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Have you ever had one those little things on your face? You know, those long sticky grayish turquoise things that just sort of dangle around for days and nobody says anything until one day the cat starts batting at it while you're trying to watch Real Housewives of Deliverance and the next thing you know, Fluffy has managed to wrap this thing that's connected to your face around its neck and you can't decide whether to call the vet or 911? OHMYGOD – me too!
But that's not why I called this meeting. No, the reason you're all sitting here today is so I can complain about my nosy Nellie of a computer.
I was writing an email to my late late grandfather the other day and one of the sentences I used was:
"I never did like any of your wives and I'm including the hag who birthed the woman who birthed me…."
And do you know what my computer said to me?
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What if you were told about a restaurant that had no fixed location or menu and kept this information a secret until just a few hours before you leave for dinner? The Dissident Chef of San Francisco does just this to his patrons on a regular basis. They purchase tickets without any idea what or where they will be eating.
The details are emailed to ticket holders on the day of the event. The location is usually a unique, wide open facility that wouldn't strike you immediately as a place to go out to eat. Abandoned warehouses and wine cellars have been transformed by The Dissident Chef and his entourage into a temporary "environment" for his food events.
For all the secrecy, the actual events are supposed to be wondrous affairs, with unique 6-10 course meals that are usually themed around certain ingredients or types of food. The food is, of course, sourced locally and served as fresh as possible. The Dissident Chef, who grew tired of running a top 10 L.A. restaurant before emigrating to San Francisco, focuses on surprising and delighting his guests.
Social media has been crucial to the success of Sub-Culture Dining. Facebook and Twitter allow Sub Culture's followers to track events and communicate quickly about developments. These new mediums have also helped this utterly unique approach to fine dining to rocket to success in only a few years. The result is limited membership to the Sub Culture club, with The Dissident Chef as ringleader and ultimate decision maker on who gets to attend these exclusive dinners.
Besides social media, the very effective technique of perceived supply shortage (i.e. limited memberships) has helped Sub Culture Dining become the worst kept secret in San Francisco. For The Dissident, the experience has allowed him to accrue the investors and connections he needed to start his own fine dining establishment in San Francisco.
For the majority of the food service industry, such a unique approach to serving premier fine cuisine may seem a little on the extreme side. Yet the excitement Sub Culture Dining has produced in San Francisco is something that shouldn't be overlooked. Whatever you think about the oddities of The Dissident Chef's approach, you can't argue with the fundamentals of the restaurant business he has absolutely nailed: fresh, unique cuisine, quality service, and a great atmosphere.


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Author: Parminder Singh LL.B, J.D (Canada)
Quebec Immigration has announced very important changes to selection of skilled workers on August 5, 2015. The changes will be applicable to all applications received after Aug 5, 2015 as well all applications received prior to this date for which no decision has been rendered yet.
Modifications to the selection grid for skilled workers: the "adaptability" factor is no longer considered in the evaluation
As per the above announcement, the qualifying points for a for a single applicant would be 49 and the qualifying points for a married applicant would be 57. Six points for adaptability interview are removed from Quebec point selection criteria for all applicants who apply after August 05, 2015 or who have applied before this date but have not received a decision on their application yet.
In our view, even the applicants who have been given an interview date will not be awarded points for interview since interview call does not mean that a decision has been made. However, if a decision was rendered immediately after conducting an interview, the appoints will be awarded points for adaptability interview. Regardless of the changes in the rules, if you have received an interview call and the interview is not revoked yet, you should keep preparing for the interview as the government can still reject your case if they determine that you do not intend to reside in Quebec based on your lack of knowledge of Quebec and French language.
Previously, the qualifying points for a single applicant were 49, but with adaptability interview the qualifying points for a single applicant were 55. Similarly, the qualifying points for married applicant were 57 but with adaptability interview, the qualifying points for married applicant were 63.
Since the factor of adaptability is removed, the qualifying points are 49 and 57 for single and married applicants respectively.
This does not mean the government cannot conduct interview. This only means the government cannot award points for interview. If the government feels the application is fraudulent or needs some clarifications, they can call for an interview and reject the case if they are not satisfied with the applicant's explanations or evidence in support of his application.
In the former rules, the government could merely reject an applicant's application, if the government felt that the applicant would not be able to adapt to Quebec life because of lack of French language ability or knowledge of Quebec culture. Not all candidates were called for interview but those who were called they required 55 and 63 points to qualify respectively for single and married candidates. Generally, if a single candidate scored 55 points without an interview, he would not be called for an adaptability interview. These rules are now deleted from the legislation.
If you score 49 points as a single candidate, you qualify provided you intend to stay in Quebec.
If you score 57 points as a married candidate, you qualify provided you intend to stay in Quebec.
In order to prove your intention to stay in Quebec, you should undertake several measures, such as learning about Quebec and its language, culture, rental and job market.


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To see a classic example of the divergence between "mainstream" and "alternative" media coverage, consider the portrayal of the Saudis this past week.
The "respectable" daily newspapers and news wires have reported that the Saudis, though still subject to some criticism, are finally getting serious about fighting terrorism. The blogosphere—the universe of "blogs," short for web logs—and talk radio, however, have been buzzing over the murder of a family of Egyptian Christian immigrants in Jersey City and the report on Saudi-funded jihadist propaganda found in American mosques that might help provide some context for that horrible crime.
What most Americans will never know is that last week human rights group Freedom House put out a first-of-its-kind report documenting, in excruciating detail, the poisonous venom found in Saudi-created and funded "religious" materials available at prominent mosques across the United States.
A Lexis-Nexis uncovered just five—count 'em, five—news stories in "mainstream" outlets on the Freedom House report. But the number is actually worse than it looks.
Four of the five are not traditionally part of the "mainstream" mafia: the Washington Times, the NY Sun (a new conservative paper), the Dallas Morning News (also right-of-center), and the Wall Street Journal (in its "B" section). Somewhat surprisingly, the fifth outlet covering the Freedom House report was the Washington Post.
During the same span, more than 50 stories were written by "mainstream" outlets on the hurriedly thrown together international counterterrorism conference that just ended in Riyadh. In these articles, the Saudis were credited with calling for a new international center to combat terrorism and for achieving "substantial progress" in fighting terror.
But while the Saudis were dazzling a pliant press with their good deeds, their true nature was on full display—in mosques inside our borders.
Nonpartisan human rights group Freedom House—incorrectly referred to by several media outlets as "conservative"—sent Muslim volunteers into more than a dozen prominent mosques across the country, and each was looking specifically for materials produced or sponsored by the Saudi government.
Since most of the documents were in Arabic, the research team spent nearly a year having two independent translators to review each one. The results confirm what many Americans have long suspected, but until now did not have tangible proof that such incitement occurred in the United States.
Some highlights from the 67-page report:
Muslim leaders, of course, expressed shock and awe that such materials could have been on display at mosques here in America. But according to the Freedom House report, the materials cited "remain widely available in America, and in some cases dominate mosque library shelves."
Imams from the mosques mentioned in the Freedom House report have further added that what they preach in their holy houses in no way reflects the venom spewed by the Saudis. Maybe that's true in some, or perhaps even many, mosques. But certainly not in all.
To the extent the national press has covered the murder of a family of Coptic Christian immigrants from Egypt—which is to say only slightly—it has often been to stress how moderate the Muslims of northern New Jersey are. Most Americans would like to think this true of all American Muslims, but at least in this region, it is a tired cliché.
The former imam at the El-Tawheed Islamic Center in Jersey City, Alaa Al-Sadawi, was convicted in 2003 of attempting to smuggle more than $650,000 to the terrorist organization Global Relief Fund in Egypt.
One of Al-Sadawi's former spiritual followers murdered in the name of Allah. Alim Hassan, then 31, killed his pregnant wife, her mother, and her sister on July 30, 2002. He reportedly stabbed the women more than 20 times each because they refused to convert to Islam. According to reports, Hassan prayed regularly at El-Tawheed.
Radical Islamists may or may not be behind the recent murder of the Armanious family—though the mainstream media's impulse is to favor the latter scenario—but what is clear is that it would not be surprising, both in light of what's happened in Jersey City and nationally, as shown by Freedom House.


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• Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Part three, the Sonar crew is starting to think (day dream) about the upcoming visit to Port Canaveral, Fl and the clubs we have been told about. Well, I hope that's a daydream about Florida and not my sister.
Daydreaming on the job..yeah, it happens.
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Friday, March 9, 2007
Bill Chinnock, a lifelong rock 'n' roller who was an icon of the Maine music scene, died Wednesday at his home in Yarmouth at age 59.
Chinnock's high-energy rock and passionate blues spanned five decades. He cut his teeth as a performer on the Jersey shore with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, played the club scene in New York City and created country albums in Nashville. But he remained devoted to his adopted state of Maine.
"Truthfully, he was one of the best singers I've ever played with, just a great voice," said John Kumnick, a Kennebunk bass player who joined Chinnock's band in New York City in 1982 and played with him on and off since then. "He knew how to connect with people."
Chinnock started playing clubs in Maine in the early 1970s and moved here full time in 1974. His shows drew throngs of dedicated fans and won respect from critics for their energy, showcasing his musical and songwriting talents.
One reviewer said Chinnock was "all energy. When he wails the blues, he does it with the conviction of a lifelong indigent."
In recent years Chinnock struggled with Lyme disease, a chronic condition that ultimately attacked his immune system and left him in severe pain. He took his own life Wednesday, friends said.
Chinnock was a self-taught innovator who, besides mastering the guitar and the harmonica, also made films and dabbled in computer graphics. He had his own studio and also worked as a producer. His sister, Caroline Payne of Yarmouth, recalled an older brother who used to playfully give her noogies and who took care of their parents as they aged. "He was such an incredibly talented person, and a great brother, a beautiful brother," she said. "He was a funny, wonderful, entertaining guy." She remembers growing up in the Jersey shore music scene when Springsteen used to be the opening act for her brother's band. It was a heady time. The band practiced in the basement while her mother cooked up plates of food for the musicians. Eventually, Chinnock left his band and his place was taken by Springsteen. The band went on to superstardom as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Payne said her brother was never envious of the band's record-breaking success. "I never saw him have any of that," she said. "I never saw any frustration in him, any jealousy like that. He thought Bruce Springsteen was phenomenal." What was unfortunate, she said, was that her brother's music would sometimes be described as a Springsteen imitation, even though he was genuine and original. "He was a tough taskmaster," said Steve Fazio, a sax player who was with Chinnock when he signed briefly with Atlantic Records in 1980. "He had this perfectionist streak in him, which is probably why didn't make it nationally real big. He stuck to his soul. He didn't sell out and get glitzy like the record companies wanted." But he had the pipes, Fazio recalled. "He was filling in for Michael McDonald with the Doobie Brothers when Michael couldn't make it," Fazio said. Chinnock was not confined to a given musical style, playing blues, boogie, rock and country. "I thought his best was blues, but he was very versatile," his sister said. Chinnock married into one of the seminal country music families in Maine when he married Dick Curless' daughter, Terry. The couple have been estranged for months, but Chinnock was close to the elder Curless and they often played together. "He was a real inspiration to my brother," Caroline Payne said. Chinnock, who also had a home and studio in Fairfield, came down with Lyme disease eight years ago, she said. "It just took a bad course for him, branched into other areas and it really took him," she said. "I think he suffered a lot of pain. It affected his nerves." Despite the pain, he continued playing throughout his struggle with the disease. "He fought a courageous battle," his sister said. Their mother, who had lived with Chinnock and with whom he was very close, died about 10 days ago. Kumnick said he talked to Chinnock last week. Chinnock complained of pain, and he wasn't one to complain. "Physically, I always thought he was very strong, and he had a tremendous amount of energy. Lyme changed that. It became a very pervasive thing in his life the last six or seven years," Kumnick said. The nature of his friend's death is puzzling, he said. "It really seemed the opposite of the Bill that I know," he said. "I don't know if 'indomitable' is the word, but he was always up, always energetic, always doing something." Chinnock's wife also suffered from a milder form of the condition years ago, but she recovered. Chinnock made 13 albums and in 1987 won an Emmy for his song, "Somewhere in the Night." A duet he later recorded with Roberta Flack became a theme song for the soap opera "Guiding Light." His albums include "Blues," "Badlands," "Alive at the Loft," "Dime Store Heroes," "Livin' in the Promised Land" and "Out on the Borderline." In addition to performing at venues in Maine and around the country, Chinnock wrote music for films and television. Chinnock is survived by his 9-year-old son William in Bangor and his 32-year-old son John, who lives in New Jersey and plays rhythm guitar. Staff Writer David Hench can be contacted at 791-6327 or at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Gélido (a.K.a. Decolab, Flux, Dkonstruct, Flux & Vega) started into music by taking private drum lessons at 15. From then, he moves on to other instruments, like guitar and piano. In 1995, he enrolls in a course on the foundations of film music at the Mexican National Center for the Arts, taught by Master musician Arturo Brenan. In 2006 he enrolls in the Music Film Workshop at the Casa Del Lago UNAM, taught by Master musician Rodrigo Flores López, at the same time he enrolls in a Master Certificate in Theory, Harmony & Ear Training at Berklee College of Music, which he finished on March of 2008.
His style is full of fusions and deconstructions of a very wide range of music genres, He is driven to move things out from their original context to create interesting collisions of rhythm, harmony and sound textures creating a continuous reinvention of himself. In his own words:
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|High-flying West stands in way of Hawks' state dream
|Written by STEVE OSTERMANN
|Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:20
A familiar foe with an impressive resumé awaited the Grafton Black Hawks in their first game of the WIAA state summer baseball tournament in Stevens Point this week.
West Bend West, the North Shore Conference champion that spent much of the season as the state's top-ranked team, was Grafton's opponent in a quarterfinal game that was to be played at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Bukolt Park.
The winner will advance to Thursday's semifinals against the winner of 10:05 a.m. quarterfinal between West Salem and New Holstein.
West (33-2) entered the tournament as one of the title favorites. The Spartans are making their 11th state appearance, including six in the last seven seasons, and have won three titles, most recently in 2007.
In two conference games this season, West defeated Grafton, 10-0 and 4-1. However, the Hawks didn't use their pitching ace, senior Conor Fisk, either time.
"They haven't seen Fisk, so that should be to our advantage," said Grafton coach Brian Durst, who has guided his team to its first state appearance since 1983.
"We were thrilled to make it through the sectional tournament, but we realize there are more games to play. We have a lot of respect for West, but we're not happy with just winning a sectional title."
However the Hawks' state quest turns out, they have already compiled one of the most memorable seasons in team history.
Coming off a 4-23 record with a young team in 2009, Grafton was expected to improve. However, the Hawks' 21-9 record this year — including a third-place, 11-7 mark in North Shore play — underscored a remarkable turnaround.
Their success has been fueled in no small part by the memory of former teammate Matt Malkowski, who died in April after being injured in a car accident.
The Hawks dedicated their season to Malkowski, who would have been a senior outfielder this year. Team members have worn a patch with the letters "MM" and No. 14, Malkowski's number, stitched on their jerseys.
At the start of the season, Grafton unveiled a similarly designed sign on the outfield fence on their home field. Malkowski's jersey has been at every game — either worn by his mother Jan or hung in the dugout.
Throughout the community, students and adults have worn "I hit for Matt" T-shirts.
"The kids are excited about the way the season has gone, especially after everything they've been through," Durst said.
"We've carried Matt's memory with us throughout the season. He's been a huge part of this."
Durst is well aware that his team faces an uphill battle at the state level. In addition to drawing West in their opener, the Hawks will need pitchers other than Fisk to step up for as many as three games in two days.
Thursday's semifinals start at 10:05 a.m., followed by the championship game at 3:35 p.m.
"Conor is the kind of pitcher who can put a team on his shoulders and carry them, but we have other kids who can do the job, too," said Durst, mentioning Dylan Mayer, C.J. Koehler and Alex Nennig.
"They know we have to have other people step up."
Mayer, a senior right-hander, came through big in the sectional semifinals last Friday with a complete-game effort in the Hawks' 4-2 win over Brown Deer.
In Thursday's other state quarterfinal games, New Berlin West plays Franklin at 3:35 p.m., and Germantown faces Waukesha West at 6 p.m.
GRAFTON'S STATE title hopes depend heavily on pitcher Conor Fisk. Photo by Sam Arendt
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question about spyder calibration
I'm using spyder4 pro from July 2012 but now I've a "problem" with ceckCAL recalibration (I think it's the same if you use spyder 3):
In Spyder Utility, in preferences--> recalibration, I set how often I should be reminded to recalibrate my display, I set "4 months"
So, after 4 month, I have a message that my calibration expired.
Because wasn't the first time I'd calibrated my monitor, I'd have the option of checking the accuracy of the current profile, with "CheckCAL". Latest 21/11/2012, if I remember, I've used this option. Now, after 4 months, I have again a message that my calibration expired. Ok. But now, if I run CheckCAL, it tell that profile it's still valid, ok, BUT date it's still 21/11/2012! So I have always the message that my calibration expired.
My question: why when I run CheckCAL the date it's still 21/11/2012? Is it correct? or with "checkCAL" option should I have the date update?? (or must I select ''reCAL" option for date update??)If I remember latest time I've used CheckCAL option, uhm
as you can see if now I run "checkCAL" I've got still the date of 4 months ago. I tried many times. For this problem I cannot use CheckCAL option, because date it's still the same and I have always the message that my calibration is expired... And I don't want to do a full calibration every time. Can you help me?
If you have spyder software, can you confirm if checkCAL doesn't update date calibration?
Thank you a lot and excuse me for my bad english.
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Say Guten Tag to Mumbai
With diverse performances, gigs, workshops, food kiosks and a lot more, the Indo-German mela, that opens today is a must-attend for Mumbaikars who would like to get a glimpse of the different facets of Germany's diversity
It promises to be ten days of fun, entertainment and an opportunity to learn about the multi-layered landscape of Germany. With curious, quirky additions including a beer garden, Hip-Hop and graffiti artists from Germany as well as German bands in performance, the Mela hopes to give Mumbaikars a better understanding of Germany. The Urban Mela, which starts today, has been organised as part of the Germany and India 2011-2012: Infinite Opportunities most importantly to celebrate the strong ties between the two countries.
Enter Deutschland
Apart from a beer garden, which will serve several German delicacies, the Mela, set up at Cross Maidan will have 15 pavilions with exhibitions on liveable cities. The pavilions combine state of the art technologies from both the countries. The Mela, which has been organised in collaboration with the Max Mueller Bhavan, had organisers on their toes for months together, with preparations for it having begun last year. "When we developed the events for the Urban Mela, we first discussed possible programmes and performances with our friends and partners of the Max Mueller Bhavan in Mumbai," informs Dr Marla Stukenberg, director, Max Mueller Bhavan. Talking about the upcoming events, she adds, "Many collaborations developed quite naturally since cultural bonds between many artists and performers from both countries already existed.
However, we are glad we are hosting some 'new faces' as well, which will help create a basis for further cultural co-operation between India and Germany."
This Saturday listen to German performers, the Schal Sick Brass Band whose tunes are a combination of Balkans, Afro beats, oriental groove, Scandinavian themes and Jazz. Also, don't miss stilt walkers who will perform a fairy tale parade this weekend. "It is called Parada Narrnia, and is a fairytale story of a travelling court, which has lost its queen and is looking for her all over the world," explains Ursula Maria Berzborn, artistic director of Grotest Maru, the street theatre group, which is performing in India for the first time. She explains that the performance is partly interactive and the artistic intention is to get in contact with the audience not through talking, but through body language and on an emotional level. "We are looking forward to connecting, artistically, with Mumbai's audiences," she shares.
The mela will also feature a photography exhibition titled Berlin-Mumbai by Aneesh Bhasin and an event called Pecha Kucha which is a fun gathering where creative people get together for one of the world's most popular design events. Key in to Indo-German Hip- Hop, look up the Urban Art Project, a B-Boy competition and a Book Design Exhibition, along with book readings, and a host of other events.
Two nation-connect
"The Indo-German Urban Mela addresses relevant urban transformation processes in India. Our Mela provides glimpses into urban architecture, education and urban art, science, education, technology and business that all play a crucial role in shaping the future of city spaces," says Stukenberg. "We are convinced that the Mela will strengthen Indo-German ties. Both countries are economic powerhouses, Germany has a reputation in the field of technology and engineering while India is one of the big emerging markets in this world," she concludes.
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In short, 90% of journals don't pay. The most a writer can expect from most literary magazines is a couple of contributor copies - provided the journal has a print version.
After culling through the P&W database, I identified 36 journals that pay their contributors. All accept online submissions, and none of them charge a reading fee.
I have listed primarily those journals accepting simultaneous submissions. (Editors who require exclusivity, offer a token payment, and take 6 months to reply are living in a dreamworld.) Exceptions are journals with a reputation, and those which offer more than a token payment.
If you submit to several journals at once, keep careful records. As soon as your story is accepted make sure to withdraw it immediately from the remaining journals, either through an email notification or directly on submittable. (If you have submitted through submittable, just click "withdraw".)
"As a national, nonprofit HIV/AIDS magazine, A&U is interested in publishing articles about AIDS-related advocacy, treatment and care, community-based organizations and campaigns, and artists and creative writers responding to the pandemic. We're looking for writers of all serostatuses to help use showcase a wide range of perspectives about living with HIV/AIDS.
"We publish everything from sonnets to science fiction, and we are always on the lookout for fresh work in all genres that reflects current realities of living with HIV, whether the writers or characters identify as negative or positive, as world citizens, or as members of specific diverse communities. Although A&U has published several moving and insightful accounts from the first decades of the epidemic, we are excited by work that challenges older narratives about illness and reflects instead a complex and contemporary global reality."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Details on request. Response time: 3 months.
"We see literature and the arts as part of a broad, ongoing cultural conversation that every society needs to remain vibrant and alive. We look for the honest voice, the idiosyncratic signature, experimental where necessary but not willfully so. Writing that grows from a vision, a perspective, and a passion will interest us, regardless of structure or approach."
Submission period: Sept 1 - May 31. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: AGNI pays $20 per page for prose and $40 per page for poetry, with a $300 maximum. Response time: 3 months.
Baltimore Review
"The mission of The Baltimore Review is to showcase Baltimore as a literary hub of diverse writing and promote the work of emerging and established writers."
Submission periods: August 1 through November 30 and February 1 through May 31. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $40 Amazon gift certificate or $40 through PayPal, if preferred. Response time: 3 months.
Black Denim
"Black Denim Lit welcomes thoughtful writers, new and established. We are looking for fiction up to 7,500 words that has unique and lasting artistic merit. We may consider novelettes on a case by case basis." Genre fiction: Scifi, fantasy, mysteries, thrillers.
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: 1 cent per word. Response time: 3 months.
"Blunderbuss Magazine is a web magazine of arts, culture, and politics, an ordnance of fire and improvisation. What ties together these essays, stories, poems, photographs, comics, and other bits of aesthetic shrapnel is a common attitude of visceral humanism. We aim for earnest noise. We want to splash in the mud of lived experience, to battle for a radical empathy, and to provide a megaphone to howling assertions of human subjectivity."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Modest. Response time: 3 months.
Border Crossing
"Founded in 2011, Border Crossing is a literary and arts journal published by the Lake Superior State University Creative Writing Program. Uniquely situated on the border of the United States and Canada, we're committed to publishing the best work submitted by emerging and established writers on both sides of the border and abroad. We're especially interested in writing that crosses boundaries in genre or geography, and voices that aren't often heard in mainstream publications."
Submission period: Sept 15 - Feb 1. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $100 for featured authors. Response time: 4-6 months.
Brain, Child
"Through essays, poetry, fiction and feature stories our writers provide their unique perspectives on being mothers. We aim to be down-to-earth, literary, commonsensical, funny, poignant, honest, respectful, irreverent, relevant and intelligent. We like to cover traditional and not-so-traditional parenting subjects; our writers are willing to address the big questions. Each issue of Brain, Child is packed with personal essays, in-depth features, a debate, a parody, fiction, and words from you: our community, our readers." Not looking for how-tos.
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 3 months.
Buffalo Almanack
"Buffalo Almanack considers fiction of all styles and genres. We neither discriminate against the traditional nor the experimental, neither the "literary" nor the fantastic. Our interest in domestic micro-fiction is as great as our interest in space-travel novellas and we'll always save a seat for the remarkable and unexpected."
Submission periods: February, March, May, June, August, September, November, December. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $50 prize for the best of each issue. Response time: 1 month.
Carte Blanche
"At carte blanche we believe there is more than one way to tell a story. Our mandate is to provide a venue for narrative of all forms from fiction and nonfiction, to poetry and photo essays. carte blanche is published three times a year in the winter, spring/summer, and fall. carte blanche is a volunteer, not-for-profit literary project published by the Quebec Writers' Federation, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and individual sponsors.
Submission periods: March 15 until May 1, 2015 and from September 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Modest. Response time: 3 to 6 months
"Contrary is a quarterly literary journal that publishes commentary, fiction, and poetry and especially specimens that defy those categories. Founded at the University of Chicago in 2003, it operates independently on the South Side of Chicago and publishes writers from throughout the world."
Submission periods: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $20. Response time: 3 to 6 months.
Falling Star
"Falling Star Magazine is a print quarterly featuring short fiction, poetry and art of all mediums. Founded in Winter 2000, Falling Star presents work from the world's emerging writers and established literary voices; recent contributors hail from Michigan and Poland, L.A. and the U.K."
Submission periods: Themed issues, submission periods not clear. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $10 per poem and $25 per story. Response time: 3 to 6 months.
Fiction Desk
"The Fiction Desk publishes a range of short stories from new and emerging authors, with a focus on strong plots and characters. We're based in the UK, but we accept submissions from authors around the world."
Submission periods: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment:£15 per thousand words. Response time: 3 months.
Freeze frame fiction
"freeze frame fiction is a quarterly flash fiction publication. The idea: any genre, no content restrictions—just good flash fiction. freeze frame fiction is looking for stories that stick with you, despite how short they are. We want to showcase just how powerful flash fiction can be. We want developed characters and interesting plots. One thing we're not looking for is vignettes: all stories must be complete stories, even if the ending is left open to the reader's interpretation."
Submission periods: All year. (See guidelines for details.) Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $10. Response time: 3 months.
"Geist is a magazine of ideas and culture made in Canada with a strong literary focus and a sense of humour. The Geist tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Each issue represents a convergence of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, art, reviews, little-known facts of interest, cartography, and the legendary Geist crossword puzzle. Geist is a Canadian magazine, and requires a Canadian connection in all non-contest submissions."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 4 months.
The Georgia Review
"The Georgia Review seeks memorable and distinctive poems, short stories, and essays, whether from Pulitzer Prize winners or previously unpublished writers. Thesis-oriented interdisciplinary essays are especially welcome. Occasional special features on topics or individual writers."
Submission period: Closed to submissions between May 15 and August 15. Submissions received during that period will be returned unread. Simultaneous submissions not allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 3-6 months.
Glimmer Train
"We have a special focus on emerging writers, holding the Short Story Award for New Writers four times a year. In a recent Best American Short Stories, of the top "100 distinguished short stories," six appeared in Glimmer Train Stories, second only to the New Yorker. We are pleased to say that, of those six, two were those authors' first stories accepted for publication. Every year we pay writers over $50,000, nearly a third of that going to new writers."
Submission period: May, September, January (no fee). Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $700. Response time: 3 months.
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
"The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, "compressed creative arts." We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly, without labels, and the labels here only exist to help us determine its best readers."
Submission period: Until July 15. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $50. Response time: 1-3 days.
Kansas City Voices
"There is no "type" of work we are looking for, and while we would love for you to read through our previous issues, it is not an indicator of what kind of work we actively seek. Our editors rotate, our tastes evolve, and good work is just good work. We want to feel something when we encounter a piece. We want to be excited, surprised, thoughtful, and interested. We want to have a reaction. We want to share the best voices we find. Send us that one."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Small. Response time: 3-6 months.
"The editors of LONTAR are looking for quality literary writing with elements of the fantastic, which is in some way connected with the cultures, traditions, mythologies, folk religions, and/or daily life in Southeast Asia. While we are happy to look at works by writers outside of the region, we want to actively encourage Southeast Asian writers to submit your work." Located in Singapore.
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $25 SGD per story (or $10 SGD per poem). Response time: 3-6 months.
The Masters Review
"Our New Voices category is open year round to any new or emerging author who has not published a work of fiction or narrative nonfiction of novel length. Authors with short story collections are free to submit."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $0.10/word up to $200. Response time: 3 months.
"We seek work that is beautiful, shocking, intense and memorable. Darker pieces are generally favoured over humorous ones - as are free verse poems over those that rhyme. Genre work is welcome, experimentation is encouraged. There are no limits on form or word count."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 3 months. Reprints accepted.
"Okay-Panky is a weekly online magazine of short, darkly comic, ironic, and experimental fiction, essay, poetry, and graphic narrative published by Electric Literature."
Submission period: Late summer 2015. (Two calls per year.) Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $100. Response time: 3-6 months.
The Pedestal Magazine
"As editors of The Pedestal Magazine, we intend to support both established and burgeoning writers. We are committed to promoting diversity and celebrating the voice of the individual."
Submission period: See guidelines for schedule. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $40 per poem, $.03 cents per word for flash fiction. Response time: 4-8 weeks.
Printers Row
"Every week, a new fiction story is delivered with the Printers Row Journal, a product of the Chicago Tribune. We are always looking for story submissions, which will be judged on a rolling schedule. At the center of Printers Row Journal, our premium weekly supplement, is a handsomely produced short story pamphlet. The Tribune showcases winners of our Nelson Algren Short Story competition but aims to build on that tradition by spotlighting even more top-quality new work. While we love stories from the Midwest, our goal is to honor glorious stories regardless of setting."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 3 months.
"Punchnel's is a general-interest web magazine written for a smart, discerning audience of adults around the world. We publish continually, with new material appearing every weekday. We don't have a specific editorial focus. We buy what we like."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $10.00. Response time: 6 weeks. Reprints accepted.
The Puritan
"The Puritan is an online, quarterly publication based in Toronto, Ontario committed to publishing the best in new fiction, poetry, interviews, and reviews. The Puritan seeks, above all, a pioneering literature. Work featured here may push toward the symbolic frontier, challenging limitations and forging into previously unexplored aesthetic territory. But it may also revisit and revitalize traditional forms. The Puritan embraces work wherever it lands on the conceptual spectrum, so long as it is original, intelligent, and engaging."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: See guidelines for schedule of payments. Response time: Not specified.
Read Short Fiction
"Read Short Fiction is dedicated to publishing quality stories of almost all genres (we don't publish erotica, and, as we are seeking stories designed for a large audience, we will rarely publish work that is too experimental). Word lengths should be between 1,500 and 4,000 words."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: 5 cents per word, with a cap of $150 per story (first 3,000 words). Response time: 6 - 9 months.
The Rusty Toque
"The Rusty Toque accepts unpublished literary writing in the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic short fiction, and experimental writing. Fiction submissions should be between 1200 and 6000 words."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $50 (CAD). Response time: Not specified.
"Slice magazine welcomes submissions for short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. We're looking for anyone with a fresh voice and a compelling story to share—basically any work that really knocks our socks off. We're not drawn to experimental or heavy-handed genre fiction." Themed issues.
Submission period: June 1 - August 1, 2015. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $100 for stories and essays and $25 for poems. Response time: 3 months.
Southern Indiana Review
Accepts fiction, poetry, drama, art. All genres.
Submission period: September 1st to April 30th. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $75 (for up to five layout pages) and $150 (six or more layout pages). Response time: 3 months.
Spark is not a genre-specific anthology; we are looking for great stories without boundaries. Therefore, most genres are considered, including Speculative Fiction, Western, Young Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Mystery/Crime, everything in-between, and impossible-to-classify works that blend elements from multiple categories. However, due to current market saturation, the specific sub-genre "Young Adult Paranormal Romance" has very little chance of acceptance unless it's truly amazing.
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: 2¢ per word or $20 per work, whichever is more. Response time: 6 months.
Still Point Arts Quarterly
"Still Point Arts Quarterly is a publication with a clear focus on art, artists, and artistry. Within this focus, the Quarterly addresses topics such as inspiration, imagination, and creativity as well as offering articles on art history, artist biographies, and art criticism. Both non-fiction and fiction are published (up to approximately 5000 words), and poetry is published on occasion."
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Modest. Response time: 3 months.
The Stoneslide Corrective
"We'll look at any genre. We like serious, comic, lighthearted, dark, emotional, and acerbic. The important factor for us is that the work use story, characters, emotions, and other fundamental elements of storytelling to think, to ask questions, to move the mind forward. "
Submission period: All year. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $250 for short fiction and short narrative non-fiction, and $100 for flash pieces up to 1,000 words. Response time: 3 months.
Tin House
"Tin House is a haven for authors at the peak of their powers and also a jumping-off point for unpublished writers and anyone taking risks, pushing form and language. We're a magazine not identified with any one region but international, drawing writers and contributing editors from all over the globe. Each issue seeks to be tantamount to an invitation to the greatest literary house party ever."
Submission period: September 1 through May 31. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Not specified. Response time: 3 months.
Vine Leaves Literary Journal
"Founded in late 2011, by Publishing Editor, Jessica Bell, Vine Leaves Literary Journal offers the vignette, a forgotten literary form, the exposure and credit it deserves. The journal, published quarterly online, is a lush synergy of atmospheric prose, poetry, photography and illustrations, put together with an eye for aesthetics as well as literary merit." 800 word max.
Submission period: January Issue: October 1st – November 30th ; April Issue: January 1st – February 28th ; July Issue: April 1st – May 31st ; October Issue: July 1st – August 31st . Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: $5 AUD. Response time: 3 months.
Workers Write!
"Each issue of Workers Write! contains stories and poems from a particular workplace. The 12th issue will be Tales from the Construction Site and will contain stories and poems from laborers, carpenters, plumbers, welders, foremen, safety inspectors, individual contractors - anyone who builds or works in construction for a living."
Submission period: Deadline Dec 31, 2015. Simultaneous submissions allowed. Payment: Between $5 and $50. Response time: 3 - 6 months.


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Cork flooring is such a great look and is very versatile. Cork is available in lots of colors, styles and finishes and can be installed anywhere from the den to the kitchen. Designers love it and the "green" among us will truly appreciate the qualities it brings to the table. The only place I am reluctant to install cork is in totally wet areas such as full baths or laundry rooms. Cork is available in sheets, tiles and floating planks that can be installed over any substrate or grade.
Some of the benefits of cork are as follows-
- Soft and cushy– as compared to hardwood flooring or tile, your feet will appreciate the added bounce.
- Sound reducer- Cork is a cellular product to lots of sound is absorbed and make for a quiet walk– Playroom??
- Durability– Cork is a proven long lasting material– it has been around in churches for a very long time.
I will say that I installed cork in a clients basement that had lots of sun exposure and it faded quite a bit over just a few years, so I would recommend having shades or UV reducing film installed on the windows in these areas.
I hope this provides a bit of an insight to what cork flooring can look like in your home. Until next time…


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Los Angeles K–12 schools, already operating with a paucity of teacher librarians, also have a shortage of library aides. While parent-teacher organizations are stepping to raise funds to hire library staff in a few cases, other school libraries are being run by volunteers—violating Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) own rules, and resulting in the loss of potentially millions of dollars of materials.
"We have proof that volunteers are doing that," says Franny Parrish, about volunteers running school libraries. "They're even giving volunteers access codes to check books in and out."
Parrish, a library aide at Dixie Canyon Community Charter School school for the past year, works 15 hours a week to service 700 kindergarten through fifth graders. The school lacks a teacher librarian on staff. Parrish has seen schools stripped of useful library time for their students—and stripped as well of important learning materials, including books, she says.
At Dixie Canyon, Parrish inventoried the book collection when she started in September 2012, and found $12,000 worth of books missing. The school library had been open to teachers who could check out books for student, but without any library staff to help, materials were often not returned.
"For a teacher to track down books and run a class, that's not possible," says Parrish, who is also a member of The California School Employees Union and has filed a grievance against LAUSD. "We believe millions of dollars of books across the district are missing."
But LAUSD schools don't have the funds, it appears, to hire staff to run every school libraries. Just 349 library aide positions were purchased for the 2013–2014 school year—and only 40 of them paid for by the district—to support 18 primary centers, 469 elementary schools, 85 middle schools, 85 high schools, and 28 span schools where various grades are at one site, according to data from LAUSD.
Many of these staffers are not in full-time positions and like Parrish, and work just a few hours a day.
"Not all are the usual six-hour position," says Monica Carazo, a public information officer with LAUSD. "Some schools currently purchase library aides on a two- or three- hour basis instead due to the budget situation."
High schools are the only centers where LAUSD is paying for teacher librarian positions, with some of these assignments stretched over two locations, according to Carazo. Many elementary schools have neither teacher librarians nor aides. At some schools, like Wonderland Avenue Elementary in Canyon Hills, PTAs have reportedly stepped in to help fund some help. But for eager parents who may not have the ability to buy a position yet have the time to volunteer? LAUSD says to stay home.
A policy bulletin published in April strictly outlines the way volunteers can—and cannot—work in school libraries. If a library aide is not on staff in an elementary school or a teacher librarian is not on staff in a middle or high school, volunteers cannot help with basic tasks like checking in and out books.
But that policy seems to counter LAUSD's own directive for schools to find avenues for its students to use school libraries. "School principals have the responsibility to ensure that students have access to the school library, that school library materials are appropriately monitored and maintained, and that school libraries are appropriately staffed and managed," reads the Library Staffing—Student Access Clarifications bulletin of April 16, 2013.
That's precisely why Parrish got involved to file a grievance against LAUSD, to protest the district's saying school libraries should be open, but allowing non-aides or teacher librarians to run them. She says she will keep filing new grievances until proper funding is restored for "appropriate staffing," she says, to all the libraries in the district.
"The students deserve nothing less," she tells School Library Journal. "How can you say you promote literacy without libraries?"


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Six ingredients, 5 minutes of hands-on cooking, and dinner is served!Submitted by ORANGECOWCAT
A quick and easy dinner that is also low in fat, this chicken casserole is perfect for busy nights.Submitted by LYZ219
This quick and healthy side dish takes just minutes to prepare! And as a bonus, it's an easy way to get the kids to eat their vegetables. (And if you don't like using butter spray, you could melt a few pats of butter and brush the butter on with a pastry brush - whatever your preference!)Submitted by MATCM81
Submitted by SHANIMCK
Full of fruit, fiber, and protein, and it's YUMMY, too! Top with berries if desired.Submitted by KARENMON
A quick and easy version of an Italian classic that can be finished in the oven or on the stove. Submitted by SORCHACULLEN
The trick to learning to like vegetables you hate is to disguise their appearance and flavor. Think about what it is you dislike about that particular vegetable.
I asked Fred why he's anti-green beans. It turns out that he remembers the long, mushy canned beans from childhood.
Step 1: Chop the beans into 1-inch pieces.
Step 2: Change texture. Sauté them in a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper on high heat until they're crispy on the outside and still slightly firm.
Step 3: Change the flavor: Add pesto (with homemade lemony basil from the co-op) and an extra bit of parmesan cheese!
Results: "Is this pasta?" Fred asks as I hand him a plate of beans. Submitted by STEPFANIER
A wonderful way to use up the vegetables in your crisper.Submitted by BLUEMURRAY
Very easy recipe that satisfies my craving for Chicken Parmesan.Submitted by SRNDR46
A flavorful chicken recipe.Submitted by LOLITASMASH
Easy marinade, and short cook time.Submitted by ASHLEYB28
Instead of reaching for fried chicken or frozen chicken nuggets, turn to these spicy, crunchy ones instead. Submitted by CHEF_MEG
These cupcakes are light and yummy!Submitted by MOMMACAKES


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Alright, so by now, we all know that the current Disney Guest Assistance Card (GAC) will be in operation through Oct. 8, 2013. On Oct. 9, 2013, the Disabled Assistance System (DAS) will go into operation. Many have wondered just how this whole thing is going to work, and Doctor Disney is here to tell you.
To hear my opinions on this whole thing, click this link. To read what we already kind of knew about the DAS, click this link.
Moving on now. A Cast Member test and training sessions has been done on the new DAS going into place on Oct. 9, 2013, and now you can find out everything that will need to know about DAS, how to use it, how it will work, and what changes will be there from GAC.
NOTE: Things can change and it is possible that this could be altered before it goes live or even soon after or long after. This is a brand new system. But this is how the WDW Cast Member training went for it.
Facts about Acquiring a DAS:
- The card will be green
- The back will have an agreement where a guest will have to sign and date
- It is non-transferrable
- A picture of the guest the DAS card is issued for can be put on the card. If a guest chooses against it, they must have a photo ID ,with matching name, with them for every time they use it.
- The card will also include the guest's name and the number of people in the party
- A DAS card is good for a maximum of 7 days
- Guests staying longer or Annual Passholders will get a DAS card with a QR code on the front. The QR code will allow those guests to have it scanned at guest services the next time they need it so they won't have to give all the info again.
- The card will have a grid on the back for name of attraction, current time, current wait time, return time, and Cast Code
- The Cast Code will be a unique code that will be written so guests don't forget wait times, attractions, etc..
- The Cast Code will be announced to Cast Members at the beginning of each day and posted in break rooms. It has not been determined yet if the code will be attraction specific or land specific.
How to use the DAS card:
- Guests will go up to a standby entrance line for an attraction
- A Cast Member will take the DAS card and on the back, write the attraction name, current time, current wait time, return time, and cast code
- The Return Time will be 10 minutes less than the current wait time so that DAS guests can accommodate for any type of FASTPass line wait time
- Guests come back to the attraction at their Return Time and go into the FASTPass line
- The FP line Cast Member will check everything on the card and put a line through the current Return Time to show it has been used
- Guests cannot get another DAS Return Time until their current one has expired
DAS Return Time Example for Attractions with FASTPass – Ex. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin:
- Guest gets to Buzz Lightyear standby line at 11:00 a.m.
- Wait time is 45 minutes
- Guest gives Cast Member DAS card
- CM writes on DAS card: Buzz Lightyear / 11:00 a.m. / 45 minutes / 11:35 a.m. (Attraction / Current Time / Wait Time / Return Time)
- Guest returns to FASTPass line for Buzz Lightyear at 11:35 a.m.
- Guest shows CM the DAS card with info along with photo ID, if necessary
- CM crosses line through current Return Time as guest and party go into FASTPass line
DAS Return Time Example for Attractions without FASTPass – Ex. Astro Orbiter:
- Guest gets to Astro Orbiter standby line at 1:00 p.m.
- Wait time is 30 minutes
- Guest gives Cast Member DAS card
- CM writes on DAS card: Astro Orbiter / 1:00 p.m. / 30 minutes / 1:20 p.m. (Attraction / Current Time / Wait Time / Return Time)
- Guest returns to standby line
- Guest shows CM the DAS card with info along with photo ID, if necessary
- CM crosses line through current Return Time as guest and party go through exit line to board attraction
DAS information with guests with a wheelchair or stroller:
- DAS cards will not be given to these guests
- A red tag will be put on the stroller or wheelchair
- Attractions will be stocked with return cards
- These return cards will have the attraction name, a spot for the name and date and wait time and return time and number in the party and the Cast Member's initials
- These can only be used one time and guests can only have one of these at a time as well
- As the Return Time comes up, the card will expire
DAS information for Give Kids the World:
- Lanyards with the Genie printed on them will still be mailed out to these guests
- These guests will still be granted immediate access
- Lanyards will have the guest's name, date, length of use, and a Cast Member's initials


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Something curious happened during Microsoft's PDC in 2003 (See 'geeks bearing gifts'). They unveiled the then-exciting and anticipated Longhorn operating system that was powered in large part by the GPU. That is, each "window" of Windows would no longer be rendered in software. They would be rendered as full 3D planes using the GPU.
Why? Stability for one, also to offset the (GDI+) window draw that would otherwise consume CPU, to the GPU, for which it should be a relatively trivial task. Of course, the "Vista Capable" lawsuit proved otherwise, as a somewhat powerful GPU was required to enable Aero.
PDC 2003 even had a worthless but informative demo showing all of the various aspects of the "Longhorn" UI floating around and being manipulated in 3D with ease. No doubt using a powerful graphics card at the time.
It is this evolution that allowed Windows Vista and 7 to have the Rolodex-style "Flip 3D" effect achieved by holding down the Windows key and Tab simultaneously.
Aside from the stability and performance benefits, Microsoft's decision to include a clever hardware-accelerated blur representing "frosted glass" looks beautiful.
Strangely, this feature which existed in both Windows Vista and Windows 7, is gone entirely from Windows 8. Ironically, the frosted glass blur effect is being introduced in Apple's iOS 7 as a feature which provides "context" to your content. (Advanced users can follow these steps to bring back aero mostly in Windows 8).
The decision to remove (frosted) aero glass in Windows 8 makes little sense, and provides no benefits to the end user. Moreover, using the keyboard shortcut WinKey + Tab no longer reveals the somewhat-useful Flip 3D, but instead triggers an awkward "Modern" flat looking task manager which only switches between apps, not windows.
I had the great misfortune of having to set up two Windows 8 machines recently. Both were set up with Modern Mix and StartIsBack. The end result is a workable version of Windows 8, but flat and devoid of character. It feels like a broken version of Windows.
We've reached a point where shuffling around the UI is the end result. Windows 8.1 introduces a few badly needed new features, such as the new All Apps screen, dynamic lockscreen, more tile sizes, desktop wallpaper behind the Modern start screen — but this a company with over 61 billion in assets (after liabilities, see archive of their balance sheet, September 28, 2013). These changes seem trivial, hardly the monumental changes we've seen in the past from companies with much fewer resources.
Customization has been at the heart of Windows since the very early days of Windows. Even Windows 95 had a feature permitting users to simulate the Win 3.x experience (program manager). Those days seem to be long gone, and relying on third party applications to keep Windows in working order seems to be the only way to be productive going forward. From Windows to Gmail, oversimplification leads to a dramatic reduction of productivity and craft.


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It seems Construct alone is giving me some information about my computer. When I start a new DirectX game and check Application properties, under "Effects", and specifically "Shader Version", it says "PS 0.0" and it's greyed out.
This isn't specifically a Construct problem, but I WOULD like to be able to do more Construct stuff. Is there some way to enable my computer or video card to be able to have SOME kind of pixel shader? Maybe something can be done by searching for video drivers or something? ^_^;;


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In interviews with more than two dozen Democratic insiders, POLITICO reports that top party members are growing more pessimistic about holding control of the House, conceding that a summertime economic recovery likely won't materialize by November. Districts that weren't considered at risk are now in play, some endangered Democrats are actively campaigning against their leadership, and more and more House committee staffers are job-hunting off the Hill.
A Gallup Poll released Tuesday shows that 47 percent of registered voters preferred the GOP candidate and 44 percent said they'd vote for the Democrat. The poll notes that Republicans have held an advantage each of the last four weeks, which is the first time either party has done so in 2010.
Can Dems reverse this negative tide against them and if so, how?


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Do you really think you will be able to charge royalties for files on the internet? It is exactly like Napster. There will be many other ways to get the same items, there are still many ways to get mp3s. The internet is limitless as is technology, that will never change unless the internet is completely eliminated, which can never happen. The internet started something you guys thought would never happen, and now it's turned around and bit you by surprise. It's too late now.Received on Monday, 8 October 2001 02:41:01 UTC
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To the authority responsible, please do what it takes to have the telephones at schools working as they should. As an administrator in a primary school of over 750 pupils you would realise (or may not realise) the number of important calls that need to be made on a daily basis. Most or maybe all school phones are now one-way where we can only receive calls and not make any calls. But guess what? Some of us do use the phones for school purposes.
On any given day we have to call parents/guardians of children who are ill. Some of them are sent to school ill, others fall ill while in school. Mr Minister whose phone do I use to make these calls? Case in point: a couple days ago a teacher noticed a child with a ringworm on his face. We needed to call the parent right away.
Another child fell ill and had vomited all over his uniform. He was also running a temperature. We needed to make a phone call.
I needed to talk to my supervisor urgently...we needed a phone call. Mr Minister when a child falls ill and we need to contact the parents or call EHS we cannot wait. Teachers do not like using their cellphones because apart from the cost attached, their numbers show up and then parents call them at all hours for minor problems.
The school funds cannot afford to foot cellphone calls now because the Minister stopped us from all fund-raising.
Please have school phones reinstated.
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Meteorites have slammed into the earth's surface throughout its history, each one carrying an invaluable record of the very beginnings of the solar system. But finding meteorites, some buried over centuries by thick layers of dirt and sediment, is no easy task.
Enter meteorite men Geoffrey Notkin and his partner, Steve Arnold. Notkin and Arnold are the two stars of "Meteorite Men," which airs on the Science Channel. During the show's pilot in May the duo found a number of very large pallasite specimens at the Brenham strewnfield in Kiowa County, Kansas. Pallasites are stony-iron meteorites that are rich in beautiful olivine crystals (the gemstone peridot).
During the Science Café, meteorite hunter Notkin will give a short talk entitled, "From Fallen Stars to Media Stars: Meteorite Hunters Investigate the Science of Rocks from Space." With his unique blend of adventure, science and humor, Notkin's presentation will focus on his use of inventive, cutting-edge technologies to detect these treasures from space.
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They can dynamite Devil Reef, but that will bring no relief, Y'ha-nthlei is deeper than they know.
I can say from experience that there's really not much to it. There was a time, almost a decade ago at this point, where I dabbled in the whole emo kid thing back in the early half of my highschool days. This was coming out of my goth kid phase.
Makeup's a bitch. Though, just for shits and giggles, I'll dig out the old makeup kit and amuse the hell out of myself that I can still put eye makeup on better than most of the women I come across in life. ROFL.
masturbate and.. yeah..schlick shlick for 24hours
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Aside from the obvious stuff everyone is mentioning, I would stick something up "there" right before I transformed back to see where it ends up.
If this happened me it would give me the perfect chanse to learn about the other gender!
I would most likely play with myself whole day.
And yeah i do not think i left my house, since my clothing is kinda iconic for me and would look weird on a girl (mostly work clothes for mechanic)
Related to the subject, a co worker to me once said ''being a woman would be great but i would not get any work done since i would squeze my titties all day long''
But yeah i would pay for a 24 hour ''test'' period, would be awesome!
and yeah ofc i would ''record'' this whole thing with my camera, so i have some proof it actually happened.
That'd honestly be the first thing I'd do, it's something I couldn't do as a guy, vaginal masturbation that is.
I'd then go into GAME and attempt to steal a bunch of shit from them (I couldn't care less about them not profiting from pre-owned titles). Assuming I have a good enough plan to get away and get out of sight. I can't imagine I'll ever get caught, especially if I wear some garb that certainly isn't near what I usually wear, something a bit more feminine to further the illusion that it was a girl that robbed them and not a guy.
I'd try and find some of my friends and freak them out with my insane knowledge of them and their lives, despite being a seemingly ignorant person who they've never met before.
I think I might then round the day off with seeing what I can hold between my breasts, assuming I end up with a decent sized pair of tits.
If you spend your entire life getting senpai to notice you, you'll never notice anyone else.
I would immediately check myself out in the mirror
Play with myself.
Call the porn industry and do as many videos as possible in 24 hours (one with a lesbian orgy).
If it wasn't obvious I'm really a guy.
I'm just curious, hypothetically speaking (not that I would do this myself), but if you got fucked by a guy while you were in your temporary female state, would that make you gay?
Also, if you recorded yourself as a female and then masturbated to your female self when you transformed back to a male, would that make you gay or be weird in any way?