text:
The State Board of Elections
Campaign Disclosure
What's New
Report Filings
Learning About
IDIS Electronic Filing
Enforcing the Law
The Board
Related Material
Electoral Board (SOEB)
Employment Opportunities
Election Authorities
Voting and Elections
Election Results
District/Official Search
Registration and Voting
Election Administration
Learning About Elections
Federal Legislation
Polling Places
Business Registration
Search Businesses
Search Affiliates
Existing Contracts
Available Contracts
Register a Business
Freedom of Information Act
External Links
Menu ▼
Coming soon, a redesign to the SBE website. We want to hear from our users. Here is your chance to tell us what you would like us to change in order to build a website that creates a user friendly experience that serves your needs. Please be as detailed as possible when submitting your suggestions. If you have multiple suggestions, we encourage you to submit them separately.
Select a Category
Type of User:
Select a User Type
Election Attorney
Election Authority
E-mail (Optional):
Organization (Optional):
Thank you for your submission! If you have further suggestions, please feel free to submit another recommendation by clicking the button below. Otherwise you are welcome to close the form and continue using our site. You can access this form from any page, so please let us know if you think of something in the future!
Submit Another
We Want Your Input! ▼
Banner Left Alignment
Image Links Banner
Banner Search Alignment
Next Election:
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Return to Previous Page
Contact Us
We're redesigning our website and
we want your input!
Campaign Disclosure Glossary A - E
A-1 report
– A report of any contribution of $1000 or more shall be filed with the Board within 5 business days after receipt, except that the report shall be filed within 2 business days after receipt if (i) the contribution is received 30 or fewer days before the date of an election and (ii) the political committee supports or opposes a candidate or public question on the ballot at that election or makes expenditures in excess of $500 on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate, candidates, a public question, or public questions on the ballot at that election. Such report includes the name, address, date and amount of the contribution.
– Any organization with which a political committee has significant financial ties and which is presumed to be represented in its interests by the political committee.
Anything of value
– Includes all things, services, or goods, regardless of whether they may be valued in monetary terms according to ascertainable market value.
– An item of property, other than cash or services, of whatever kind, tangible or intangible, which has either a fair market or salvage value in excess of $150. When a political committee files a final report, it must dispose of any remaining committee assets by either donating or selling them.
Asset schedule
– Upon termination of the filing status of a political committee, any asset still in its possession must be disposed of either by sale or by donation. Disposition of all assets shall be shown on the final D-2 report filed by a political committee. The Asset Schedule shall show a description of the asset, the date it was acquired, whether it was donated or sold, its value if sold, and the name and address of the entity which took possession of the asset.
B-1 report
– A political committee that makes independent expenditures of $1,000 or more during the period 30 days or fewer before an election shall electronically file a report with the Board within 5 business days after making the independent expenditure. The report shall include name and address of person to whom an expenditure in excess of $150 was made; the amount, date and purpose of the independent expenditure; a statement as to whether the expenditure was in support of or opposition to a candidate; the name of the candidate; the office sought; and a certification that the expenditure was not made in coordination with any candidate or any authorized committee or agent of such committee.
Ballot forfeiture
– The State Board of Elections shall not certify the name of any person who has not paid a civil penalty imposed against his or her political committee under Article 9 to appear upon any ballot for any office in any election if the penalty is unpaid by the date required for certification. The election authority shall not place upon the ballot the name of any candidate appearing on this list for any office in any election while the penalty is unpaid, unless the candidate has requested a hearing and the Board has not disposed of the matter by the date of certification.
Ballot initiative committee
– The candidate or political committee deemed to have received the benefit from an expenditure. An expenditure made by a political committee on its own behalf shall list the expending committee as the beneficiary on the Schedule B form. An expenditure made to support another political committee or candidate shall be reported by listing that political committee or candidate as beneficiary.
– The candidate or political committee deemed to have received the benefit from an expenditure. An expenditure made by a political committee on its own behalf shall list the expending committee as the beneficiary on the Schedule B form. An expenditure made to support another political committee or candidate shall be reported by listing that political committee or candidate as beneficiary.
– The State Board of Elections.
– A person who collects or accepts contributions from at least 5 persons in the aggregate of $3,000 or more outside of the presence of a candidate or not in connection with a fundraising event sanctioned or coordinated by the political committee during a reporting period. Does not include a person who is an officer of the committee, a compensated employee, a person authorized by an officer or the candidate of a committee to accept contributions on behalf of the committee, or an entity used for processing financial transactions by credit card or other means.
– Any person who seeks nomination for election, election to, or retention in public office, or any person who seeks election as ward or township committeeman in counties of 3,000,000 or more population (Cook County), whether or not such person is elected.
Candidate political committee
– The candidate himself or herself or any natural person, trust, partnership, corporation, or other organization or group of persons designated by the candidate that accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 on behalf of the candidate.
Code of Fair Campaign Practices
– A voluntary statement made and filed prior to an election, vowing that the person making the statement will subscribe to the basic principles of decency, honesty, and fair play outlined in the Fair Campaign Practices Act, and conduct a campaign which will encourage healthy competition and open discussion of issues and candidates' qualifications and discourage practices that cloud issues or unfairly attack opponents. State candidates and state political committees will file this statement with the State Board of Elections. Local candidates and local political committees will file this statement with the county clerk.
Committee (see political committee).
– Any gift, subscription, donation, dues, loans, advance, deposit of money, anything of value, purchase of fund-raising tickets, or transfer of funds knowingly received to support or oppose a candidate or proposition.
– Any candidate, individual, trust, partnership, committee, association, corporation, or any other organization or group of persons from which any cash, loan, or goods or services is received to support or oppose a candidate or proposition.
– Anyone, other than the committee chairman and treasurer, such as an accountant or an accounting firm, which has access to committee books and accounts.
D-1 form
– The form, also known as the Statement of Organization, which is to be filed by the candidate or treasurer of a political committee within 10 business days (2 business days if the filing threshold is reached during the period within 30 days prior to an election) after it reaches the filing threshold. The D-1 form provides basic committee information such as name, address, and officers of the committee; candidates or propositions supported or opposed by the committee; committee type and purpose; and financial institutions used by the committee.
D-1-A form
– The form to be completed ONLY by legislative caucus committees formed by 10 or more members of the same caucus of the House or 5 or more members of the same caucus of the Senate. It should not be completed by a legislative caucus committee established by the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the Minority Leader of the House.
D-2 form
– The form used by a political committee to file a quarterly report, a final report, or an amendment of either of these reports. The D-2 form reports summary totals of the political committee. Prior to 2011, the D-2 form was also used to file a semi-annual report, statement of nonparticipation and a pre-election report.
Date of creation
– The date on which a political committee's filing obligations begin. A political committee must begin filing disclosure reports when it either receives or expends in excess of $3000 within any twelve month period on behalf of or in opposition to a candidate or proposition. The date upon which a committee exceeds this threshold is its Date of Creation, which is reported on the D-1 Statement of Organization.
Date of receipt
– A contribution is deemed received on the date (i) a monetary contribution was deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository of funds for the committee, (ii) the date a committee receives notice a monetary contribution was deposited by an entity used to process financial transactions by credit card or other entity used for processing a monetary contribution that was deposited in a bank, financial institution, or other repository of funds for the committee, or (iii) for inkind contributions, possession of which is not actually obtained by the recipient committee, the public official, candidate, or political committee receives the notification of contribution of goods or services. If no notification has been received, the inkind contribution is deemed received on the date the candidate, chairman or treasurer of the recipient committee, or the public official, obtains knowledge of the inkind contribution. A contribution of goods actually received by the committee is deemed to be made on the date the goods are transferred to the possession of the recipient. A contribution of services is deemed to be made on the date the services are actually performed.
– Any outstanding loan or any other obligation of the political committee. A debt shall be reported on each semi-annual report until it has been repaid. A political committee may file a final report with outstanding debts. If after filing a final report, funds become available for partial or complete repayment of the debt, the political committee shall report the source and disposition of such funds.
Election cycle
– For a political party committee, a political action committee, and a ballot initiative committee, the election cycle is one calendar year. The election cycle for a candidate political committee is based upon the office sought be the candidate.
Electioneering communication
– Any broadcast, cable, satellite or internet communication, that refers to a clearly identified candidate, or candidates, who will appear on the ballot, a clearly identified political party, or question of public policy that will appear on the ballot for nomination for election, election, or retention, and is made within (i) 60 days before a general election or consolidated election or (ii) 30 days before a primary election that is targeted to the relevant electorate and is susceptible to no reasonable interpretation other than as an appeal to vote for or against a clearly identified candidate for nomination for election, election, or retention, a political party, or a question of public policy.
Electronic filing
– Electronic filing of campaign disclosure reports became mandatory for the semi-annual report to be filed beginning July 1, 1999, by any political committee which had at any time during that reporting period a balance or $25,000, receipts or loans of $25,000, or expenditures of $25,000. Beginning July 1, 2003, electronic filing became mandatory for any political committee crossing a $10,000 threshold. Any political committee which does not meet the threshold figure may nonetheless file electronically on a voluntary basis.
– Any person guaranteeing in writing repayment of a loan to the political committee. Shall be reported by name, address, date, amount endorsed, as well as occupation and employer if amount endorsed exceeds $500.
– Any payment, distribution, purchase, loan, advance, deposit, gift of money or anything of value, or any transfer of funds between political committees, made to support or oppose a candidate or proposition. The definition also includes an electioneering communication.
Illinois Amber Alert
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Privacy Statement
Freedom of Information Act
Campaign Disclosure Glossary A - E


text:
RUN- dont walk- AWAY from that area !!!
"We must reject the idea that every time a laws broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
-Ronald Reagan
I know a good realtor...let me know if you want my recommendation.
I hope not...it's a nice area. If you are talking about Edgemoor Gardens being too close? Those residents really don't venture that far. I have a relative in Edgemoor Terrace and they have no problems with the area and they live a block from the Gardens. It's improving a lot. I enjoy the shops along the Brandywine Boulevard.... it's a cute area. The school district makes it a huge bonus too.
I really like bellefonte. Much nicer than Claymont where i grew up. I drove through there this morning and found some pretty nice houses in my price range which i'm sure wont last very long.
Have you thought about Wilm Manor? There are a few houses for sale and it is a quiet respectable neighboorhood. Prices are decent. Been here 5 years and haven't has a complant yet. House behind me is for sale belonged to an elderly lady that had to go to a nursing home. Well kept but probably needs updating. Price approx $139,000. Some property around - corner. Detached garage. Come take a look corner of New Jersey - where I live not sure of the cross street. They are all named after presidents. Off 13 between Golden Dove and Sunoco.
Last edited by EpicWin; 04-21-2011 at 02:28 PM. Reason: Spelling
Wilmington, DE Crime Map - Showing Crimes in Wilmington - Crime Statistics, Alerts and Reports - Crime Stops Here
I live in the city limits of newark (barely) in an older neighbrohood. Love it here-
we have great neighbors, alot of the homeowners are original owners-meaning they bought the house in the 1940's and 50's and have great pride in home ownership.
The houses that do end up on the market are being sold to young couples who come in and upgrade the house and property, keeping home values up.
We also have a very active civic assn and several city and county cops live here, and some DSP officers as well. I have never regretted moving here, it is clean, quiet, and a great place to live. Good luck to you on your search. Send me a PM if you need more info.
"We must reject the idea that every time a laws broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."
-Ronald Reagan
Hello! I am looking at Pasternak Place in this section of Newark on the edge of Bear. It is a tiny rancher row home. Is that a good neighborhood? Is there a civic organization? - Emily

subset: commoncrawl


text:
What are the responsibilities of players and parents involved in the PRO+ program?
Responsibilities of Players:
• Devotion to the Game - This level is typically represented by players who have selected soccer as their sole competitive activity.
• Time Commitment - Players are expected to attend all training sessions and games. Any absences must be documented and approved by the Director of Coaching.
• Communication - PLAYERS, not parents, are expected to communicate with age group coaches and PRO+ administration.
• Pay Attention - Please pay particular attention to ALL deadlines and instructions for various activities. Adherence to these dates is key to reducing hassles and costs.
Responsibilities of Parents:
• Cal South asks that you be sensitive to the pressure that most players feel when participating in these events.
• Your POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT toward all players, at all levels of state team functions, is appreciated.
• Please limit your contact with coaches/selectors during these events.
Cal South appreciates the time and commitment parents make on behalf of the players.
To go back to the Cal South PRO+ menu page, click here


text:
Watch These People Eating Habanero Peppers — Daily Distraction
[onescreen item="5075600"]
Habanero peppers are some of the spiciest foods on the planet, so of course people like to film themselves trying to eat them.
Though they're not the absolute hottest pepper you can try, they still measure 150,000-300,000 Scoville heat units. And since most people don't really know what that means, they figure the best way to learn how hot a particular pepper is, is to eat the darn thing. And in every case, the person finds out that it involves lots of sweating and gasping.
The Daily Distraction is your Internet break from reality. Whether you're eating lunch at your desk or avoiding high school exes on Facebook, you might just laugh, say "aaahhh" or not believe what you just watched.


text:
mW to dBm Conversion
Milliwatt to dBm power converter
Decibel conversion of electric power units. mW to dBm (dB-milliwatt) and/or dBW (dB-Watt). Here is the answer to the question: 1 mW to dBm or 1 mW to Decibel-Watts. Use the calculator below to convert any mW values to dBm or dBW.
Watt (W), milliwatt (mW) Conversion Table
mW to dBm Conversion
dBm Definition: dBm is the power ratio in decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one milliwatt (mW).
The formula bellow can be translated as: "the power P(dBm) in dBm is equal to 10 times the base 10 logarithm of the power P(mW) in milliwatts (mW) divided by 1 milliwatt (mW)":P(dBm) = 10 · log10(P(mW)/1mW)
So, for P = 1 mW is equal to 0 dBm
Convert 100 mW to dBm:
P(dBm) = 10 · log10(100mW / 1mW) = 20 dBm
W to dBW Conversion
The decibel-watt or dBW isthe power ratio in decibels (dB) of the measured power referenced to one Watt (W).:P(dBW) = 10 · log10(P(W)/1W)
Convert 10 W to dBW:
P(dBW) = 10 · log10(10W / 1W) = 10 dBW
Sample dBm, dBW, W and mW conversions


text:
Mustang MonthlyNews & Views
Is There Such Thing As The Perfect Mustang Show? - Hoof Beats
Editor's Letter
By now everyone should be well rested with the Mustang 50th celebrations far off in the rearview mirror. Having sufficient time to reflect on the two shows, the more I thought about the griping and complaining I heard while attending Charlotte (and I was told it was fairly common in Las Vegas as well) the more I felt something needed to be said about show planning and follow through in an upcoming Hoof Beats column. So now you get to read and absorb my thoughts on these events this month. Pull up a seat, grab a drink, and read carefully. You may not like what I say, but it comes with much experience.
Having been in this hobby going on almost 30 years, I've attended and been involved in enough Mustang shows to have just a bit of knowledge of how a show is produced. From the very early beginnings of show planning where a few club members say "Hey, we should put on a show and help XYZ charity," to taking down the tents at the end of a long, hot day, I've been there and worn the show T-shirt. I've been involved in everything from your basic cruise night planning all the way up to MCA Nationals and Grand Nationals that my club has hosted. Even after doing our annual show for nearly two decades, there are new issues that pop up each and every year we have to tackle.
When you sign up for an event, be it a regional Mustang club show, an MCA national, or one of the anniversary shows that happen every five years, know this; everything that is handled, from registration, to parking, signing up sponsors and attracting vendors, to judging and even handing out the awards, is done by 100 percent volunteer labor. The majority of this workforce is club members, but often clubs will recruit family members or even the local Boy Scout troop to help out. Why do these people volunteer months and sometimes over a year of their personal time to help put on a show? It's because they support the hobby and want to see it continue to grow. There are many facets of this hobby and car shows are just one part, albeit an important one for the majority of Mustang owners.
You've no doubt heard the phrase "don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes." To paraphrase, "don't complain about issues at a car show until you've been involved with putting one on yourself." I've never attended a show where the awards didn't start a little late, or that I was told I could park with my club but then the parking changed on the day of the show due to other circumstances, and so many more. These issues shouldn't ruin the show experience for anyone. Remember, for the majority of shows we attend we're there to support a good cause, hang out with friends, and meet new ones. That $5 gold plastic cup with a car on top should be secondary to why you are there.
Now a really big show like the 50th anniversary show does have its own unique set of problems, but let's be honest. If the show has nearly 3,000 Mustangs registered and the majority of them are arriving the day before the show (don't we all do that for big weekend shows?) isn't it fair to expect hundreds of people in line for their registration pickup? I wouldn't expect to walk into the host hotel and walk out the door five minutes later with my registration packet. Some things were out of the MCA's control, others changed as the week wore on (weather can be an unexpected event changer), and yes, some things the MCA should have contemplated and been prepared for.
Does any of this ruin the event? Not in the slightest if you ask me. I was one of the few people who were actually AT the Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday in 45-degree weather with a constant, drizzling rain. The Mustangs that were there looked just as nice to me as the ones that were there in the sun on Thursday. There were just less of them, as many people opted to skip the show venue and stay dry elsewhere. Can I blame people for doing that? Not really, but you can't blame a 100 percent volunteer workforce of club members for everything that happened at Charlotte or Vegas. Try getting involved with organizing a show sometime and wear the MCA's shoes, and for those who do put on the Mustang shows across the country every year I salute you. It's a lot of hard work with very little appreciation for the effort.


text:
Games and Toys for Kids of All Ages
Reinvent the way your children think about playtime with an exciting assortment of games and toys for kids from JCPenney. Whether you've got a boy, a girl, or one (or more) of each, you'll find just what you need to keep them occupied. Let them simulate the grown-up life with pretend baking supplies or a dollhouse as tall as they are. They'll gladly live life in the fast lane with a remote control or inflatable race car. Want to keep it simple? We have enough dolls and stuffed animals to fit every kid's personality. Give your kids a craft book or kit for hours of creative fun. The can explore the ancient art of origami or create their own unique works of art with paints. Turn your backyard from dull to exciting with play tunnels, discovery forts, and batting tees. A budding photography can begin to learn the basics of photography with a kid's digital camera that also has video capabilities!
Our Disney collection includes a plethora of fantastic toys based on popular Disney shows and movies. Give your budding soccer star a soccer ball featuring her favorite Disney princess. Kids will love the chance create their own unique stories with action figures of Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie, and the rest of the Toy Story gang. From toddlers to young children and beyond: we have kids' games and toys for little ones of any age.


text:
Dharamshala Tour Packages
|13 Days / 12 Nights
|Hotels 3*/4*
|Discovery, Culture, Family
Dharamshala tour Packages $ 1191
Enjoy Dharamshala tour packages India. Visit historical Amritsar and its famous Golden Temple and do witness an enthralling change of guard ceremony at the Wagah Border. Your tour takes you to Dharamshala with its magnificent views of snowy peaks, pine forests and deodar, beautiful hills and tea gardens and onto McLeod Ganj, the residence of His Holiness, The Dalai Lama. Continue through picturesque Manali, onto Shimla the summer capital of the British in India, travel through the Le Corbusier's well-planned city of Chandigarh and back to Delhi!. Dharamshala Tour is more popular destination in india.Explore Dharamshala tour Packages India with Shakti Voyages.
Dharamshala tour Packages
Delhi – Amritsar – Dharamshala – Taragarh – Manali – Shimla – Chandigarh – Delhi
|Package Inclusions :
|Package Exclusions :
Shakti Voyages is the specialist in customized trip
Essential information on Travel to India, including information regarding Visa, Currency, Health requirements, safety etc. Our travel guide to India (below) covers a lot of common questions, which almost all travelers to India seek answers for.
Temperatures in India vary through the year and are different in North and South India. The winter months from November to March, are usually pleasant all over India with day time temperatures in North India averaging around 20-25 degree Celsius and at night between 5-10 degree Celsius. The summer months from April to June are increasingly hot almost everywhere in the country. During this period temperature is routinely up to 40 degree Celsius. India receives majority of rainfall between June and September. The peak tourist season in India runs from October to April, being the cooler months……. but, travelling to India during summers has certain advantage of lower prices, fewer crowds and better animal sightings in National parks and sanctuaries.
December and January can be chilly in the north, and woolen sweaters or jackets are recommended. If you are travelling at any other time of the year, or to other parts of India, light cotton clothing will be sufficient. Comfortable and casual are the watchwords. Do bring several sets of clothing, as the roads are dusty and although your vehicle air-conditioned, walking around will get clothes dirty fast! Laundry service is available in all the hotels so you can replenish your supply of clean clothing, and when you need it.
The Indian currency is called the "Rupee" and the coins are known as "paisa", 100 paisa makes 1 Rupee. Coins are issued in denominations of one, two, five and ten rupees. Paper currency notes are issued in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Rupees. You are advised to carry mix of cash and Travellers cheques. Credit cards can be used at almost all the hotels, restaurants and in most of the shops in all major cities; however they have restricted usage in more rural areas. ATM access is available in almost all the cities.
The electric current in India operates on 220/240 volts. Electric plug types come in at least two sizes and vary throughout the country, the rounded two or three pronged plug is most commonly used.
Health Information
No vaccinations are required before arrival into India. However, the CDC does advise that you take precautions against malaria. Mosquitoes are generally found outdoors at dusk; hence it is advised to be cautious. Don't drink water from the tap! While in some of your hotels the water is sufficiently treated to be drinkable, it is better to be safe than sorry. It is also easier to get in the habit of never using tap water for drinking purpose, than to try and evaluate the situation each and every time. It is also recommended that you use bottled water to brush your teeth.
The Government has introduced "No-Smoking" legislation for all hotels, restaurants and other public places. The hotels have dedicated smoking guest bedrooms. Should you desire a smoking bedroom, please forward us your request and we will gladly reserve the same for you subject to availability. The Check-in time is 1400 hours and check-out time is 1200 hours at all Hotels.
We strongly recommend that you purchase a comprehensive travel Insurance policy for your India trip. Insurance should include coverage for personal accident, medical expenses, baggage loss, and cancellation or curtailment of your holiday. You must have adequate insurance to cover you in the event you suffer a medical problem while travelling.
In India there are 22 National Languages recognized by the Constitution, of which Hindi is the Official Union Language. However, English is also widely spoken.
Passport and Visa Information:
All foreign tourists to India, except Nationals of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, must possess a valid visa. Visas are NOT issued on arrival, EXCEPT to the Nationals of Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Finland, Luxembourg and New Zealand.
Additionally if you are visiting a restricted area – Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands etc., the visa must include permission to visit these places.
A tourist visa is valid for 3 to 6 months. For this you will require an application form, duly filled and accompanied with two passport size photos and your passport. Passports need to be valid for a minimum of 6 months. It is your responsibility to ensure all visa and entry requirements are met prior to your arrival in India. Feel free to email us for any other Visa/travel information on India that you may require.
India restricts re – entering the country within 60 days of your departure. Therefore if your trip requires you to have multiple entries into India you would have to apply for a double/multiple entry Indian visa that carries a remark that you would be re-entering the country within 60 days. To obtain this waiver you would be required provide your tickets and itinerary along with the visa form. Please be aware that it is the traveler's responsibility to obtain all correct documentation prior to arrival in India.
The visa form can be downloaded from www.indianembassy.org
Safety and Security:
India is generally a safe country, however petty street crime does occur, especially in some cities. In larger cities we recommend you wear as little jewelry as possible and make sure your money is kept in a secure place close to your body. We also recommend you to take taxis, rather than walking at night. Leave your valuables (passport, credit cards, excess cash, and jewelry) in hotel safety deposit boxes wherever available. It would also be advisable to make photocopies of passport, credit card numbers, airline tickets, and keep a record of your traveller's cheques. These documents should be kept in a safe place separate from the originals. When travelling on trains, clients may wish to take extra precautions with their finances by using money belts.
If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides, representatives and drivers, a tip is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, tipping inspires great service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry across the Indian Sub-continent. You are free to tip as per your wish, depending on your perception of service quality and the length of your trip. Should you be dissatisfied with the services provided by your local guide, representative, driver or tour leader, please let us know straightaway, so corrective action can be taken.
Visiting places of Worship:
When visiting places of worship, women should have their upper arms covered, and skirts or trousers should be at least mid-calf length. Men should avoid shorts. Do carry an extra pair of socks in your handbag as you will also need to remove your shoes when entering sacred locations. Try to ensure that your shoes be easy to slip off and on for your convenience.
Golden triangle tour to agra from delhi is more experienced..
Property City : Culture & Heritage
You May Interested In
7 $ 1191
Rajasthan, IndiaRajasthan
$Price On Request
7 $ 1191
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, IndiaRajasthan
$Price On Request
6 $ 1191
agraUttar Pradesh
$Price On Request


text:
Before I say more, I need to give credit to our four older children. We are so very glad that we brought them. Even yesterday during XiXi's moments of intense distress, the kids remained calm and loving. Cholita rubbed his back and all of them repeated the words of comfort that we'd practiced at home. They play with him and act silly with him and somehow, without the English language, Cholita and XiXi created an imaginary ice cream delivery service. Cholita takes the order (mint chocolate chip, cotton candy, black licorice, etc.) and then she'll take the order to XiXi and the two of them have a dual language conversation that somehow seems to make sense to both of them and then they run around making deliveries. It's a total mystery to me.
XiXi calls Lucy "Da Jie Jie" (big big sister), Rose is "Chong Jie Jie" (middle big sister), and Cholita is "Xiao Jie Jie" (little big sister). He likes his dad and his big brother, he loves his mom, but he adores his sisters.


text:
Yesterday, Rick Perry announced that he'd had a change of heart about what women should be allowed to do with their bodies, and now fully supports the bit of the Personhood USA pledge that says, "abortion and the innocent killing of life should always be prohibited." Today he clarified that he does find abortion acceptable when the procedure is medically necessary to save a woman's life. (Actually, Perry just said "that's correct," when asked if that's the only instance in which he'd allow the procedure.) Rape and incest victims will still be stuck with the consequences of their non-consensual actions in the very unlikely event that Perry is elected president.
Earlier: Rick Perry Suddenly Realizes He's Against Abortion In Cases Of Rape & Incest


text: On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:51:00PM -0400, Mark Hahn wrote: > what's the alternative? single-threaded lat and bw are still fundamental > properties of the interconnect, just less of the whole story than before. Well, for cpus, people emphasize spec_rate over spec_cpu, because spec_rate uses all the cpus on your node. And the Top500 Linpack benchmark, for all its flaws, uses all the cores in your system. For networks, some of the elements of the HPC Challenge benchmarks use all the cores. RandomRing, for example, has pretty different numbers than a plain 2-core pingpong. And there's always the mpi-multibw benchmark that PathScale wrote. -- greg


text:
What is the file extension .avi?
Audio Video Interleave (AVI) is a Microsoft file format designed to store audio and video files on a computer which can later be played on Windows Media Player. AVI files require less compression c...
Read More »
Do you have to file a state tax extension if you file an extension for federal?
According to the 2009/2010 version of "Tax for Dummies," you may have to file a state tax extension when you file an extension for your federal tax return. Each state is different, so you will need...
Read More »
Problem attaching file that I scanned. I put extension of pdf. Error message file invalid specified. How to?
Most likely what you scanned was NOT saved as a PDF file.
What file extension is associated with Microsoft Outlook's offline file?
Microsoft Office Outlook uses the Personal Folders Files file format which uses the *.pst extension, and the Offline Outlook Data File file format which uses the *.ost extension. Throughout the pro...
Read More »
What is the best file extension for a video file to play in a DVD player?
On One Hand: Universal video file formatsFor video that is meant to be burned to a DVD and then played on a computer, file extensions .m2v, .vob or .m4v will generally work. The advantage of mpeg-2...
Read More »


text:
Lake Kariba is among the 4 largest man-made lakes in the world and the second largest in Africa. The shoreline is over 2 000 kilometres long. Kariba is home to numerous species of flora and fauna and is an exciting and unique safari destination. The Matusadonha National Park is located on the shores of Lake Kariba and several fine lodges and resorts are located here.
Kariba Recreational Park is based around the Zambezi River, which was initially dammed so as to build a hydroelectricity generation utility for the benefit of both Zimbabwe and Zambia. The dam wall with 6 flood gates was built between 1955 and 1959 and is 128 metres high and 617 metres wide. The lake is 282 kilometres long at full level and 32 kilometres across at it's widest point, 116 metres deep and covers an area of 5 180 square kilometres of what once was the Gwembe trough. The weight of the water totals 177 million tons and were all 6 flood gates opened, over 91 500 cubic metres (300 000 cubic feet) of water would surge into the river below each second! 86 men perished during construction of the dam and a church has since been constructed as a memorial to them. The dam wall was designed by Andre Coyne, a Frenchman, and built by a constructor called Impresit from Italy.
There are many stories that are put forward to explain the name Kariba. Some elders in the area note that close to the dam wall lies a rock that resembles a traditional stone trap, riva, hence Kariva, later mispronounced by the Europeans as Kariba. The other version is that the rock was named "Kariva" due to the fact that when the river flooded, the Rock trapped water thereby making it difficult for the locals who often crossed the river to return to either side of the Zambezi.
Operation Noah
This is one of the great acts of mankind giving back to nature. When the 2 sluice gates that were used to dam the Zambezi River were closed, the water started rising. Within 24 hours the level had gone up by 6 metres and by September 1959 it had risen by 60 metres. Alarm bells started ringing when it was realised that the dam was creating numerous islands and even submerging some pieces of land thereby threatening the resident animal population that had largely been left behind in the Gwembe Trough even as the local tribes were being forcibly resettled.
A concerted drive was made by the National Parks and Government to rescue the animals from the fast submerging islands. By the end of the operation the Zimbabwean team (then Southern Rhodesia) had rescued nearly 5 000 animals while the Zambian team (then Northern Rhodesia) had rescued about 2 000.
The operation attracted a lot of international attention and it received international publicity and significant material aid from as far afield as the USA and the UK.
The Nyaminyami River God is a major force in the society around the Zambezi Valley. The River God is believed to have supernatural powers. The Nyaminyami is believed to be a dragon-like amphibious being with the head of a fish and a snake's torso. It was believed that the Nyaminyami would occasionally offer charitable appearances and pause for the local villagers to slice pieces of meat from its back before returning to the water.
Folklore has it that the Nyaminyami used to live upstream with his wife but when the dam wall was constructed it separated the two. This infuriated the River God, and as he forced his way back upstream, he was responsible for the collapse of part of the dam wall that killed 86 workmen midway through the project.
The locals and tourists of Kariba look forward to September each year as the Nyaminyami Festivals are held to venerate the River God.
Flora and Fauna
Adapting to the initial flooding and annual fluctuation has caused several changes in the local animal population around the shores of the lake. The shoreline is a rich grazing area for many species, which has in turn attracted the predatory animals that hunt these species.The lake is renowned for its tigerfish but it is also home to over 40 fish species that include nkupe, chessa, bottlenose, vundu, barbell and several types of bream.
The area generally has hot summers averaging 38 degrees Celsius and an average rainfall of 660 millimetres. The winters are usually warm with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.
A slipway has been provided for visitors to Nyanyana to launch their boats, but when the level of the lake is very low the slipway cannot be used.
The lodges at Nyanyana Camp are fully equipped self catering facilities. These lodges are situated at the mouth of the Nyanyana River on the Lake Kariba shore. During the night hippopotamus can often be heard grazing around the lodge area.
Camp Sites
There are 20 camping sites available within 100 metres of the lake shore. These facilities together with the caravan sites are serviced by 2 ablution blocks comprising of showers, baths, wash basins and toilets.There are several other camps that are utilized on a seasonal basis. These are much rougher, with very little development and are more ideal for those yearning for a closer encounter with the wild.
Caravan Sites
There are 15 caravan sites within the vicinity of the lake shore.
From Nyanyana the nearest supplies, foodstuffs, fuel and other necessities are found at Kariba town, just a few minutes drive away. At Kariba, one will find most of the hotels, shops, the main harbours and several other conveniences.
Activities and Attractions
Game viewing - visitors use their own vehicles for transport.
Fishing - visitors bring their own fishing gear and boats.
Guided walks
Guided horse rides
Scenic views
Boat clubs
Boat cruises - both day and night
Nyaminyami tradition
Islands spread out on the lake - There are 102 islands on the lake including: Fothergill, Spurwing, Msambakaruma, Rhino, 126, Long Island, Redcliff, Antelope, Zebra, Kings Camp, 155, Starvation Island, Lubangwa Island, Twin Sisters, Nemambere Island, Partridge Island, Whither Island, Paradise Island, Snake Island, Bed Island, Chete Island among others.
Why Visit Lake Kariba
The Park is rich in wildlife
Beautiful well maintained accommodation
The lake is the largest water body in Zimbabwe
Wide variety of fish
The history and folklore attached to the Lake
How to get to lake Kariba Recreational Park
The Park stretches away from Kariba town and is accessible by all types of vehicles. By road from Harare along the Harare-Chirundu Road at Makuti you will turn at Makuti Hotel and a tarred road leads to Kariba town. If you are going to Nyanyana the turn-off to the camp is approximately 56 kilometres from Makuti and is sign posted. From this turn-off to the camp is 5,5 kilometres of dirt road. Kariba town is only 28 kilometres from the camp.


text: I have some questions about a cluster we're designing. We really need a relatively high density configuration here, in terms of floor space. To be able to do this I have found out pricing on some socket A boards with onboard NICs and video (dont need video though). We arent doing anything massively parallel right now (just running Gaussian/Jaguar/MPQC calculations) so we dont need major bandwidth.* We're booting with root filesystem over NFS on these boards. Havent decided on FreeBSD or Linux yet. (This email isnt about software config, but feel free to ask questions). (* even with NFS disk we're looking at using MFS on freebsd (or possibly the new md system) or the new nbd on linux or equivalent for gaussian's scratch files - oodles faster than disk, and in our case, with no disk, it writes across the network only when required. Various tricks we can do here.) The boards we're using are PC Chip M810 boards (www.pcchips.com). Linux seems fine with the NIC on board (SiS chip of some kind - Ben LaHaise of redhat is working with me on some of the design and has been testing it for Linux, I have yet to play with freebsd on it). The configuration we're looking at to achieve high physical density is something like this: NIC and Video connectors / ------------=-------------- board upside down | cpu | = | RAM | |-----| |_________| |hsync| | | --fan-- --fan-- | | _________ |hsync| | | |-----| | RAM | = | cpu | -------------=------------- board right side up as you can see the boards kind of mesh together to take up less space. At micro ATX factor (9.25" I think per side) and about 2.5 or 3" high for the CPU+Sync+fan (tallest) and 1" tall for the ram or less, I can stack two of these into 7" (4U). At 9.25" per side, 2 wide inside a cabinet gives me 4 boards per 4U in a standard 24" rack footprint. If I go 2 deep as well (ie 2x2 config), then for every 4U I can get 16 boards in. The cost for this is amazing, some $405 CDN right now for Duron 800s with 128Mb of RAM each without the power supply (see below; standard ATX power is $30 CDN/machine). For $30000 you can get a large ass-load of machines ;) Obviously this is pretty ambitious. I heard talk of some people doing something like this, with the same physical confirguration and cabinet construction, on the list. Wondering what your experiences have been. Problem 1 """"""""" The problem is in the diagram above, the upside down board has another board .5" above it - are these two boards going to leak RF like mad and interefere with eachothers' operations? I assume there's not much to do there but to put a layer of grounded (to the cabinet) metal in between. This will drive up the cabinet construction costs. I'd rather avoid this if possible. Our original construction was going to be copper pipe and plexiglass sheeting, but we're not sure that this will be viable for something that could be rather tall in our future revisions of our model. Then again, copper pipe can be bolted to our (cement) ceiling and floor for support. For a small model that Ben LaHaise built, check the pix at http://trooper.velocet.ca/~mathboy/giocomms/images Its quick a hack, try not to laugh. It does engender the 'do it damn cheap' mentality we're operating with here. The boards are designed to slide out the front once the power and network are disconnected. An alternate construction we're considering is sheet metal cutting and folding, but at much higher cost. Problem 2 - Heat Dissipation """""""""""""""""""""""""""" The other problem we're going to have is heat. We're going to need to build our cabinet such that its relatively sealed, except at front, so we can get some coherent airflow in between boards. I am thinking we're going to need to mount extra fans on the back (this is going to make the 2x2 design a bit more tricky, but at only 64 odd machines we can go with 2x1 config instead, 2 stacks of 32, just 16U high). I dont know what you can suggest here, its all going to depend on physical configuration. The machine is housed in a proper environment (Datavaults.com's facilities, where I work :) thats climate controlled, but the inside of the cabinet will still need massive airflow, even with the room at 68F. Problem 3 - Power """"""""""""""""" The power density here is going to be high. I need to mount 64 power supplies in close proximity to the boards, another reason I might need to maintain the 2x1 instead of 2x2 design. (2x1 allows easier access too). We dont really wanna pull that many power outlets into the room - I dont know what a diskless Duron800 board with 256Mb or 512Mb ram will use, though I guess around .75 to 1 A. Im gonna need 3 or 4 full circuits in the room (not too bad actually). However thats alot of weight on the cabinet to hold 60 odd power supplies, not to mention the weight of the cables themselves weighing down on it, and a huge mess of them to boot. I am wondering if someone has a reliable way of wiring together multiple boards per power supply? Whats the max density per supply? Can we go with redundant power supplies, like N+1? We dont need that much reliability (jobs are short, run on one machine and can be restarted elsewhere), but I am really looking for something thats going to reduce the cabling. As well, I am hoping there is some economy of power converted here - a big supply will hopefully convert power for multiple boards more efficiently than a single supply per board. However, as always, the main concern is cost. Any help or ideas are appreciated. /kc -- Ken Chase, math at velocet.ca * Velocet Communications Inc. * Toronto, CANADA


text:
MIAME/Plant-compliant and Plant Ontology enhanced expression
resources for Medicago.
The Affymetrix 61K Medicago GeneChip was created in collaboration with the
international Medicago community within the Affymetrix GeneChip consortia program. The GeneChip
contains probesets from three species, Medicago truncatula,
Medicago sativa, and Sinorhizobium meliloti.
For problems with the webpages contact
PLEXdb webmasters
Page last updated: September 23 2011 22:22:18


text:
Global warming is a fact. It's even more of a fact than it was yesterday. It is factier. The factuality of it all has been proven beyond de-factification by a sceptic-sponsored super-study of weather station data. It's done. Fact this in your fact hole, fact-face. I fact yo' momma. And she loved it.
If you're anything like me (and I hope, for your sake, you aren't), your first act after hearing the news was to quickly check its "interpretation" by the Telegraph's resident troll, James Delingpole. Sadly, at the time of writing this, he's been unusually quiet. No doubt he's busy scouring the (three) denier blogs he reads, looking for someone, anyone, to tell him what to think.
In truth, believers in reason over ideology will find limited satisfaction in this news. Already arch-sceptics are either weaving this study into their elaborate conspiracy theories, or pointing out (genuinely in some cases, but with slippery dishonesty in others) that they never, ever said the earth wasn't warming and, anyway, the real question is whether or not the change in global temperature is being caused by humans. So there.
On the surface, this doesn't seem an unreasonable position to take. But this argument, like much of the news coverage I've seen of this study, misses an important point. The BEST report is further proof that climate scientists are not engaged in deception, exaggeration, or sloppiness. There is no conspiracy. There is no scam.
It's shocking, I know, but they really have been telling us the truth all along.
And while climate scientists have been vindicated, the climate 'sceptics' are the ones who have been proven wrong. Yet again. All their doubts, protestations and demands for 'real science' have been shown to be completely unfounded.
So, maybe next time the science guys and gals who've been proven right say to the public, "yes, global warming is caused by humans, we should be worried about it and here's our evidence to prove it", should we, and the media that channels things into our putty-like minds, not trust them a bit more? Wouldn't that make sense? I mean, not everyone can be a climatologist or a Nobel Prize-winning physicist. Some of us can't even spell physicist. And we can't all spend our days picking apart stultifying statistics in some stodgy journal. We've got to accept some things on the basis of authority and credibility, right?
And when the alternative is to listen to the confused rants of the eccentric, hysterical science-deniers, repeatedly, embarrassingly showing themselves to be wrong time and time again, is there really any choice at all?
We all know the results of this latest study will not change a single person's mind. But who cares? If you want to believe that a secret, globe-spanning cabal of evil scientists are inventing science while under the command of a mysterious shadow-EU for the sole purpose of inventing a crisis that allows them to impose new taxes FOR SOME DIABOLICAL REASON, then go for it. Good luck with that.
I only hope journalists, bloggers, columnists, politicians (and anyone else setting the agenda that defines the future) stop indulging in the fake "debate" and focus on the real one. Climate change is here. Shit. What the fuck are we going to do about it?


text: This is a letter sent in by a Cleveland Browns season ticket holder in 1974 to management asking them to please terminate other fans from making paper airplanes out of the programs and sailing them around the stadium. You'll poke your eye out! The reply back is something no company would have the cojones to do now. [More]


text:
"Vote is a supreme power of a democratic nation. Without it it's looking like an unsupported person who has polio"
They are some great lines by someone. These lines describe the vote power in really meaning. India is also a democratic nation. Indian can use their vote to make a strong government.
Voting system in India is very strong. There are an organization called ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Publishing of VOTER LIST is the responsibility of CEO (CHIEF ELECTORAL OFICER) IN India. CEO came out with official website for every state with the motive for the benefit of the citizen and to improve communication between the election department and citizen. CEO provides the facility to check your name in voter list 2013, to add your name in voter list 2013, to find location
According to our constitution if you are 18 year old then you have a right to vote. We all know that with the age of 18+ a candidate is eligible for participating in upcoming election or can give vote. If you are a 18+ citizen of DELHI or want to give vote in upcoming GENERAL ELECTION or ASSEMBLI ELECTION and you want to search your name in DELHI voter list 2013 or want to add your name in DELHI voter list 2013 or want to download voter registration form from CEO DELHI WEBSITE then there is a good news for you. Now CEO DELHI provides the facility of online registration for voter list or voter ID card, the facility of searching name in voter list 2013 online. DELHI voter list 2013 is available online for you. CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER DELHI provides the facility of search name in online voter list 2013 from CEO.DELHI website
Here you can search your name in voter list 2013. You can download voter registration form (form no.6). You can download correction form (Form no.8). You can observe the process of your voter ID card. You can download electoral roll as PDF format. You can download your area voter list. You can apply for voter ID card by e-registration. You can get the location of your polling booth.
If you want to add your name in electoral roll then complete this process
All the first download or get FORM NO.6 and after it you should fill FORM NO. 6 and contact your BLO (BLO- BOOTH LEVEL OFFICER, BLO is responsible for add or remove name from voter list. He is a government servant or mostly work in nearby Government School). BLO will receive your FORM 6 and complete the process.
In below paragraph we are going mention some steps that how to apply online for voter ID registration:-
Ø Visit your state CEO website.
Ø Click on APPLY ONLINE after reach on official site home page.
Ø After that you will reach on a new site page eci-citizenservice.nic.in
Ø Click on NEW REGISTRATION link.
Ø After it your device will show a screen where you need to submit your email ID or mobile number for verification for next step.
Ø You will get a verification code on your email ID or mobile.
Ø Enter your verification code and submit the FORM NO.6
Ø Get the print out for further reference.
If your name is added in voter list and you want to check your name in voter list then you need to follow some steps.
Ø Visit your state CEO website.
Ø Select district and assembly constituency.
Ø Enter your name or house number or photo identity card number.
NOTE- If you have a voter ID card and your name is not in the voter list, then you are not eligible to vote in any election.
NOTE- If you have not a voter ID card and want to search your name in voter list 2013 then follow them steps.
Ø Firstly visit your state CEO website.
Ø Select assembly constituency and district.
Ø Enter your name or father name.
If you want to download your booth level voter list then follow them steps-
Ø Visit your state CEO website.
Ø Click on Download electoral roll.
Ø Select your district and assembly constituency.
Ø Select your polling booth number and download the voter list in PDF format.


text:
If you want to cut to the (unpleasant) chase, scroll to bottom and read his answer to last question.
Forbes: Online News
Up Ryan's Alley
James Erik Abels 10.02.08, 6:30 PM ET
Kevin Ryan was CEO of DoubleClick when a private equity firm bought it for $1.1 billion in 2005 (Microsoft bought it for $3.1 billion two years later). What'd he do with his winnings? Among other things, he joined a new wave of publishers building Web news businesses.
So far, so good. Last month, Quantcast reports Ryan's one-year-old Silicon Alley Insider had roughly 630,000 unique visitors. A big part of the attraction: Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodgett, one of the highest-flying analysts of the 1990s before he crashed amid an ethics scandal that left him banned for life from the securities industry.
Today, Blodgett runs three sites--with more on the way--under the banner of Ryan's Alley Corp., a New York-based incubator for six digital businesses, which Ryan says have combined annual revenues of $50 million.
Forbes.com checked in with him for his take on the market ahead and the opportunity for digital media.
Forbes.com: How do you expect advertising to hold up in the short term?
Ryan: It's going to be terrible. I'm only hearing bad things. I just had lunch with one of the top luxury-goods providers; he runs the U.S. for them. He said, starting September: catastrophe.
How does that affect your building digital news business?
We're so small that--although that is a factor--when you're tiny and you have a tiny market share, what's important is: Are you doubling in size?
How well has that strategy worked to date?
Revenues have doubled for us since June. Small numbers, but … if you have 10 people [as does Silicon Alley Media], roughly you're spending a million dollars a year.
Does that equal profitability?
Not yet--however, if we weren't launching other publications then we'd be awfully close right now. When we start a new one, you have two new people on it, you have no traffic, you're eating all those costs.
How long are you willing to eat those costs?
In the first year, we focused almost 100% on just establishing our brand name, getting people to read it, getting people to care about that. In the second year, we start now to focus on monetization and aspects like that. It's pointless to work on monetization when you have very little traffic.
If a goal is just a couple million dollars, that's still paltry next to what print brings in--even as the entire traditional media sector declines.
Online is more scalable, it's not easy to make money. The challenge in online publishing is [that] the market's not enormous right now. It's not. Your goal has to be that you're going to build a business that requires very little capital, but could be a good business that's worth $50 million.
Then where does digital media live within the news industry? Does it become a supplement to leaner but more financially valuable print publications?
I'm saying print goes away, I'm saying the industry shrinks [and earns less money]. I don't think it [ever] matches print revenues. It has lower costs--I do think there's a net transformation here.
So in the future, there's just less money in news and other forms of publishing?
The revenues are smaller. You don't have capital costs, you just have people writing and collecting [aggregating content on a single Web site]. Think of the music business. They were extorting monopoly profits because they had monopoly distribution.
Then the Internet doesn't shift existing media businesses online, it guts them?
Here we have open distribution.
That puts a lot of pressure on a start-up's small staff to generate a content volume that sells enough advertising to earn the small returns you're talking about.
I think that is a real challenge for people. You just have to manage it as best you can. It's not easy. I don't think we have an innovative great solution for that other than to be thinking about it and trying to manage it as best we can because you do want productivity.
Traditional media companies have tended toward being overstaffed but do a better job with this issue.
If the economy cools off, don't you think that gives the industry some time to begin incorporating more digital media into a business that scales?
Big media is irrelevant, really, in what happens, because they're not the driver of anything. They buy some companies and they adopt what's out there a little bit late. Look at the top 50 Web sites online: Tell me if big media created any of them.
Big media is irrelevant, really, in what happens, because they're not the driver of anything. They buy some companies and they adopt what's out there a little bit late. Look at the top 50 Web sites online: Tell me if big media created any of them.
International Herald Tribune
New York Times


text: On 18 Feb 2003, Ashley Pittman wrote: > It's not an assumption I've ever tested to be honest, my time would > probably be better spent refining the list of packages that get > installed, and then wasted again in a few weeks time when I realise that > in actual fact I do need a compiler on every node. So, I just going > leave it as it is and if I ever am in a situation where I'm waiting for > a node re-install then I will use the time to drink more coffee. Definitely the best plan. Although (as I'm pointing out in a footnote in my latest revision of the online book:-) Beowulfery!! by scary coincidence is an anagram of yow! Beerful! so you might consider beer instead of coffee. I mean, how could this be mere chance? > I would use "apt-get" rather than "yum" by choice but I don't want to go > anywhere near that argument :) Especially not with me, since my good friend and colleage Seth Vidal is the godfather of yum and just keeps making it smarter, faster, better. I used to have a modest case of apt-envy because of the incredible clunkiness of managing dependencies and the like with rpm's. No more. Anybody can trivially set up a package site to support rpm interactive or kickstart installs and yum. The last guy to try it needed a tiny bit of help from the yum list (mostly because he was setting up RH 8 but using the wrong yum source) and had everything working within a few hours of starting. At this point it is religious. Observe. I hear about "festival" which might or might not have something to do with speech recognition. If it is, I want it on my laptop so I can get it to read me stories out loud. I start by checking to see if it is available. This doesn't have to be done as root, but why not? rgb at lilith|T:2#yum list fest\* Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Dulug 7.3 Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Name Arch Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- festival i386 1.4.2-3 festival-devel i386 1.4.2-3 Looking in Installed Packages: Name Arch Version -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- so yes it is available, no it isn't already installed. Is it what I think that it is? rgb at lilith|T:3#yum info festival Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Dulug 7.3 Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Name : festival Arch : i386 Version: 1.4.2 Release: 3 Size : 69.82 MB Group : Applications/Multimedia Summary: A free speech synthesizer Description: Festival is a general multi-lingual speech synthesis system developed at CSTR. It offers a full text to speech system with various APIs, as well as an environment for development and research of speech synthesis techniques. It is written in C++ with a Scheme-based command interpreter for general control. Yup, looks like it is indeed text to speech translation. I'll be able to make my laptop talk (within reason) if I install it. So I decide to go with it. rgb at lilith|T:4#yum install festival festival-devel Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Dulug 7.3 Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies Dependencies resolved I will do the following: [install: festival.i386] [install: festival-devel.i386] Is this ok [y/N]: y Getting festival-1.4.2-3.i386.rpm Calculating available disk space - this could take a bit festival 100 % done festival-devel 100 % done Installed: festival.i386 festival-devel.i386 Transaction(s) Complete 21.902user 10.330sys 4.0%, 0ib 0ob 0tx 0da 0to 0swp 13:10.38 and I'm done, where the relatively lengthy time is because this transaction was bottlenecked by both DSL and wireless onto my laptop, and festival is quite large (28 MB;-). At this point maintenance is automatic. If somebody installs an updated festival-1.5.2-4.i386.rpm in the 7.3 install tree, my system will notice this and automatically update it in a nightly cron script. If I decide that my beowulf needs talking nodes for some reason, I can add it to their kickstart file and do a yum install on all the nodes. I can change my mind and do a "yum remove festival". I basically don't need to use rpm at all except to build or rebuild rpm's or install rpm's that aren't in the repository. I can even LIST all the rpm's installed that AREN'T in the repository to make sure to put them there before upgrading. Oh, yes, I love yum...:-) > > Yeah, that's the rub;-) Once things are bleeding edge efficient and > > scalable, it stops being worth it to screw around saving even > > significant fractions of the little time things take, especially > > unattended time. Five minutes or ten minutes of network install time > > per node is pretty irrelevant, as long as I don't have to wait around > > for either one to complete and as long as both complete without incident > > on request. > > It's only irrevelevent sometimes, you say yourself that the COD project > is aiming for "minutes" to do an install. It all depends on how often It's aiming for minutes only because that's realistic for moving OS images around networks and then doing a boot. We've talked some about ways to speed it up that might work in some cases (e.g. pre-installing or caching some of the images you expect to switch to) but they come with problems (verifying that the images you left there are untouched and match the ones you want to run, for example) and there will always be worst-case situations where you have to transfer a GB image across the network, decompress it, boot into it. > you see yourself re-installing, for most cluster people it can probably > be classed as seldom. Agreed, although in a CPS department several groups could be sharing a cluster in such a way that required a COD-mediated reboot every few hours, perhaps into sandbox images associated with particular classes or research projects. That's why we'd like it held to at >>most<< a few minutes to reboot an entire cluster. > Of course in the nfs-root world there is no such thing as "installing", > you just change the export/mount options (assuming you share the root fs > across machines). And this is fine, presuming that you're booting an environment that supports diskless nfs-root operation. Or (within COD) one might boot a small root that is transferred/installed to the node and mount everything else. There is a lot of room for clever ideas. > There is also a distinction between diskless and nfs-root, I chose to > use nfs-root on my home machines because it allows greater flexibility > in what software is running but I still have swap, /tmp and /local > running of the local hard disk. In the days before grub it was really > handy to get the kernel over the network to. Again, this is a tough call. For heterogeneous systems, one has to be able to support different system dependent identity dependent configurations in e.g. /etc/X11, /etc/conf.modules, /var and elsewhere. In the old days (when disk was dear and Sun ruled the earth:-) one typically installed a small-disk configuration with a local (but small) root partition that contained the kernel, /etc, /var, /tmp all local, and then mounted /usr (ro), /home/whatever (rw), and often /usr/local (ro) (and oddly enough) from a server. Each system could then write its own logs and spools in its own local /var, knew its identity and local configuration in its own local /etc, but shared pretty much the entire library and execution space. /bin and /sbin tended to be local as well, so the system would function single user without /usr mounted. A fully diskless configuration, e.g. a Sun ELC or SLC, would typically start with its own system-specific root partition, one per host, with its own /var and /etc and so forth, then proceed as before mounting /usr, /home/whatever, /usr/local, on top of it. The downside was building all of those / partitions for hosts and keeping track of them and ensuring that the right one was mounted on the right host. Not terribly difficult for ten diskless hosts on a LAN, not terribly easy or scalable for a hundred, even allowing for a lot more homogeneity than one typically sees with vanilla OTC PC's as nodes OR desktops. > > I think that this will be very, very cool and might even change the very > > way we think about compute resources from the desktop on down. > > I agree, this is very cool and definatly the way forward, not just in > clustering either. Linux-bios will help a great deal to. Absolutely. BIOS management is currently maddening and is a major reason that floppyless, headless, diskless nodes aren't much of an option. Most of the times we've tried this route we've gotten stuck with the "and now you need to reflash, reset, reconfigure the bios" problem and found ourselves moving a floppy and video card into one node at a time. Even nodes with serial consoles (e.g. Tyan 2466's) aren't any help if the bios resets into a no-serial-console default when they are reflashed. Then there is the PXE setup issue, where a PXE chip is preset to hang forever (until a key is pressed) on a PXE boot instead of time out into the bios boot order chain. One has to boot into a control program, typically from a DOS diskette, and have a floppy, keyboard and monitor attached to configure a node not to need a floppy, keyboard and monitor. Sigh. All that time, of course, REALLY adds on to the human energy required to install and manage a node. To the point where we don't do floppyless nodes, videoless nodes, and so forth any more. The extra $40 or so for the hardware is cheaper than the extra hour of time per node required to shuffle a floppy drive and video card through them every time a BIOS flash etc. is needed. rgb > > Ashley, > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


text:
Lakeland University offers highly regarded courses for people preparing to take their Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) exams. Program courses feature:
- Expert Instruction. Courses are taught by highly-qualified lead instructors and topic experts with extensive subject knowledge and notable online teaching experience.
- Convenience and Flexibility. Courses are offered in an online format, accessible 24/7, and enhanced by face-to-face classroom and webinar opportunities.
- Proven Results. Lakeland's prep courses yield impressive results on CPA and CMA exams. Pass rates for people completing Lakeland's prep courses regularly exceed the national average.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Prep Course
Ranked among the top 10 in the nation by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Lakeland's CPA prep course features three unique, online M.B.A. courses totaling nine credits which you have the option of applying toward Lakeland's M.B.A. with a concentration in accounting. Lakeland's CPA prep course credits can also be applied toward the 150 credit requirement to sit for the CPA exam. At the core of these online courses is the internationally-recognized Wiley CPAexcel review program utilizing streaming video lectures, business simulations, course books and homework material. This course has been completely updated to reflect the CPA exam changes.
All courses listed are three semester hours unless otherwise indicated.
- BA 796 Advanced Public Accounting I (Regulation)
- BA 797 Advanced Public Accounting II (Financial Reporting)
- BA 798 Advanced Public Accounting III (Auditing/Business Environment)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Prep Program
Lakeland University's CMA prep courses feature the official test prep materials of the IMA, Wiley CMAexcel. Wiley CMAexcel features bite-sized lessons, sample essay questions, unlimited practice exams and an exam planner. Also, with Wiley CMAexcel, you get free updates until you pass the exam. It includes two unique, online MBA courses totaling six credits which you have the option of applying toward Lakeland's MBA with a concentration in accounting. Lakeland's program delivers impressive results with more than 85 percent of people passing the CMA exam on their first try. This course has been completely updated to reflect the new two-part CMA exam.
All courses listed are three semester hours unless otherwise indicated.
- BA 771 Advanced Industrial Accountancy I (Financial Planning/Performance/Control)
- BA 772 Advanced Industrial Accountancy II (Financial Decision Making)


text:
Colorado at Arizona State
When: Saturday, 8 p.m.
Where: Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.
TV: Pac-12 Network
Radio: 850 AM
During his time at Colorado, Ryan Severson has filled a variety of roles.
The junior is about to add another one this week.
With injuries to starting inside linebackers Addison Gillam and Kenneth Olugbode, Severson will get his first career start at linebacker on Saturday when the Buffs (3-2, 0-1 Pac-12) visit Arizona State (3-2, 1-1).
"I've had the playing time, I've just never had the actual start, so it's going to be cool to get in there and play a full game," Severson said.
A special teams standout since he arrived in 2013, Severson has done everything from returning kickoffs to covering kicks and playing as a backup at linebacker.
His opportunity to start comes because Olugbode suffered a leg injury in the Buffs' 41-24 loss to Oregon last Saturday. It is an acute compartment syndrome injury, similar to the one that nearly caused former Denver Broncos safety Rahim Moore to loose his leg in 2013. Olugbode is expected to miss the next five to seven games.
Gillam, meanwhile, will miss his fourth consecutive game with a knee injury. Redshirt freshman Rick Gamboa stepped in for Gillam and has taken advantage of the opportunity with 29 tackles in the last three games.
The 5-foot-10, 205-pound Severson is about 25 pounds lighter than Gamboa, but the Buffs are confident he can play well, too.
"That's 205 pounds, but it's a solid 205 pounds," MacIntyre said of Severson. "He's a great leader for us on special teams. He's playing well. He'll do a good job at linebacker."
Whatever Severson gives up in size, he makes up for it with speed, and that could be a great asset against the speedy skill players in the Pac-12.
"Speed is my main asset, I feel like," he said. "I used that on special teams a lot. So, being able to run with backs and wide receivers in tight situations (will help). Being a little bit shorter, I can get a little lower and I'm still just as physical (as other linebackers)."
The Buffs are going to need Gamboa, Severson and the stable of defensive linemen to be at their best in order to stop Arizona State's run game.
While the Sun Devils haven't been overpowering on the ground (10th in the Pac-12 at 169.2 yards per game), they've got exceptional athletes, including Demario Richard, D.J. Foster and Kalen Ballage, who could burn the Buffs if they're not on their game. Oregon ran for 361 yards against the Buffs last week.
"It's going to be a big loss missing (Olugbode), but ... it really always starts up front with us at D-line," defensive tackle Justin Solis said. "It's definitely something we accept as a challenge as a D-line.
"I've been telling the guys at practice we have to start picking it up, seriously, because it's unacceptable what happened against Oregon. We can't be allowing that many rushing yards."
While the defensive line is ready for the challenge, so is Severson. He's been waiting for this opportunity for a while, and he's eager to prove he is capable of playing linebacker at this level.
"It's very exciting," said Severson, who has 15 tackles in 122 career snaps on defense. "We've been prepared since fall camp, switching with the (starters) and (backups) in case anything were to happen. We had this happen last year, so we were well prepared.
"I'm just excited and ready to get out there."
Brian Howell: email@example.com, on Twitter: @BrianHowell33.


text:
I have now identified a new set of 5x great grandparents: Gabriel Hall and Hannah Hunter of West Todholes, Elsdon, Northumberland. They were married 12 December 1765, so I am now going to look for birth records in the 1740s. The reasoning behind my conclusion that Gabriel and Hannah belong in my tree can be found on my Hall page.
(This is my catch-up post for Friday 6th April when I missed my postaday)


text:
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will visit with families of victims of the Washington Navy Yard shooting on Sunday and attend a memorial at the Marine Barracks Washington, the White House said.
The memorial also is scheduled for Sunday at the historic barracks, not far from the Navy Yard where 12 people were fatally shot by 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, who was killed by law enforcement Monday.
The Marine Barracks Washington, the oldest active post in the Marine Corps and founded in 1801, supports both ceremonial and security missions in the nation's capital. It is home to the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, the Marine Band the official Marine Corps Color Guard and the Marine Corps Body Bearers. The site also contains the Home of the Commandants, which is a registered national historic landmark along with the barracks.
Capt. Jack Norton, a spokesman for the barracks, said the event is scheduled to start late Sunday afternoon, and it is not open to the public. Norton said invitations are being sent to roughly 4,000 people.
The Navy Yard re-opened on Thursday for normal operations, though the building where the shooting took place remained closed.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday the president wants to mourn the loss of life in Monday's massacre and share in the nation's pain after another mass shooting.
On Friday afternoon, a flower tribute to the victims was placed in a park across the street from Building 197, where the shootings occurred. There are 12 roses, one for each victim, and there are blue and white bows with gold trim, for the Navy's colors of blue and gold.


text:
Serves: Makes 4 servings
- 2 medium red beets
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon hazelnut oil
- 4, 5–6 ounce salmon fillets, skinned
- 8 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 8 fresh dill sprigs
- 4 tablespoons dry white wine, divided
- Salt and white pepper, to taste
Cucumber Crème Fraîche
- ¾ cup crème fraîche
- ⅓ English cucumber, seeded and peeled
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped fine
- Dill sprigs for garnish
Procedures:Celebrated by chefs from Heston Blumenthal to Thomas Keller, cooking sous vide calls for slowly heating vacuum-sealed food in water at low temperatures, locking in natural juices and flavors lost with other methods. Fish, meat, poultry and vegetables cook for hours, even days, with stunning results every time. The object is to cook the items evenly and not to overcook the outside while keeping the inside at the same "doneness" keeping the food succulent.
This recipe was tested with the Sansaire immersion water circulator. Sous-vide cooking times may vary based on the device being used. Please consult your device's owner's manual for proper cooking times, food-handling and safety procedures.
Discover more about sous vide cooking with the Sansaire: Click here »
For the beets, preheat oven to 350°F. If beet greens are still attached, trim to 1" length and scrub beets. Place in a sheet of aluminum foil large enough to enclose beets. Add butter, sugar and salt, wrap foil around beets and place in oven. Roast until tender, about 1-½ hours. Remove from oven and cool enough to handle. Unwrap beets and rub off the skins with a kitchen towel or a peeler. Cut the beets into ¼" cubes, toss with hazelnut oil, season with salt and pepper, and set aside.
For the salmon, choose a pot large enough to hold your food, with plenty of room for the water to circulate. Attach the Sansaire to the side of the pot using the clamp and add water until the level is above the minimum fill line but below the maximum fill line. Remember that the water level will rise when you add your food.
Plug in and turn on your immersion circulator, turning the silver temperature ring above the display to 132 degrees. Wait until the target water temperature has been achieved before starting to cook.
Season salmon portions generously with salt and white pepper. Place each salmon fillet in a separate zip lock bag with 2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 dill sprigs and 1 tablespoon white wine. Seal the bags and refrigerate until cold, about 30 minutes.
While refrigerating the salmon fillets, whisk the crème fraiche until thickened. Grate the cucumber and fold into the crème fraiche along with the chopped dill. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To cook salmon, place bags in the pot of water heated by the immersion circulator and cook at 132°F for 10–12 minutes. Remove the bags from water with tongs and let rest at room temperature for 5 minutes.
To serve, remove salmon fillets from bags and blot on paper towels. Place each fillet on a separate serving plate and garnish each with beet cubes and a dollop of cucumber crème fraîche. Garnish with dill sprigs and serve immediately.


text: Some newbee questions. I am interested in trying to get a rough estimate of the speed at which CPUs can perform successive write operations. How fast can the average processor write to local main memory, both in bursts to successive addresses and to random addresses?. I know that in many systems to read a cache line from main memory take between 1/10 to 1/20th of a micro seconds. This is because the CPU has to issue the read, find if the desired memory is in its various levels of cache, if not, send an address out on the memory bus, wait for the roughly 30 ns RAM read delay, and then burst back 8 or so words into cache, at the memory-to-CPU bandwidth. If a CPU tries to write to local memory presumably it would be much quicker, because the CPU does not have to wait for any response. That being the case, how fast can a CPU write cache lines to different locations in main memory? Another question: how do most CPUs interact with cache on write operations? Presumably a write to cache take about the same number of cycles as a read from the same level cache. Is this true? My understanding is that in many CPUs one can select either (1) to make all memory writes to cache also written through to main memor, or (2) to have writes made to main memory only when a cache line is replaced in cache and thus swapped out to main memory. Is this true?. If so, what are the typical delays associated with each type of write? Is it possible to select which of these two types of writes to use on a per instruction method? If one is using method (1) can one cause the main memory image of a cache line to be update under program control? Also, are there any systems where one can indicate to the CPU that certain information is to be kept in cache and other should not, or is all caching controlled only by which of various cache lines have been most recently used? I would appreciate any enlightenment on these subjects. Thank you. Ed Porter


text:
VERGENNES — Civic organizations make a big impact in the Little City, where five secular nonprofit clubs collectively have an annual membership of more than 1,300 and make annual charitable donations of almost $150,000.
According to Vergennes Mayor Michael Daniels, the Addison County Eagles, American Legion Post 14, the Vergennes Lions Club, the city's Masonic Lodge, and the Vergennes Rotary club do more than donate money to charity. Daniels said they are integral parts of the city's fabric.


text: There are no two shoes be the same,the overall design is unique.We sale all the Nike Shoes in the cheapest prices with high quality. Air Jordan 5 are the combination of classic and innovative.That's why everybody still loves them, year after year, season after season. At here,we are honored to tell you that you had come to the right place.welcome to buy !


text:
Manor ISD would like to invite everyone out to the "Show Me Your Face" benefit concert, sponsored by the Deliverance Worship Center and other area churches. The fundraiser will be 6 pm January 21st at the Manor High School Performing Arts Center, and all proceeds will go towards supporting the MISD Fine Arts Department.
The event will feature music, dancing, comedy and much more! Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased here.
Published Print


text:
when a person walks into a public restroom looking for an empty stall; they peer through the crack of the stall looking for and empty toilet. The awkward embarrassing eye contact that the person inside and outside the stall make with each other is called peek-a-poo.
I was kind of embarrassed when I got peek-a-pood by a stranger in the public bathroom earlier today.
by jc bro April 17, 2011
The act of dropping a deuce on one's partner's face during a sixty-nine.
by Hoshkades August 06, 2006
"Dude -what are you doing in there? Dying?"
"No man, I'm playing peek-a-poo! Come in here and take a look at this animal!"
"No man, I'm playing peek-a-poo! Come in here and take a look at this animal!"
by D-McNasty June 05, 2014
buy the domain for your diy site
The act of busting into a occupied toilet, where the occupant is taking a shit, to catch the suprised look upon their face with your camera.
Guy: Dude check out this photo, i went to the bathroom and caught Jay with a peekapoo.
by SiAlMi September 22, 2006
when you take a dump at the house of somebody else and don't flush but shut the lid so they can't see it until the lid is lifted.
1. before leaving bob's house I got him with a peek-a-poo.
2. after jim left I found a peek-a-poo that he left 4 me
2. after jim left I found a peek-a-poo that he left 4 me
by jsherwood91 May 23, 2008
When evacuating the bowels, a person will begin to retract the emerging feces and then slowly let in emerge, then retract it again. Repeat until bored.
Hey dudes! I just played Peek-a-poo in the shitter!
by nom nom de plume June 07, 2009
by Rockcane May 02, 2017


text:
Recording period between
The younger brother of Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws has a nice soulful sound on tenor, but has never seriously pursued playing jazz. Throughout his career, which includes early-'70s gigs with Quincy Jones, his brother, Ramsey Lewis, and Earth, Wind & Fire, Laws has essentially been an R&B player. He has led his own albums since 1975, but recorded very little of interest to the jazz world, although he is often listed on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart. ~ Scott Yanow


text:
Former GVSU Quarterback Cullen Finnerty Missing After Fishing Trip
Police in Lake County are currently searching for former Grand Valley State University quarterback Cullen Finnerty. Finnerty went fishing late Saturday night and hasn't been heard from since.
Police were able to locate the small pontoon boat that Finnerty was using, but found no sign of him.
Finnerty had a very successful time at GVSU. When he left in 2006, he was the winningest quarterback of all time with a record of 51 - 4.
Cullen played briefly in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens after his college career.


text:
Wonderfully wooded, beautifully landscaped, College Pointe offers privacy as well as convenient residential living. Close to I-5 and SR-101; JBLM and McChord AFB. Saint Martin's University is also nearby. Walk to shopping, schools, parks, golf courses, and restaurants. One-, two-, and three-bedroom homes feature cozy wood-burning fireplaces, bay windows, and full-size washer/dryer. These are well designed, roomy apartment homes with plenty of storage. Select units come with a FREE garage! These are a 'must see'! Call or stop by for your personal tour.
Let me know when this property is back on the market


text:
Receive your informational booklet
(Please indicate your preference)
Welshire Capital Wealth Advisors are licensed in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to offer insurance products, and life insurance (including variable life), annuities (including variable annuities), and are securities registered in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
This site is not a solicitation of interest in any of these products in any other state.
IMPORTANT CONSUMER INFORMATION: Welshire Capital Wealth Advisors may only transact business in a particular state after licensure or satisfying qualifications requirements of that state, or only if they are excluded or exempted from the state's registration requirements. Follow-up, individualized responses to consumers in a particular state by Welshire Capital that involve either the effecting or attempting to effect transactions in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, as the case may be, shall not be made without first complying with the state's requirements, or pursuant to an applicable state exemption or exclusion. For information concerning the licensure status or disciplinary history of a broker-dealer, investment adviser, BD agent or IA representative or any financial institution they represent, contact your state securities law administrator.
Insurance products from the Principal Financial Group® are issued by Principal National Life Insurance Company (except in New York), Principal Life Insurance Company, and the companies available through the Preferred Product Network, Inc. Securities and advisory products offered through Principal Securities, Inc., 800/247-1737, Member SIPC. Principal National, Principal Life, the Preferred Product Network, and Principal Securities are members of the Principal Financial Group®, Des Moines, IA 50392. Welshire Capital is not an affiliate of any company of Principal Financial Group.
Principal Life maintains certificates of authority to transact insurance in all 50 states. Principal Life NAIC identification number is 61271. Principal National NAIC identification number is 71161.


text:
In this leveled eBook the original work has been adapted into a short novel-type 10 chapter book. This high-interest low-readability format is appropriate for all ages. Introduce students to famous old world literature through this modern easy reading format.
Each title purchased is provided in the two most commonly used formats: PDF (static scrolling pages) and ePub (flip-able pages) for extensive compatibility across most electronic devices in use today.
Exciting illustrations accompany each chapter. Reading levels were developed and measured by the Fry Readability Formula and written using McGraw-Hill's controlled vocabulary. The books in this series may be used progressively for continued reading development.
The Easy Reading Shakespeare series comprises 20 titles across four reading levels. This product is available as individual titles, leveled sets and in a saver bundle.
This is an eBook DOWNLOADS
King Lear Leveled Reader
- Brand: EDCON Publishing Group
- Product Code: EDSC503-NE
- Availability: In Stock
Related Products
Tags: King, Lear, Leveled, Reader, Shakespeare, Readers, EDCON


text:
FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
Continue Reading Below
Wall Street tilted slightly lower Tuesday as traders remained anxious over apparently stalled budget talks and received little in the way of other guidance.
Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 13.8 points, or 0.11%, to 12952, the S&P 500 dipped 2.4 points, or 0.17%, to 1407 and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 5.5 points, or 0.18%, to 2997. The FOX 50 slipped 2.7 points to 1040.
The month got off to a gloomy start Monday after a disappointing manufacturing report added yet another layer of doubt to the shaky U.S. economic and political situation. Still, the S&P 500 is looking to close the year out with a 11.9% annual gain.
The markets were broadly mixed, telecommunications and utility stocks fared the worst. Then, on the other end of the spectrum, industrial, health-care and materials names outperformed.
With the economic calendar barren on the day, traders are once again setting their sights on Washington, D.C. There, lawmakers continue quibbling over a budget deal that averts the looming fiscal cliff -- tax hikes and spending cuts that go into effect in January. If the cliff isn't avoided, the U.S. economy is expected to take a powerful punch, potentially sizeable enough to create a minor double-dip recession.
Republican leaders in Congress rejected President Barack Obama's budget plan Monday, calling for a new one with $2.2 trillion in savings over the next decade. The new plan includes $800 billion in new tax revenue, $600 billion in savings from health-care programs (like Medicare), $300 billion in other military and domestic spending cuts and other changes aimed at lowering the overall budget.
However, the White House almost immediately rejected the new plan.
"The (proposal) does not meet the test of balance," White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said, according to Fox News. "While the president is willing to compromise to get a significant, balanced deal and believes that compromise is readily available to Congress, he is not willing to compromise on the principles of fairness and balance."
In corporate news, Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) revealed plans to buy Gambro, a privately held Swedish dialysis firm, for $4 billion. Baxter hopes to solidify its renal business in the move.
Energy futures were solidly in the red. The benchmark crude contract dipped 59 cents, or 0.66%, to $88.50 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline dropped 1.4% to $2.689 a gallon. In metals, gold slumped $25.30, or 1.54%, to $1,696 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 rose 0.62% to 2598, the English FTSE 100 was flat at 5871 and the German DAX climbed 0.25% to 7453.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 slipped 0.27% to 9432 and the Chinese Hang Seng edged up by 0.15% to 21800.


text:
U.S. News
Washington Post Profiles HIV/AIDS Advocate, Singer Sherri Lewis
December 23, 2008
The Washington Post on Tuesday profiled HIV/AIDS advocate and singer Sherri Lewis, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. Soon after her diagnosis, Lewis met a researcher at Harvard University who encouraged her to take a position in Boston counseling HIV-positive drug users. Over the past few years, she has managed support groups for women, provided teachers with HIV/AIDS information, and taught peer HIV/AIDS education to high school and college students. "Training them uses everything I have: acting, directing, counseling and intuitive skills," Lewis said. In addition, Lewis serves as the host of a podcast on here!, a gay television network (Panosian Dunavan, Washington Post, 12/23).
Back to other news for December 2008
Malaysian Government Will Encourage HIV Tests For Non-Muslim Couples Before Marriage, Deputy Prime Minister Says
This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.