things anonymously, that he never gets credit for. What I've seen him do for that company is just an enormous entertainment conglomeration. Great guy; just a real genius."
RANDY SAVAGE: "Randy and I were very good friends. He was a great friend; we traveled together, and had a great time working out together, and breaking bread together. Nothing but fond memories of Randy, both in the ring and outside of the ring … When I got into a relationship with Elizabeth, her and Randy had been divorced for so many years. Randy had other girlfriends, and brought girls to TV as valets, and it was long over. No, we never had any words about it, or ill fillings."
HULK HOGAN: "Probably the greatest ever, as far as what he meant to wrestling. He was always wonderful, except for our initial meeting on Nitro – I talk about that in the book – he was great to me. He had creative control; it was his idea to have that big upset on Nitro live for the world title. That was a wonderful moment for me, and showed a lot of mutual respect and trust for each other. I saw him backstage for Sting's induction in TNA, and we had a great conversation. We have a great friendship, and I really admire him."
HIRO MATSUDA: "I wouldn't have been in wrestling if it weren't for him. He trained me; he mentored me. He introduced me to wrestling and even went ringside to some of my matches early on to make sure things went well. He had no thought of getting anything out of it for himself. Very selfless; a great family man. A great guy."
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I was checking some new pictures of former Yankees. They look pretty weird so I thought I'd pass them along. Apparently the Yankees were keeping a lot of players from growing facial hair, especially Jason Giambi.
We've got Johnny Damon in a Detroit Tigers uniform:
Austin Jackson in a Detroit Tigers uniform (I like Granderson, but it is a real shame we didn't see AJax more in the Pinstripes):
Ian Kennedy as a Arizona Diamondback:
Phil Coke in a Tigers uniform:
Hideki Matsui in an Angels uniform:
Melky Cabrera in a Atlanta Braves uniform:
Chien-Ming Wang as a Washington National:
Jose Molina in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform:
Jerry Hairston Jr in San Diego Padres gear:
Bonus – Jason Giambi in a Colorado Rockies uniform:
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Injury-plagued striker Eduardo is heading for an Arsenal exit.
The 27-year Brazil-born Croatia international has been told by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger that he does not feature in his plans for next season and that it be best for his career to find a new club.
Eduardo suffered a horrific leg injury in 2008 which nearly ended his career and has failed to regain the form he showed prior to the incident.
With Wenger's purchase of Marouane Chamakh from Bordeaux this summer, it seems as though Eduardo's time at the Emirates Stadium could be up.


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How can make sure baby number 4 is a boy?
We followed some book with my last daughter and well you see how well that went. Any tips for us on round 4? This will be the last baby for us. I need some help!!! ;-)
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Cloud dough is a lovely sensory experience to provide for preschool children. It has a beautiful silky smooth texture and can smell divine… depending on which baby oil you choose to add to the mix.
Here is the recipe… and oh so easy!
8 cups of plain flour to 1 cup of baby oil.
Enjoy mixing!
Then place the dough into a sensory tray.
Next, add a variety of utensils and shaped containers to use with the dough. My suggestion is not to place all of the utensils you may have at your disposal out at the same time. If you stagger their introduction, the children have the opportunity to explore the potential of each item more thoroughly. And then, with an element of suspense, they can be encouraged to come back each day to see what new items may have been added to the experience.
When children are developing an understanding of the concept of measurement (in this instance, VOLUME), it is important to provide them with a variety of 'hands-on' opportunities to explore it's properties. Through pouring materials such as sand, water, rice, beans, peas and corn from one container to another, children start to gain an understanding of the properties of volume.
They are also engaged in scientific reasoning as they manipulate materials and experiment with 'cause' and 'effect'.
A little bit of creative design…
… and much wonder!
For more dough (Play-dough) ideas you might like to check this link:
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By Emily Allen, Project Spurs
The 2009-2010 NBA season was a long one for San Antonio Spurs' guard, Garrett Temple.
After signing with the Houston Rockets as an undrafted free agent last September, the guard skipped donning a Rockets uniform and headed for the NBA's D-League to play for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
The 6'6″ guard averaged 14.9 ppg with 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists during his time in the Valley, bringing him back to Houston for two ten-day contracts before signing a third ten-day deal with the Sacramento Kings in March.
It wasn't long before the Louisiana native found himself back in Texas. This time, he was playing for the same team his father had played for nearly 35 years earlier – the San Antonio Spurs.
Drafted by the Phoenix Suns as the 94th pick of the 1974 NBA Draft, Collis Temple Jr. ended up playing his professional career in San Antonio, while the team was still part of the American Basketball Association.
As a rookie forward, Collis averaged 1.8 ppg with 1.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists over his 24-game career. Before he stepped onto the professional court, the elder Temple broke racial barriers as the first African-American to play basketball at LSU, in turn paving the way for his sons Collis III and Garrett.
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You probably know the story out there. It's hot. It's humid. And it's going to get hotter. Today's highs have mainly reached the mid-90s across the area. With dew points in the upper 60s to around 70, you can add on another 5-10 degrees of heat index. A few cooling showers and storms are now also dotting part of the region, and that should continue through about sunset. While most of these storms won't be too intense, there's a chance for some isolated strong winds given all the juice around.
Through Tonight: Isolated to scattered showers and t'storms persist until about sunset, or perhaps a bit longer. Many spots should stay dry, though those who get rain could get a lot over a short period. We'll also watch for the potential of isolated damaging winds. Any showers and storms wind down overnight and we're left partly cloudy, warm and muggy. Lows should settle into the low 70s in the cooler suburbs to the upper 70s or near 80 downtown.
Tomorrow (Tuesday): It starts off toasty and becomes blazing as the day wears on. A few clouds in the sky don't do too much to keep us cool as temperatures soar toward highs in the upper 90s to around 100. With dew points still up there, I'd expect at least a heat advisory at some point. Any shower or t'storm activity looks to be quite isolated, at least more so than recent days.
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Tornadoes in Poland: A number of twisters touched down over the weekend in Poland, and as usual these days, they were caught on video. At least one person was killed, with over 100 homes damaged or destroyed. At least one of the tornadoes is believed to have been strong (the equivalent of EF-2 or higher in the U.S.). Check out videos and more details!
Pollen update: Susan Kosisky of the US Army Centralized Allergen Extract Lab writes, "Our tree count is in the MODERATE range at 19.49 grains/cubic meter, owing to a spike in cedar/cypress/juniper pollen. July numbers for cypress family pollen are generally not in this range. Grass pollen is LOW (NAB range) at 3.51 grains/cubic meter, which is more MODERATE for our local area grass counts. Weed pollen is LOW at 1.6 grains/cubic meter. Mold spores are MODERATE at 12627.25 spores/cubic meter of air."


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This is the first posting in a four-part series that is designed to help you think through getting ready for the new academic year. The good thing about the cycles we go through as teachers is that each year we get to start over again with a more-or-less clean slate. This is a great opportunity to reflect on what worked well that you want to repeat and what you want to change.
The first thing I usually think about is the physical environment, since there is the practical need to set up your room before you do many of the other things to start the new academic year. Here are issues to consider:
- Seating. Whether you have desks or tables, you'll want to think through where to put the children for seatwork. The important issue is to consider how much you want the children to converse with each other. Will they be working primarily in groups? Or would you prefer that they work silently and independently? I've seen teachers struggle with getting the children to stop talking and stay on task when the desks are grouped together. It makes more sense to put the desks in rows or separated somehow if you value more individually-focused work. Of course you'll also want to think through where you will stand to deliver whole group lessons and try to ensure no child has her back to you. Check out the great set-up ideas from The School Supply Addict.
- Quiet Corner. It's important to set aside some space for a child to go when he needs to regain control or calm down. This should be created as a pleasant place, not an area for punishment. Check out the "Peace Corner" from Mama Montessori.
- Teacher space.We all need personal space and it's appropriate to think through the boundaries of your personal are. Then you can teach the children those boundaries and where they are not allowed to touch.
- Small group area. Where will you meet with small groups? This area should be somewhat protected from traffic and noise, and it's helpful to mark the area off with tape or a carpet so children have a visual reminder not to bother you when your working with the group.
- Learning centers. Do you have enough room to set up some permanent centers like a reading corner, science center, or math games? You'll also want to put together center materials children can do at their desks, and find storage for these.
- Whole group meeting area. No teacher ever thinks she has enough room in her classroom! However, your class meeting area really needs the most space you can give. I have seen more behavior problems result from children sitting virtually on top of one another, accidentally stepping in toes, bumping into shoulders, and so on. The best seating plan is to put all the children sitting around the edge of the carpet so they can see each other and you. You can also consider getting individual carpet squares for each child. These provide a natural boundary for personal space. Or try using place mats instead as recommended by Teach Preschool. But don't think these are only helpful in preschool!
- Storage. There are four types of storage to plan for: Children's personal items (coats, books, etc), learning materials that children need access to (manipulatives, leveled reading books, etc), teaching materials that you will use throughout the year, and your own personal items. Here are some creative ideas I found on Pinterest. In my experience, the important step is to visualize HOW movement in these areas will flow. For example, how many children can get to their cubbies or coat hooks at once? How will the children be able to look through the books? Will all of their materials fit in their desk or do you need more storage unit on their chair. Imagine how a child will go through each step of the day before you finalize your plan. Finally, make sure everything is neat and organized. I've repeatedly noticed that the most organized classrooms also have the best behavior!
- Decor. If you are not already addicted to Pinterest, then try it out! You'll find hundreds of ideas for making your classroom a warm and friendly home for yourself and the children. Be sure to leave some of your spaces undecorated so that the children can make the room reflect their personalities and work. Check out my "Teaching-in-Style" Board on Pinterest and follow me!
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The last season announcements are coming in. The Washington Performing Arts Society has laid out a younger, fresher, perhaps slightly leaner but also slightly more diverse season for 2013-14 — a season much of which was effectively planned in the interim period between the departure of the group's former president and CEO, Neale Perl, and the arrival of his successor, Jenny Bilfield.
And Vocal Arts DC is announcing the first season fully planned by its current general director, Peter Russell. In 2013-14, the men dominate: the tenors Michael Fabiano and Lawrence Brownlee, and the countertenor Iestyn Davies, are the season's highlights. Also appearing are the sopranos Ana Maria Martinez and Hei-Kyung Hong (often underrated), and the bass-baritones Luca Pisaroni and Brandon Cedel, a young Curtis graduate who will inaugurate a series named for Vocal Arts's founder, Gerald Perman, focusing on rising talent. More information on the group's website.
Above: For those who know Lawrence Brownlee mainly as an opera singer, here's evidence that his recital work is well worth a listen — something Washington audiences will have a chance to do when he wraps up Vocal Arts DC's next season in May, 2014.


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WinFS no longer a product
Quentin Clark announces in his blog that select technologies from WinFS will be integrated in ADO.NET 3 and Katmai (next release of SQL Server), but WinFS will no longer be continued as a separate product. That means that there once again will be no relational file system in the foreseeable future.
Wild guess: WinFS has been a pet project of Bill Gates. Doesn't seem to be one of Ray Ozzie.
It was a bad idea anyway.
Having read the post, it doesn't seem as dire as you're suggesting. Basically, there was a recognition that WinFS was really a host of different technologies and was split along lines that made more sense. Roughly,
The data API and model is being rolled into the next version of ADO.NET as LINQ and Entities, which were discussed in a recent video with Sam Drucker and Anders Hejlsberg. Seems reasaonable, since it would be cumbersome to have to learn one data API for the filesystem and another for everything else.
(b) The advances in self-management and integration of unstructured data are being put into the next release of SQL Server. Again, good call. It would have made absolutely no sense to offer a self-managing relational data store for free download and then try to sell a separate enterprise-grade RDBMS to go with it. Essentially, you'd be buying SQL Server for the reporting and data mining capabilities while you wondered why the management smarts weren't in SQL Server.
(c) Everything else goes... where? As for the UI and filesystem integration, my guess is a future release of Windows, which seems reasonable in that introducing these changes via a free add-on to existing Windows installs might be somewhat disorienting for many users. Much of the search functionality has mades its way into Vista. The part I was looking forward to was the common data synchronization engine, the need for which seems more obvious in light of all these "live" services; but then maybe that's the niche SQL Server Everywhere is targeting.
In short, it's messier than before, but I think the end goal is more or less the same.
WinFS is dead; long live WinFS!
Well, Vista5384.4 are running on NTFS 3.1, same as XP, so that pretty much sets it for 2-3 years ahead.
I think that this is for the best. If the other major products all absorb WinFS features, it will make a relational file system (when it comes) more useful. Rather than being a stand alone product with it's own API's and schema's, it will be a rather painless upgrade, because all of the plumbing will already be there for the various platforms to use the data.
Edit: Sorry BryanF, I went to the bathroom while writing my post and didn't notice that I said mostly the same stuff I was in the process of typing.
So it's down to "new version of ADO.Net"? Wow. In with a bang, out with a whimper. What's the future of search technology on Windows?
Cairo wrote:So it's down to "new version of ADO.Net"? Wow. In with a bang, out with a whimper. What's the future of search technology on Windows?
Trying to keep up with Spotlight most likely. The ability for 3rd parties to write protocol handlers to search inside non-filesystem stores (like Outlook PST files) is about the only thing they have on Apple at the moment.
I'm extremely disappointed in MS right now.
Boooo! Booooooooooo!
Manip wrote:It was a bad idea anyway.
How, exactly?
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Manip wrote: It was a bad idea anyway.
How, exactly?
Files by their nature are an assembly of metadata... So they want to write a system that creates a relationship between metadata and more metadata in order to somehow make it easier to find the file ? ...
It sounds great on paper to add more information about a file, but in practise it will be no more useful than XPs comments (which nobody uses).
You're end up with a situation like the Windows Registry in which you have thousands of entries which contain completely useless information, and then are forced to try and clear out the data without damaging anything.
It got axed. Thats a shame. many people were waiting on that technology. There is another reason for you NOT to upgrade.
Bleh... what baffles me is how Vista can be three years late when only a handful of the promised features were actually implemented. Eye candy and security are nice features but they dont justify the prolonged delays. Microsoft really needs to organize their priorities and establish and manage efficent development teams. I hope this is a learning experience and that they'll strive to better meet deadlines in the future.
mawcc wrote:Wild guess: WinFS has been a pet project of Bill Gates. Doesn't seem to be one of Ray Ozzie.
Quite impressive - not only can Ray Ozzie make a split-second decision that instantly changes the direction in a company of 60,000 people, he can also do it two years before he fully replaces Bill Gates!
I'm guessing the two-year cooling period is just a code name for Ozzie having Bill tied up in his basement and signing everything he brings him?
In other words, remember that in a company this huge the people at the very top make large changes in direction, but rarely decide the fate of specific features or products.
I think the UI/filesystem integration is a very touchy subject. It's a pretty drastic change to the way we organize our files, and as such has to be implemented right. I prefer the current method with all of its problems to a half-assed implementation. Some may say that they've had years to get it right and still they failed. That may be true. But unlike some others here, I don't feel like anyone's promised me anything. A press release isn't a contract, and I doubt anyone has based their business plan on the existance of WinFS.
Xaero_Vincent wrote:Eye candy and security are nice features but they dont justify the prolonged delays. Microsoft really needs to organize their priorities and establish and manage efficent development teams.
I think they have got their priorities straight.
Windows XP isn't lacking in features. It's got TONS of features. It's got great features. Where it's lacking is security, usability and occasionally stability.
I would much rather see Vista be an XP Redux done right, with these problems addressd, before we start doing completely new things without making sure we got our bases covered.
WinFS? Avalon/WPF? These are the real eye/geek candy. Brand new technologies are fun for us developer, but don't solve the real needs of the OS users.
I'm sure the Vienna teams are hard at work on brand spanking new features for us. I'm sure the MSResearch folk are thinking up god-knows-what. I'm also sure the Vista management knows what's important.
You've got to be kidding me...
I hope Microsoft have learned from the Vista adventure that they dont have the capacity to re-invent a OS in one try, they should really do what Apple have done for the past six years -releasing somewhat minor but still substancial OS upgrades every year that really pushes the user experience forward.
Look at the 90's -3.11->98 was within a 5 year timeframe, NT 3.1->4.0 within just 3 years and all of them was a substancially upgrade for users
Another thing, if the pricing rumors for Vista are true, well this user just wont buy it, its not worth that kind of money.
Apple completely re-write OS X from scratch... They didn't make minor changes...
And Operating Systems get exponentially harder to develop, particularly if you have unrealistic backwards compatibility goals.
I think Microsoft should take its lessons from Vista and for their next big release drop all backwards compatibility before Windows XP (e.g. no Win16, MS DOS, POSIX, and OS/2 etc). These old components also offer the biggest security headache... They were written in the dark age of computer security and thus cannot be trusted.
Microsoft might do what Apple did in OS X and for the next major OS release add a virtual machine that will run all the old junk, while removing it from the primary OS its self.
Windows XP has twenty dlls last updated in 1998 and 1999. It also has 1,616 dlls that I've never accessed since I installed virgin XP. On top of that there are 300 executable (exe, com) files that I have never used since installing Windows XP orginal.
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- Date: October 21st (Conference)
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The project "Evaluation of European Perpetrator Programmes" (IMPACT) explored current practices of evaluation of perpetrator programmes in Europe with the aim of synthesizing the discovered solutions towards a harmonisation of outcome monitoring. Therefore, a survey on outcome monitoring and programmes difficulties and needs related to it, was conducted. Additionally, an analysis of existing European evaluation studies as well as a possibility analysis for a multi-country European outcome research study enhanced European research on perpetrator programmes. The projects final products, a toolkit and good practice guidelines for outcome measurement, can be implemeted by programmes to improve their documentation quality. The results of the IMPACT project will be presented at the final conference.
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The presentation of the results will be accompanied by a comprehensive composition of round tables and keynote speakers of leading experts on the issues of masculinity and violence, domestic violence and perpetrator programmes. See the conference agenda in left menu to get the details.
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Furthermore, experts in the field of combatting domestic violence and perpetrator work can participate in a workshop, where the final results will be discussed. Please contact the Conference staff if you want to participate in the workshop. The conference venue will be at a historic building in the heart of Barcelona.
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Robert Pape specializes in international security affairs. His publications include the books Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (Random House, 2005), Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Cornell, 1996), Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop it (University of Chicago Press, September, 2010), and articles "Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work" (International Security, 1997), "The Determinants of International Moral Action" (International Organization, 1999), "The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism" (American Political Science Review, August 2003) and "The True Worth of Air Power" (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2004).
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The leaders of the United Nations and the Jews of the world were urged to do all in their power to halt the Nazi massacres of Jewish civilians in the occupied countries of Europe, in an appeal issued by a mass-meeting here on the occasion of "Polish-Jewish Day," called to protest the butchery of Poland's Jews and to commemorate the Nazis' victims.
The meeting, which was attended by thousands of people, including Polish and Jewish leaders and the consul-generals of many of the United Nations, heard addresses by Isaac Gruenbaum, Polish-Jewish leader, who spoke on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine; Isaac Ben-Zvi, president of the Jewish National Council; Eliezer Perlson, vice-mayor of Tel Aviv; Rabbi Yankelevitch, representing the Agudas Israel and Dr. Olshevsky, leader of the Polish Democratic Club. A message expressing "his personal sympathy" was received from United States Consul-General Lowell C. Pinkorton, who was unable to attend.
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Economic and Democratic Reforms: The Polish Example
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- Free Enterprise and Democracy Network (FEDN)member Andrzej Arendarski, co-founder and president of the Polish Chamber of Commerce and former member of the Polish Parliament, discusses his personal experiences with strengthening democracy through market-oriented reform.
For more than 25 years, CIPE has built strong relationships and programs with economic reformers around the world. Still, global forums on democratic development lack a concerted voice for the private sector and economic freedom. Realizing the need to express how democracy and a free market economy act as mutually supportive systems, CIPE has joined with leaders from business and civil society to create the Free Enterprise and Democracy Network (FEDN). FEDN's main objective is to advocate globally and regionally for economic reform as an integral element of democratic development, as well as to serve as a forum for like-minded reformers to share ideas and best practices.
FEDN member Andrzej Arendarski, co-founder and president of the Polish Chamber of Commerce, discusses his personal experiences with strengthening democracy through market-oriented reform.
1. "What does democracy mean to you?"
Democracy is freedom of choice, even bad choice. Democracy cannot be understood simply as a political system: it is a process in which nationals learn to be responsible for their choices. Both those who regularly vote in elections, and those who only do so every few years can change their minds–the vote is not given once and for all. The institutions that control society at different levels are also very important. Finally, democracy is free media that may preemptively indicate emerging social and political problems.
2. "Are economic freedom and the private sector crucial to a democracy?"
The Polish Chamber of Commerce actively cooperates with the Ministry of Economy on the deregulation of the laws affecting business. The first deregulation act came into force in July 2011; now we are working on the fourth. The work is essential to the reduction of bureaucracy that prevails in Poland. For several years, entrepreneurs have fought to not have to apply for dozens of official certificates, and have fought for administrative procedures that are faster and easier. We achieved success in this field which can be seen in the improved ranking of Poland in the World Bank-Doing Business report. Polish people are very enterprising: by reducing the administrative burden we want to facilitate the operation of a business.
3. "How can others use your experience? What advices would you give reformers in other countries?
The Polish example shows that even radical reforms can be performed without bloodshed. Polish beginnings were difficult and caused casualties among the protesters (protests in the '80s and unstable conditions), but we were subsequently able to conduct free elections without resorting to extreme violence or a military coup. A perfect example of how to peacefully demonstrate can be seen in the protests of the largest unions. For three days, thousands of union members protested in the capital. There were no burning tires, cars, or broken windows – the protests were held in a peaceful atmosphere. Humorously, rather than throwing eggs or burning the effigy of the prime minister, the union members gave him a full-sized statue, which in my opinion is quite pleasant.
4. "Why are economic freedoms and the private sector are important for democracy in your country?
In Poland, entrepreneurs engaged in social dialogue and their voice is clearly heard. Of course, it depends on the political situation, but I can say that a lot of bills concerning business are widely consulted with entrepreneurs. It happens both by institutional organizations—such as the Trilateral Commission (which includes representatives of government, employers and trade unions) and business support organizations (including the Polish Chamber of Commerce, but also many others nationwide)—as well as by individual public consultation. Of course, like any other interest group, we regret that our opinions and suggestions on the content of the law are not sufficiently taken into account by the government and parliament.
5. "Can you give a story or an example from your country of the big change in which you took part?
Undoubtedly. Such a change occurred in 1989, with the restoration of democracy in Poland. It all started in 1980 when the Solidarity trade union was created, the first time in Polish history that a movement of united workers was created with a plan of action. It was the first Polish post-war movement to receive widespread public support. I was a witness to these changes, and I participated in them myself as an activist of the Solidarity union. In 1989 I was elected to Parliament, which in a very short time prepared a number of laws completely changing political reality in Poland. Poland became a fully democratic, sovereign state embracing the market economy. In 1992 I was appointed Minister of Foreign Economic Cooperation. The government, despite many difficulties, has developed a general nationwide privatization program. This allowed the transfer from inefficiently managed state-owned assets to private ownership. This process continues nowadays and it's almost finished.
6. "What is your vision for the future? What do you expect?"
The vision that I have for my country is: by 20Regarding the situation in Poland I have no illusions that we still have a long way to go before we can compare our economy to the rich countries of Western Europe and the Asian Tigers. All the time we are fighting for easier, cheaper, and safer lives for citizens and businesses in Poland. I hope that soon the EU's economic situation will improve and that will give a stronger boost to economic recovery in Poland. I expect that we will maintain social stability. Although Poland had consistent positive economic growth, the Poles felt crisis in their wallets. I believe that, in spite of that, social dialogue will be conducted in a peaceful atmosphere. I am proud of the fact that Poland has cultivated a centuries-old tradition of tolerance for minority views. I believe that Poles, by their painful historical experiences, have learned that only consent builds prosperity and security.
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Most Influential Celebrity Funerals
posted on 7/26/11 by MyWonderfulLife.com Staff
Throughout the years celebrity funerals have garnered much attention, and with advances in technology comes the ability for all of us to tune in to live broadcasts of some of the biggest celebrity funerals in the world. Although celebrities have the ability to fund elaborate funerals, we can still take ideas from their extravagance to help plan our own final party. Here are some of the most influential funerals of the century.
John F. Kennedy: May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963
Jackie Kennedy planned every last detail of her husband's funeral. Here are some of the most memorable considerations she made on November 23rd in 1963.
- She ordered the casket to be placed in the East Room.
- Each of his close friends received a last memento, along with a personal note. Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, received an engraved cigar holder.
- Specific instructions as to how the programs would be placed on seats in St. Matthews Cathedral were written.
- When "Hail to the Chief" played outside of the church, Jackie whispered to a then 3-year-old John Jr., and immediately he saluted his father's casket (pictured above).
- Worries of other security threats were heightened due to the large amount of foreign dignitaries present in Washington at one time. There were 220 of them including 19 heads of state and government, and royal family members, all from 92 different countries.
- 250,000 people viewed the casket, despite facing near freezing temperatures.
- CBS Washington correspondent Roger Mudd said of the mass numbers: "This outpouring of affection and sympathy for the late president is probably the most majestic and stately ceremony the American people can perform."
Princess Diana: July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997
"The lonely youngest daughter of divorced parents, she translated her own pain not into bitterness and withdrawal but into a genuine desire to comfort the suffering of others--people afflicted with AIDS and leprosy and breast cancer, the mutilated victims of land mines. She could have done far worse with her fortune and acquired fame." –Time Magazine
- More than a million people congregated in London. 2,000 were personally invited to attend the service in Westminster Abbey, and tens of thousands gathered outside to catch a glimpse of the procession that took Diana to her final resting place in Althorp, 70 miles away.
- Her coffin was draped with the royal standard, white lilies, white tulips from Prince William, and white roses from Prince Harry.
- Diana's cortege consisted of the five most important men in her life: her ex-husband and former father-in-law, Princes Charles and Prince Philip; her brother Charles, Earl Spencer; and her two sons William and Harry. Five representatives from the 110 charities Diana was associated with also joined the cortege that walked behind her coffin.
Michael Jackson: August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
When the King of Pop passed away, mourners around the world showed their grief with public memorials strewn across famous landmarks (see photo above). Closer to home, Michael Jackson's funeral was planned in L.A. by Jackson's concert promoter, AEG Live, and they certainly put on quite a show. Here were some of the details:
- Broadcast around the world, the live broadcast had 2.5 billion viewers, making it the most watched live television broadcast in the history of the world. Maybe that was fitting for the Kind of Pop.
- Queen Latifah read a poem by Maya Angelou, specifically written for the occasion.
- All of Michael's brothers wore a single white sequined glove as a tribute to their late sibling.
- Berry Gordy's eulogy described Michael Jackson's title as the King of Pop,
"I feel the King of Pop is not big enough for him. I think he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."
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Apart from being illegal, underage drinking poses a high risk to both the individual and society. For example, the rate of alcohol–related traffic crashes is greater for drivers ages 16 to 20 than for drivers age 21 and older. Adolescents also are vulnerable to alcohol–induced brain damage, which could contribute to poor performance at school or work. In addition, youthful drinking is associated with an increased likelihood of developing alcohol abuse or dependence later in life. Early intervention is essential to prevent the development of serious alcohol problems among youth between the ages of 12 and 20.
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www.dontserveteens.gov – We Don't Serve Teens is a national campaign to prevent underage drinking. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, prepared and maintains www.DontServeTeens.gov. Other organizations involved in this campaign
www.thecoolspot.gov – The Cool Spot was created for kids 11-13 years old by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). The NIAAA is the lead U.S. agency supporting research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of alcohol problems. It is a component of the National Institutes of Health, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.alcoholfreechildren.org – The Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation, a public not-for-profit foundation of former and sitting Governors' spouses and their representatives, is a national philanthropy dedicated to promoting the health, well-being and potential of our Nation's youth by preventing alcohol use among children.
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Launching $ Literacy Is as Easy as F-O-C-U-S
Syracuse University creates a model that can help your institution launch a financial literacy program.
By Margo Vanover Porter
Ready to kick-start your campus financial literacy program? Rebecca L. Rose, assistant director of financial literacy and education programs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, reveals a handy-dandy FOCUS model for you to follow. (Read also "I Have to Pay for All This?" in the December 2013 issue of Business Officer magazine.)
- Foundation. Before you can begin to plan your activities and services, you need to answer a few basic questions, including: What is the foundation of your program? What are the morals and values of your university? What do you want to teach students? "You want your program to match those answers," Rose says, "making sure the material you present to students is relevant and matches the university's philosophy and goals."
- Order. Next, you'll need to decide what comes first, second, or third. "You can't rush in too aggressively because as you implement the program, you are learning what the needs of the students are," she insists. "Your best critic is your student, and the student of today is different from the student of 10 years ago. You really do have to ask, 'How are we going to roll this out? Are we going to put a Web site up first? Or are we going to do peer mentoring first?' Once you have decided on the order, stay committed to it."
- Cultivation. During this phase, you'll need to do some digging to find answers to more questions. Among them: Who will deliver the program? Will the program director be a new hire or an existing staff member? Will you need to send the director to training to learn how to deliver the program? What does the director need to learn? "There's not a financial literacy bachelor's program, so we have to self-educate," Rose cautions.
- Use campus resources. Don't worry if budgets are low, Rose advises, because you can leverage existing resources on your campus. When launching her institution's services, she networked with different departments on campus, including the parents, first-year, graduate, and commuter-service offices, asking, "Hey, can we get an article in your newsletter?" She explains that at no cost to her program, she succeeded in getting the message out so students could begin receiving financial education. "What can you use across your campus that is low-cost to you?" she asks.
- Start. Once you have decided what you're going to deliver, whom you're going to deliver it to, and how you're going to deliver it—using the whole campus as a base—you need to commit 100 percent to doing it and get started.
"A financial literacy program helps all of us in higher education, it improves our students, and it makes your campus a better place," Rose emphasizes. "I would recommend that anyone starting out to come up with a plan, start small, and continue the momentum and commitment to the program. When you get one, two, three years out, your hard work will pay off when a student who has graduated and calls you to say, 'You taught me so much. My student loans are almost paid off, and now I want to give back.' I had that exact phone call one year ago. It's amazing. You don't know how much you impact a student's life until you get calls like that."
MARGO VANOVER PORTER, Locust Grove, Virginia, covers higher education business issues for Business Officer.


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The Savanna Bicycle Campaign has been active since its founding in 2008, working with government officials to improve bicycle infrastructure, offering bicycle safety courses, and sponsoring events that encourage people to make bicycling part of their daily lives. Now the group is seeking to establish a physical space from which to operate programs that will benefit Savannahians in need. The group aims to:
"Put in place an SBC Bike Restoration and Education Center, to serve as a center of cycling activities in Savannah-Chatham, to provide a physical presence for SBC and to allow for collection and rehabilitation of discarded bicycles to be put into safe operating condition and distributed to members of the community who have limited means for transportation and often resort to dangerously ill-fitted, poorly maintained bicycles. Distribution of these bikes will be a means to improve mobility for this at risk community and to allow us to deliver basic bike safety education and equipment."
Tax deductible donations will be matched at 100 percent for the first $4,000 raised. For more information, visit the Savannah Bicycle Campaign website.


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Craw Giant
Time Spiral "Timeshifted" — T
Creature — Giant
Craw Giant is legal in the following formats:
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Creature — Elemental (6/6)
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to defending player or planeswalker while attacking.)
Creature — Wurm (7/7)
When Sifter Wurm enters the battlefield, scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost.
Creature — Dinosaur (6/6)
Creature — Lizard (7/7)
Whenever Aetherwind Basker enters the battlefield or attacks, you get (an energy counter) for each creature you control.
Pay : Aetherwind Basker gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature — Dinosaur (5/5)
Other Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1.
: Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample.
Creature — Dinosaur (7/6)
Carnage Tyrant can't be countered.
Trample, hexproof
Creature — Hippo (5/6)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature — Snake Hydra (6/6)
Embalm (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Hydra with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
Creature — Dinosaur Avatar (5/5)
Whenever Verdant Sun's Avatar or another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature — Dinosaur (5/5)
Enrage — Whenever Polyraptor is dealt damage, create a token that's a copy of Polyraptor.
Creature — Wurm (7/7)
Greater Sandwurm can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature — Wurm (6/6)
Creature — Crocodile (6/7)
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Creature — Lizard (6/5)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Shefet Monitor, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Desert card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. (Do this before you draw.)
Creature — Dinosaur (9/9)
Creature — Elf Artificer (3/4)
Elegant Edgecrafters can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Fabricate 2 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put two +1/+1 counters on it or create two 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.)
Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Avatar (7/6)
Trample, vigilance, haste
Whenever Gishath, Sun's Avatar deals combat damage to a player, reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put any number of Dinosaur creature cards from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Shaman (0/0)
Tishana, Voice of Thunder's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
You have no maximum hand size.
When Tishana enters the battlefield, draw a card for each creature you control.
Creature — Dinosaur (4/6)
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Creature — Elf Warrior (4/4)
Revolt — Lifecraft Cavalry enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn.
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Chelsea - Greatest F.A. Cup Goals
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This DVD features all of Chelseas greatest FA goals. Drawing from an archive spanning over five decades the dvd is packed with the most memorable strikes from club heroes from every generation
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Optional > Get to Isle of thunder and drop your Key to the Palace of lei shen to have lots of coins
Go LFR and coin on everything > 32% drop + coins = Loot everywhere. You'll most likely be almost able to do ToT LFR.
Run ToT LFR.
Do Sha/Galleon and use coins.
Still farm heroics and replace your last blues (if you still have some) with 476 PVP stuff.
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McCain's Foreign Policy "Qualifications"
Matt Yglesias writes:
McCain doesn't need daily [foreign policy] talking points. But the reason he doesn't need daily talking points isn't that he can talk about national security issues with fluency and skill without them. Lacking daily talking points, he's repeatedly confused Sunni and Shiite, repeatedly forgotten that Czechoslovakia doesn't exist, changed his position on Afghanistan twice in 24 hours, etc. In short, he's made a ton of gaffes just as you would expect from an underprepared candidate. But he's allowed to get away with a lack of adequate preparation because, in the mind of the press, his years in captivity decades ago are adequate demonstration that he understands national security issues even though there's no real basis for that view.
(Emphasis supplied.) Wes Clark spoke at Netroots Nation last night and said about his now infamous remarks about McCain:
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After a men's room confrontation with his new boss right-hand man, Maori cop Tito Ihaka has been sent into exile. And yet, out of the blue McGrail summons him back to Auckland. Christopher Lilywhite, the businesswoman s terminally ill husband whom Ihaka suspected was behind his wife's death, wants to see him. Lilywhite confesses that he had his wife murdered, but he dealt with the hit-man at arm's length so has no idea who he is. In quick succession Lilywhite and another potential source of information are murdered.
Ihaka's old rival Detective Inspector Tony Charlton takes control of the case but with more corpses turning up and Auckland Central stretched to breaking point, he agrees to let Ihaka investigate the apparently unrelated murder of a young man about town. As the investigations expand, uncovering a blackmail operation preying on married women, gang activities controlled from inside Paremeremo prison and possible police corruption, Ihaka realises that the cases are related and he's hunting a faceless and prolific hit-man. Or is the hit-man hunting him?
©2012 Paul Thomas (P)2012 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
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"Light but enjoyable"
Enjoyable read, Tito Ihaka has always been one of my favoured characters in fiction and for those who've encountered him before, this book won't disappoint. nothing startling and nothing deep but plenty to make most smile.
Narration is very good, the odd lapse with pronunciation but one must make allowance for Australians, The voice used for Tito Ihaka is perfection for that character.
"kiwi killer"
david treddinnick always makes the books interesting many differant characters and voices
keeps you thinking on who and why
yes great at bringing it to life
so many kiwis so few time
"Tito Ihaka... The detective every city needs!"
I try to read all the bad reviews before making my mind on a purchase, but there weren't any for this book. I'm a bit of a fan of a good detective story, so naturally it appealed to me anyway.
Turns out to be a cracker! Tito Ihaka is a blunt, but to the point, no BS kind of detective. David tredinnick does his voice absolutely perfect!!! apart from the occasional lapse of the new zealand accent. In my opinion, 5 out of 5 in all aspects.
It'd be good to see all of the tito ihaka book series on audio too!
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Okay, I will start off by saying, i'm a complete linux noob, after some considerable googling i cant seem to find a solution, so Am curious if anyone else has any ideas of how to solve my issue.
I am a big fan of World of warcraft, and decided to try it in Linux after windows keeps failing on me, All i can say is wow, visually, nothing much different to Windows, maybe 5-10FPS less here and there but runs brilliantly, however, wait no sound.
I tried and tried to get it to work with OGG in wine, and ended up downloading a wrapper called alsa-oss so at the start of the shortcut to wow it goes- aoss wineThis got sound working, after fiddling with every combination of settings possible in game the sound works, but is very very crackly.Code:
"/media/[hard disk thing]/Users/Public/Games/World of Warcraft/WoW.exe" -opengl
If anyone has any thoughts i would be very happy to hear them


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Hump Day Update
- There's at least ten places in Silver Spring that are haunted, according to "ghost hunters" Lynn Koiner and Barbara Finch of Baltimore / Washington Paranormal Investigators. Among them is Mrs. K's Toll House:
Blanche lives in Mrs. K's Toll House on Colesville Road. Sometimes you can hear her calling out the waitresses' names. Sometimes she'll playfully push them.
A ghost "lives"? Anyone have any Silver Spring ghost stories?
- It's a little creepy when logs show that someone arrives at your site after searching Google for "body found in silver spring" when a body hasn't turned up...
- Gazette readers respond to last week's article about the lack of green space in downtown Silver Spring.
- The Post has more on the hidden camera incident and profiles the Ovis-Yobis Bakery on New Hampshire Avenue.
- To do this weekend: the Silver Spring Library Bookfest. You can find some good, cheap used books, but go early to beat the cherry-pickers.


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Poverty in New York State
The 2010 New York State Poverty Report issued March 17th by the New York State Community Action Association shows that the level of poverty is virtually unchanged from last year. Because poverty is defined at the family level and not the household level, the poverty status of a household is determined by the poverty status of the householder. Households are classified as poor when the total income of the householder's family in the last 12 months is below the appropriate poverty threshold. The poverty thresholds vary depending upon three criteria: size of the family, number of children, and, for one- and two- person families, age of the householder.
With a statewide population of 19,428,881, 2,603,930 New Yorkers lived in poverty during 2009, representing 13.8% of the population. On a county-wide basis, the percent of the population in poverty ranges widely, from 4.6% in Nassau County to 27.8% in the Bronx, with 6.4% of children in Saratoga Springs living in poverty and 47.7% of children in Utica living in poverty. These statistics are virtually unchanged from last year.
These poverty statistics do not track the state's unemployment numbers, which tend to follow economic conditions and trends. For example, the NYS Department of Labor reported an employment rate in 2006 and 2007 in the mid-four percent range. This increased to 5.3% in 2008 and jumped to 8.4% in 2009. So far for 2010, unemployment is holding steady at just over 9% . While the poverty statistics were virtually unchanged in 2008 and 2009, the state did experience a surge in unemployment, as did the rest of the nation. What this means is that poverty statistics for 2010 may trend worse than 2009.
Utility Service Interruptions Increasing
With a significant percentage of the state's population not being able to make ends meet, we checked to see whether the number of utility service interruptions performed as a bill collection measure increased in 2009. To get the data, PULP made a Freedom of Information Law ("FOIL") request to the New York State Public Service Commission ("PSC") in order to receive 2009 termination data from the state's nine major investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities (Central Hudson, Con Edison , KeySpan Energy Delivery Long Island, KeySpan Energy Delivery New York, National Fuel Gas, National Grid, New York State Electric & Gas, Orange & Rockland, and Rochester Gas & Electric). It is unclear why the service interruption data is not made publicly available by the PSC on a regular basis. The termination statistics should be posted on the PSC's webpage, along with the complaint statistics, which are made available.
The termination statistics are devastating.
According to the materials received by PULP from its FOIL request, in 2006, utility service to 237,401 customer households was interrupted for bill collection purposes by the nine utilities. This number grew to 249,401 in 2007, 310,369 in 2008, and 329,650 in 2009. In total, service was interrupted deliberately for over 1.1 million customer households across the state since 2006. While this figure would include some households terminated on more than one occasion, it can not be denied that this is a significant figure. According to the US Census Bureau, there were just under eight million households in New York State on July 1, 2008. Accordingly, a fair estimate is that utility service was interrupted to about 12.5% of the state's households in the past four years for non-payment, slightly less than the state's poverty rate.
With an average household size of 2.65 persons, deliberate utility service interruptions for bill collection purposes affected nearly three million New Yorkers in the past four years. Service interruption creates severe hardship and disruption of ordinary family life. These service interruptions create havoc in the lives of the poor and increase the risk of tragic events when people resort to less safe solutions to meet their energy needs. See Candle Fires: A Symptom of "Rolling Blackouts" Affecting Low Income Households, PULP Network, September 5, 2006; No Electricity: Middletown Residents in Critical Condition from Lantern Fire, PULP Network, October 19, 2008.
Notwithstanding the New York PSC's PR efforts, the service interruption statistics indicate how poorly the utilities and their regulator, the PSC, are doing to fulfill the policy declared in state law (HEFPA) that continuous residential electric service is in the public health, welfare and public interest of all the people of the state. It appears from the statistics that while utilities are easing up on service interruptions to collect bills in cold weather, they are adopting much harsher measures to make massive use of service termination in Springtime. In the coming months we may again see huge wave of service interruptions, greenlighted by the PSC.
- What is the PSC doing to reduce the number of service interruptions?
- Has the PSC Hotline, which can head off terminations by directing utilities to continue service in appropriate cases, been adequately publicized to customers?
- Has the Hotline staff and function been eroded to the point that it acquiesces too often to the rigid demands of utilities for payment amounts far beyond the reach of customers trying to maintain service?
- How many terminations were greenlighted by the PSC Hotline?
- How many of the New York households affected by service interruption were qualified to receive continued service under various HEFPA protections?
- Could service have been continued with a Home Energy Assistance Program grant or a grant or loan under Section 131-s of the Social Services Law, to assist in the payment of their utility bills?
- How well did the utility perform in referring needy customers to assistance programs?
- How many of the terminated households qualified for low income gas or electric rates, or Lifeline discount telephone service, but do not participate?
- Would improvement of typically inadequate utility low income rates alleviate the termination epidemic?
Interestingly, while the New York PSC keeps its embarrassing service interruption data out of sight and its press release issued today touts its consumer protection activities, the California PUC recently commenced a public proceeding to inquire into the rising use of service termination as a utility bill collection mechanism:
The economic crisis currently existing in California and a recent increase in utility service disconnections has led us to reexamine utility disconnection rules and practices. We want to identify more effective ways for the utilities to work with their customers and develop solutions that avoid unnecessary disconnections without placing an undue cost burden on other customers.
See California PUC webpage on Residential Customer Disconnections.
The rising use of service interruption as a bill collection tactic could be addressed by the PSC in setting service standards for utilities under its "performance regulation" regime. Under this trendy label, the PSC basically follows a laissez faire approach to utility regulation, allowing utilities mainly to do whatever they want, coupled with a few service quality measurements and standards, violation of which may result in trivial financial consequences to the utilities. The PSC has no benchmark or rule to deter increasingly rigid call center collection scripts coupled with utility service interruption as cheaper tactics to collect overdue bills.
The values of continuous service, rates affordable to the poor, enforcement of HEFPA, sound customer assistance programs, and effective regulatory policies to discourage unnecessary service interruption are being sacrificed at the New York PSC for short term utility cost-cutting, without sufficient attention to the social cost of massive customer service interruptions and the importance to society of continuous, universal utility service.


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Global Running Day is Wednesday!
So on the first Wednesday of June, the annual call goes out to celebrate running!
The driving rain we've been dealing with here for the past couple of days is supposed to finally break tomorrow so I'll be starting my celebration with a run, of course. Then it might be time for a little retail therapy in the form of both gear and races 🙂
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StrideBox – I have shared my love for StrideBox many times here! Use code RunningDay17 for 50% off of the first box for a new regular monthly subscription to StrideBox! (Offers good only on 6/7)
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So many races – Active has teamed up with a bunch of races to offer registration discounts. And, everyone who registers for a participating event on 6/7 will automatically be entered to win a swag bag valued at $500, featuring products from Garmin, New Balance, Gatorade, and Road ID just to name a few. Click here for details.
How will you be celebrating?
Linking up with Erika, Marcia, and Patty for this week's Tuesday on the Run – the topic this week is Global Running Day, naturally!


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On 13 April 2029, asteroid 99942 (heretofore known as Apophis) is estimated to come within 18,300 miles of the Earth. This alarming distance is even more shocking when one takes into consideration that modern geosynchronous satellites orbit the Earth at approximately 26,000 miles. Once the shock has cleared, there is another fact you need to take into consideration: astronomers across the globe are tracking Apophis every day. It is currently labeled as a "0" on the Torino Scale. The Torino Scale is used to categorize the likeness of an asteroid impact on Earth. Read More →
Maximilian Wolf (6/21/1863-10/3/1932) was a German astronomer who pioneered the field of astrophotography. He is also notable for his study of so-called dark nebulae. They were originally thought to be some sort of holes in the sky, though Wolf's research allowed astronomers to get a better grasp on such an abstract concept. Along with John Brashear, Wolf designed the Bruce double astrograph refractor telescope that was installed at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl. While previous observations by astronomers had only ever been made by direct methods, Wolf was able to use cameras to plot numerous new objects in the heavens. He took time exposure images of the night sky, and later demonstrated that asteroids could be traced by the presence of short lines in his photographs. Stars were simple points of light.
The red dwarf star named Wolf 359 is in relative proximity to the solar system, and this has made it popular with authors of science fiction. In fact, many people have probably learned about Max Wolf's work through fiction rather than through fact. On one hand, this has opened generations of minds to the incredible work that he preformed. Unfortunately, it has also caused many people to forget about his work as the Chairman of Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg.
Image Credit: Archiv fur Kunst und Geschichte, Berlin
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- Getting Started with Astrophotography (unastronomy.com)


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Loan update
Having enjoyed a great spell on loan with Falkirk so far it looks like Tim Krul will be heading back home for the foreseeable future after dislocating his shoulder. Bairns` boss John Hughes remarked:
'It's very disappointing. I really feel for him, it was a great save from the penalty. We'll all support him and hopefully he makes a speedy recovery.'