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Narcotics Anonymous is a society of men and women who follow a set of principles for the sole purpose of abstaining from substance abuse. These meetings are great for not only maintaining addiction recovery, but fostering trusting relationships with other NA meeting attendees. There are a total of 7 NA meetings in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Locations for these meetings include Cheyenne Brethren Church, Laramie County Community College and TRP Halfway House. One of the great benefits of participating in NA meetings is that they provide a safe space for drug addicts to express themselves amongst like-minded people that are focused on their recovery. Many NA meetings have guest speakers that share their stories to inspire hope for the newcomer, and all other attendees. In addition, there are drug and alcohol treatment centers in Cheyenne and Wyoming. NA meetings are open to men and women of all ages that want to do something about their drug abuse problem.


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UPDATE, Feb. 20, 2013: The Tech Game was provided with a copy of the search warrant served on SuperDaE by the Australian Computer Crime Squad, alleging "unlwaful use of a computer." The warrant specifically names Microsoft, PayPal and eBay as injured parties, but SuperDaE also claims that Epic, Blizzard, Valve and Sony have joined in on the case due to case of unauthorized server access. "Yo, everyone at this point just wants a piece of me," he told The Tech Game, adding that old computers and a cell phone were confiscated under the warrant, and a freeze was placed on his bank accounts.
Leaking information and materials regarding upcoming consoles is serious business. Just ask SuperDaE, the anonymous source whose parceling of information and attempted sale of his supposed Microsoft "Durango" development kit has purportedly earned him a visit from police and an FBI agent.
The mysteriously well-informed source posted on Twitter this morning that "police raided me," apparently based on a warrant that cited Microsoft, eBay, and Paypal. He later followed up to say that an FBI agent and seven to eight police were involved in the raid.
We've been unable to independently confirm SuperDaE's claims. The clandestine source says he was tweeting from an Apple Store and was therefore unable to post proof of the warrants that were sitting at home. While his location on Twitter is listed as North Carolina, the second attempted eBay sale of the Durango kit (Which went for over AUD$50,000) lists the location as Perth, Australia. That would raise questions about the involvement of the US FBI, but it would help explain how he was supposedly posting from an Apple Store during what was the middle of the night for the United States.
Console makers routinely place strict controls on the distribution of development kits, especially before a system's formal announcement and release. Developers are required to sign strict nondisclosure and no-resale agreements before receiving hardware, so the thought that Microsoft would get law enforcement involved isn't outside the realm of possibility. When Curt Schilling's 38 Studios was liquidated recently, Microsoft publicly intervened to try to prevent the resale of its Xbox 360 development kits. Then again, SuperDaE has said that his first attempt to sell the kit on eBay was blocked by Microsoft—without the need for a police raid.
Last June, supposed documents describing the next Xbox's features and hardware specs were taken down from the Web at the request of an IP law firm that frequently represents Microsoft.

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olyfan63 wrote:Erebus wrote:I'd rather have Tebow.
^^ This. Absolutely seriously. Skip TJack. I think Tebow would be a very good fit in Seattle as #2. He can do all the read option stuff that Russell can. We know that he can lead 4th-quarter drives to win games. Maybe he could learn to suck less the first 3 quarters. I think Bevell could find some good ways to use him.
I bet all Tebow would really need is to know he would be the #2 guy and play if #1 is unavailable. He got jobbed in NY over the Greg McElroy thing. Not to mention his contributions on special teams and possibly a few snaps a game at H-back, and one more player on the field who can throw the ball deep off a fake pass. (Rice, Tate, and I think Lynch had TD passes this year; did MRob, the college QB have any TD passes?) Anyway, we're a little weak on our deep passing threat from the TE position, and I can't wait to see a 4th and 1 with Tebow at TE and running the fake end-around with Tebow, only to have him pull up and throw 70 yards across field and 50 yards downfield to a streaking Russell Wilson for a TD. (There was a play like that for Wilson in college, check out his Wisconsin highlights)
Honestly, this really does make a lot of sense (except for the last line about the 80 yard TD pass to Wilson... c'mon mang...). Tebow is a great athleate, a good football player and a helluva competitor... but I reeeally can't get behind bringing the whole Tim Tebow circus to our town.
Yes I think we have a strong enough team to withstand a lot of the craziness and yes I think the roles on our team are defined clearly enough that the Tebow zelots wouldn't get their hopes up, but still... anything related to Tim Tebow just seems to turn into a gong show.


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So it's no wonder that someone -- actually two hip working moms -- came up with the brilliant idea to write a cookbook focused exclusively on Trader Joe's products. Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's by Deana Gunn and Wona Miniati has all the qualities that fans of the grocery chain like: it's easy to follow, uncomplicated, and doesn't take itself too seriously.
As busy working moms, Gunn and Miniati know how hard it is to cook and eat healthfully: "If you're like us, you love to eat natural, delicious, home-cooked foods, but due to career, family, or simply a busy modern lifestyle, you can't meals from scratch every night. There's a time and place for take-out and frozen entrees, but there's never a substitute for home-cooked meals."
That's where the cookbook comes in. Gunn and Miniati offer dozens of appetizing recipes featuring Trader Joe's products such as pasta, stir fry vegetables, quinoa, organic tofu, and free range roasting chicken. Most of the recipes average 3-5 steps and come with prep and cooking times, so you can plan ahead. One potential drawback to the book is that Trader Joe's rotates its products, so you may not find every item in your local store.
With simple and straightforward recipes, this cookbook will be a saving grace for busy cooks and kitchen novices. It contains categories for "Appealing Appetizers," "Soups, Salads, and Light Meals," "Main Meals," "On the Side," "Delicious Desserts and Daring Drinks," "Begin with Breakfast," and "Bachelor Quickies," which features frozen and ready-to-eat foods.
For a bonus feature, many of the dishes come with a suggested wine pairing, which is helpful. Also each recipe is accompanied by a picture, which the authors claim are "REAL." That is, they were taken in their home kitchens, with no professional styling or lighting. Though some are better than others, overall, they're functional and work just fine.
Now here are some of my favorite recipes. For fast and fun fare, you can't beat chipotle turkey chili, south of the border pizza, and tiramimousse (nope, that's not a misspelling; it's a combination of tiramisu and mousse).
If you're looking for something more adventurous, then try one of their many ethnic recipes such as Asian dumpling soup, curried chicken pitas, and spicy Szechuan tofu.
For those times when you want an elegant meal in minutes, try the polenta with truffle mushrooms, calamari brodetto, or lobster ravioli with vodka sauce.
Now for the best part: One lucky Food Blogga reader will receive a complimentary copy of Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's. Here's what you have to do to win:
With the help of random.org, 1 winner will be randomly selected and announced in a future post, so please check back. The give-away is open to all Food Blogga readers wherever you live. The winner will need to provide her or his real name and mailing address. Don't have a blog? Just leave an active email address where you can be reached. Good luck, everybody!


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Were AT&T, and the only thing we enjoy more than pioneering and selling the latest devices is helping people make the most of them.
Our retail opportunities are among the best, offering you great pay, strong benefits, advancement potential and a work environment full of fast-paced fun.
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Find out what its like to work in an industry thats not about to slow down- with a company that has a legacy of successful innovation.
Start with the paycheck: We offer a competitive base salary plus an attractive, uncapped commission structure
Add a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, paid time off, work/life resources and discounts on AT&T products and services
Round out your experience with training on the latest technologies and devices - today, tomorrow and for as long as you work with us
As you learn and succeed, youll be eligible for new opportunities and financial rewards
And every day, youll work in a fast-paced environment with customers and colleagues that appreciate your energy and assistance
Develop and attain customer experience and sales objectives for store. Sell all products and services offered by the Company. Meet all sales objectives. Handle all administrative aspects of the sale including: completing customer contracts and warranties, pulling products from inventory, accepting customer payments and filing the completed orders. Maintain strong knowledge of all products, accessories, pricing plans, promotions and service features. Maintain knowledge of competitive offers and provide critical market feedback to the Store Manager regarding local competition and product/service needs. Handle service inquiries from customers. Provide efficient, courteous customer service and assist in all aspects of product offerings and services. Ensure an extraordinary customer experience. Position may be commissioned and quota based.
The essential functions listed below are representative of duties performed by this job title. Duties generally include but are not limited to the following:
Possess a competitive spirit and desire to meet and exceed sales goals
Stay up-to-date on the latest data/entertainment technology and devices, such as Wi-Fi, data devices, TV entertainment tools
Understand customers' needs and help them discover how our products meet those needs
Multi-task in a fast paced team environment
Educate and engage customers through product demonstrations
Interact with customers and provide prompt and courteous customer service to all customers
The successful candidate will be able to perform the following with or without reasonable accommodation:
Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays
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Ability to work in other locations as the needs of the business dictate may be required.
Complete all aspects of opening and closing the store in accordance with written procedures.
Submit all transaction journals on a daily basis.
Assists with inventory maintenance
May be required to wear a uniform
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1-3 years retail/customer facing/sales experience preferred.
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Provisions listed in these job descriptions may be changed or modified by AT&T Mobility without prior notice at any time, at the Companys sole discretion.
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Despite the rivers of ink that have flowed regarding the recent Heartbleed vulnerability, I believe the developer community has not addressed the right problem. Developers have fixated on a debate about one of open-source's most touted advantages: With many eyes looking at the code, is open source able to correct bugs faster than closed-source projects?
But this discussion misses the central issue, which in my view is not technical, but monetary. The OpenSSL team, whose project was the home for the Heartbleed vulnerability, discussed with remarkable candor how much the lack of funding from the product's users has limited their development work and, by extension, their ability to find and remediate such defects. It turns out that major users of OpenSSL, such as Cisco and Google, among others, had incorporated the software into the important products, but sent little or no funds to the developers.
Faced with this embarrassing revelation, the companies quickly got together, pooled some money, and assembled a committee that agreed to dispense funds to worthy projects, starting with OpenSSL. This is a hurried patch one that will temporarily relieve the problem, but not address its root cause.
The root cause is a fundamental conflict at the heart of open source: the opposing forces of building community vs. deriving a sustainable level of revenue from an open-source project.
The tension between these forces is most acutely felt when choosing a license for the project. Projects that have a greater interest in fostering use of the software or projects that don't care about much about monetization choose the "business-friendly" licenses (such as the Apache Software License, MIT, BSD), which impose nothing but the most minor responsibilities on the user or, more correctly, the licensee.
Projects that look for revenue to sustain themselves often choose the so-called "copyleft" licenses, (GPL, AGPL, etc.), which require that the licensees open their source code under a similar license. The revenue benefit for the project comes from the ability to offer alternative licensing terms to licensees that prefer not to disclose their source code. This arrangement is referred to as commercial multi-licensing. It's a model that works well. MySQL, Qt, and BerkeleyDB are among many examples of such projects that drove their parent companies to be successful businesses.
There is unfortunately no license to straddle the business-friendly vs. copyleft divide. As a result, projects that need a revenue stream to sustain them but opt for a business-friendly license to develop a community face significant difficulties. This was the case with OpenSSL. The team chose an Apache/BSD-style license. This successfully built community but, it turns out, communities simply do not pay for their tools. Even well-heeled users, such as Cisco and Google, don't pay. In the OSS community, this is viewed as no accident, but a matter of policy.
For example, I recently attended Black Duck's Open Source Think Tank, where OSS cognoscenti gather once a year to discuss the business of open source. Among the many discussions was one regarding Google's steadfast refusal to pay for OSS software it uses. Several participants reiterated their experience in this regard, all of which were consistent. While the search giant open sources some of its tools and garners considerable marketing value from sending summer interns to high-visibility projects, the company won't do the one thing projects most need: support them monetarily. It's policy.
It seems that the projects caught in the community vs. revenue bind could find alternate source of funding: paid support, consulting, etc. If you look at the OpenSSL blog post I linked to earlier, though, you'll see the project did all these things and still garnered only insignificant revenue. The service/support model, which appears to be so widespread, is in fact a meager revenue stream. (To wit, VCs long ago stopped funding start-ups based on this model, although the occasional exception occurs.)
Unless there is some seismic shift due to Heartbleed, the problem is going to get worse. There is now a distinct strain in the OSS market that advocates loudly for non-viral licenses. The growing view is, amazingly, that the viral licenses are somehow less in the spirit of open source ("not 100% open source"). This is a rather imaginative perspective, as copyleft licenses (a much better term than "viral") were purposely designed to increase the amount of free, open-source software.
My concern is that if this view becomes widespread and copyleft licenses are heavily disfavored, the fundamental nature of open source will change. Small teams of innovators, à la OpenSSL, will no longer be able to create value and be sustained by skill and innovation. And so, one of the most important feeder streams to the open-source ecosystem will disappear a victim of corporate users' unreasonable refusal to help pay to support projects from which they derive substantial revenue.
Andrew Binstock
Editor in Chief
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Twitter: platypusguy
Update: This article originally stated that OpenSSL used the Apache license. In fact, they used an Apache-style license of their own.


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ASUS Radeon HD 6970 DirectCU II Video Card Review (Page 18)
Total Performance Rating
The TPR graph is a combination of all our benchmarks in which NVIDIA and AMD are on an even playing field.
The TPR number is a combination of:
3DMark 11, Heaven Benchmark V2, Resident Evil 5, Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.2, Mafia 2 (PhysX Off), Lost Planet 2, Aliens vs. Predator, Street Fighter IV, Far Cry 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum (PhysX Off) and our four High Quality tests which include Mafia 2, Aliens vs. Predator, Street Fighter IV and Far Cry 2.
All of the benchmark results achieved are then combined into a single number. As this graph will grow over time and cards won't be re-tested, next to each model you'll find the driver version that was used when the card was benchmarked.
Looking at performance, we don't see anything out of the ordinary on a whole and the ASUS HD 6970 DirectCU II sits where you'd think it would.
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- Page 1 [Introduction and Package]
- Page 2 [Card & Specification]
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- Page 4 [3DMark Vantage]
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- Page 6 [Benchmarks - Resident Evil 5]
- Page 7 [Benchmarks - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2]
- Page 8 [Benchmarks - Mafia II]
- Page 9 [Benchmarks - Lost Planet 2]
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- Page 11 [Benchmarks - Street Fighter IV]
- Page 12 [Benchmarks - Far Cry 2]
- Page 13 [Benchmarks - Batman Arkham Asylum]
- Page 14 [Benchmarks - High Quality AA and AF]
- Page 15 [Temperature Test]
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- Page 18 [Total Performance Rating (TPR)]
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The Former Yugoslavia: Go Now!
The lines that used to define East and West Europe, such as the Euro, are slowly blurring. With them, the sections that travelers used to limit themselves to are becoming well-traveled. As visitors to Western Europe push their way East, the hope is that the economies and standard of living will gradually improve. But can Eastern European countries change and adapt without losing their cultures?
Eastern Europe used to mean cheap living and cheap traveling. But with Croatia's rocket-like ascent to tourism powerhouse, the prices are starting to creep up. What used to be a largely economic barrier has changed and the slow shift of money to the east has brought Eastern Europe out of poverty, into prominence as backpackers and budget travelers discover that what was once a difficult, sometimes dangerous place to travel, is now a comfortable destination where you might save a few bucks on your vacation.
This is the place to watch for emerging travel destinations and trendy places to visit. Croatia is no longer an undiscovered destination, but look no further than its cousin to the south east, Montenegro, for the next big thing in Eastern Europe.
It's getting more challenging every year to find cheap Europe airfare, and if you need to get to the eastern part of the continent it's even tougher. You might consider pricing a ticket to London or Frankfurt and then another ticket to your final destination. Sometimes that combination comes up cheaper than a single ticket, but not always.
This can be an expensive continent for sleeping, but fortunately the Eastern part tends to be cheaper than the Western part. There are plenty of hotels in Europe from which to choose, but some of the ones in the East might have lower quality standards to go along with the lower prices, so don't expect too much if the cost is low. There are many Europe hostels as well, with new ones opening up all the time. These places offer the best value and most of them are quite nice compared to some of the cheapest hotels in the same areas.
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Some Optimizations Are No-Brainers
For the past four weeks (1, 2, 3, 4), I've been giving examples of optimizations that have nasty side effects, or don't do what one might expect, or cause other problems. Reading these articles, you would probably figure that I agree with Brian Kernighan's two rules for optimization:
- Don't do it.
- (For experts only) Don't do it yet.
You would be right. However, as with most rules, there are exceptions. In the case of optimization, three such exceptions are optimizations that
- are ways of avoiding needless pessimizations;
- make such a difference, with so little effort, that it would be crazy not to use them; and
- are ways of simplifying the program without making it slower.
As an example that covers both (1) and (2), I used to work with someone who was asked to try to figure out how to make a daily mainframe accounting job take less than the 32 hours it was currently taking. It is obviously bad news when a daily job takes more than a day to run; and in this case it was even worse news — because this was in the early 1970s, when a computer was in the same price bracket as the part of the office building that contained it.
My colleague began by looking at the overall data flow in this big daily job. He found that it merged transaction data from two enormous sequential input files, and then sorted the result of the merge so that it would be in order for the next phase. This sort took four hours.
Do you see the problem? As a general rule, in order to merge sequential files, each of those files must be in order. If the input files were not already sorted, the merge would fail — so it was safe to assume that the input files were already sorted. But this fact meant that the output file was also already sorted, so there was no need to sort it again. In other words, this four-hour sort was completely unnecessary. It was a needless pessimization.
Continuing his investigation, my colleague found that one of the programs in this big job read an input file into an array. This program predated the existence of C++, so I'll take the liberty of representing that part of the program this way:
class Data { /* … */ }; Data data_array[/* A big enough number */ ];
Here, all of the elements of
data_array were implicitly initialized to empty values. Later, the program read values into
while (/* there are still data to be read */) { int n = 0; while (!data_array[n].is_empty()) ++n; input_file >> data_array[n]; }
In other words, the program started by initializing the entire array to empty values. Then, each time it read a data item, it searched sequentially through the entire array until it found a value that was not empty. When it found such a value, it read a single data item into it.
This code was also a needless pessimization: Looking at every element every time the program wants to read a new element means that the time for element number
n is
O(n). This fact in turn, means that the time needed to fill an
n-element array is
O(n2). Using an extra variable to keep track of how many elements of the array had been filled would reduce that
O(n2) to
O(n), which is an enormous difference for a trivial addition to the code.
The third kind of no-brainer optimizations are those that make the program easier to understand without making it obviously slower. You may quibble with using the word optimizations to refer to such tactics, but I think it's fair to include programming techniques that make a program clearer — hence better — without harming its performance.
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By: Lawrence R. Deyton, M.S.P.H., M.D. Crosspost from FDA Voice
The health of every American is of the utmost importance to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products. Our Center for Tobacco Products works to improve public health, with the goal of making sure that tobacco-related death and disease is part of America's past, not its future. National Women's Health Week, May 13-19, provides an opportunity for us to reach out and remind the women in our lives about the dangers of tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke — which claims the lives of nearly 200,000 women every year.
Never starting to use tobacco products and quitting tobacco use – for those who do use tobacco – is proven to lead to longer and healthier lives for everyone.
There is no question that tobacco use is dangerous to women. Just consider a few of the facts:
- An estimated 173,940 women die every year due to cigarette smoking
- An estimated 18,000 non-smoking women die every year from exposure to second-hand smoke
- Smoking causes almost 80% of lung cancer deaths in women
- Smoking causes cervical cancer and eight other cancers
- Smoking causes infertility and poor pregnancy outcomes
- Smoking causes low bone density and hip fractures in women
National Women's Health Week is the perfect time for you — or one of the important women in your life — to break a dangerous addiction to tobacco, and for those who do not use tobacco, it is a time to be empowered to never start. Need help? Here are some great resources:
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When we spend countless hours taking care of our families and friends, it's far too easy to forget to look after our own health. This coming week, make an investment in yourself and the women who are close to you by committing to a life that's free of tobacco-related disease and death.
Lawrence R. Deyton, M.S.P.H., M.D., is the Director of FDA's Center for Tobacco Products


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- Thermal box for LNC (alu case, see Electrokit → Apparatlådor → Metall)
- Mount feed and LNC on dish
- Band pass filter for WBX (tbc)
- External clock for USRP (tbc)
Wireless link between LNC and control room
The LNC is very good at stable; however, everything is relative and at 5.8 GHz even very small temperature variations can cause several kHz of drift. Keep in mind that 1% of 5.8 GHz is 58 MHz!
We have been considering two potential solutions for this:
- Put LNC in a box with active cooling and heating.
- Put the LNC in a
A quick and dirty solution that might provide some improvement is to:
- Put the LNC in an insulated box (passive)
- Measure the temperature inside the box. Assuming that we can map the LNC frequency drift vs. temperature, we can use the temperature to estimate the drift.
This would also need some sort of wireless link from the antenna to the control room:
- TMP102 temperature sensor: £3.83
- Arduino Duemilanove: £20.58 (need two)
- RF Link Transmitter 434MHz: £3.95
- RF Link 4800bps Receiver 434MHz: £5.95
I found about about UNITEC-1 via Southgate ARC. Interesting but there seemed to be long time until launch (20 May maybe).
Discussed the UNITEC-1 tracking with Scott OZ2ABA. We are considering and we will look for LNCs.
Kuhne has several LNCs for the 5.8 GHz band that cover the whole band from 5.6 to 5.9 GHz:
- KU LNC 5659 C PRO converts down to 400-700 MHz
- MKU LNC 57-3 converts down to 1.4-1.7 GHz
The first option is probably better due to lower cable losses – we have about 40 meters cable from the antenna feed to the control room.
Email from Mineo Wakita JE9PEL on AMSAT BB noting that the PLANET-C and UNITEC-1 launch date is now set for 17 May 2010 21:44:14 UTC. Time to get C-band gear ready!
Official kick-off. At the AMSAT OZ meeting today we agreed to proceed with the project and to inquire about the KU LNC 5659 C PRO down-converter. The LNC will be the property of AMSAT OZ. Using the 400-700 MHz version of the LNC we can use the existing cable going between the tower and the control room. First we try without any buffer amp between the LNC and receiver.
Sent inquiry to Kuhne.
Ordered KU LNC 5659 C PRO down-converter.
Made the first blog post about the project.
Received the LNC. Visual inspection OK, see video on YouTube or Ustream. Added photos to Picasa album.
- Made blog post about LNC.
- Brief chat with OZ2ABA about tracking accuracy we can achieve:
- Hydraulic drive has optical encoders with resolution 0.05°. Az encoder connected, El encoder is not connected.
- Temp stability of LNC: Measure temp profile in lab and equip LNC box with a thermometer
- USRP: Use 10MHz Rb reference as input to 64MHz signal generator.
- Blog post about Bias-T
- Found some technical papers about UNITEC-1.
- Created a prototype CW receiver for the OZ7IGY tests on Tuesday by reverse engineering the flowgraph of the SDR transceiver
- Blog post with video demo of the receiver.
- Smoke test of the LNC passed, see blog post. No OZ7IGY, though.
- V0.3 of the simple receiver
- Measured sensitivity of the WBX receiver in CW: better than -130 dBm. See blog post.
- Found out how to implement SSB in the simple receiver. See blog post.
- Implemented SSB in the simple receiver (V0.4).
- Decided to separate the band pass filter from he frequency xlating filter as described in the blog post.
- Found suitable values for Fast, Medium and Slow AGC. Not quite perfect but usable. See blog post.
- Experiment with binaural CW reception, see blog post.
- Investigated using complex LO instead of freq xlating filter hoping to save some CPU by removing low pass filter. Got the opposite result, see blog post.
- Finished version 0.6 of the receiver where a USRP frequency entry widget has been added.
- Blog post about the V0.6 receiver.
- Successful on the air test of receiver and LNC using OZ7IGY beacon signal. 5-10 dB SNR but the direction was almost 90 deg off, meaning that we were receiving a reflection. See blog post (TBD).
- Very preliminary link budget indicates that we should be good to 20 million km. Not bad.
- Receiver test video featured on The Southgate Amateur Radio Club website: Receiver for Interplanetary Amateur Radio Satellite.
- Started adding some details about the receiver hardware.
- Ordered parts for wireless thermometer
- OZ2ABA mounted new cables on the antenna.
- Created functional diagram of WBX receiver.
- Blog post about receiver hardware.
- Completed link budget calculations.
- Uploaded video of the 7m dish preparations. See on YouTube.
- Created channel for live streaming.
- UNITEC-1 Operation Center website announced.
- UNITEC-1 Operation Forum is now also open.
- Software for trajectory estimation is available as Windows binary or Excel sheet. See Software Download page.
- There is a special UNITEC-1 edition of Spectran software - also for windows only :(
The spectran log format is very simple:
2010/05/05 13:19:15.268 4531.23 -160.0 2010/05/05 13:19:15.578 5704.79 -56.6 2010/05/05 13:19:15.819 8073.45 -59.9 2010/05/05 13:19:16.029 8073.45 -60.3
Fields are separated by tab. File name format is Spectran_2010-5-05_13-19-15.log although this does not seems to be consistent with the file naming convention described here.
- We agreed that we'll try to convert existing 2.4 GHz dish to 5.8 GHz for tracking in the beginning.
- Repaired broken Az rotator, see photos. Rotator is now tracking OK but got moutned 180° off. Will fix tomorrow.
- Launch was scrubbed due to bad weather
- New launch time announced: 20 May 2010, 21:58:22 UTC


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One night last week Jeff came home from work and handed me a bag from his clinic. I thought, "Yes! More free anti-wrinkle cream!" (Having a dermatologist as a husband does have its advantages). When I peeked inside the bag, however, I discovered something even better than antioxidant cream: a dozen plump, brilliant green figs that were beginning to split from ripeness. "Wow! Where did you get the fresh figs?" I asked. "Adel gave them to me from the tree in her yard," he said.
Adel, who works with Jeff, told him, "Last year my tree produced three figs. One for me, one for my husband, and one for the birds." Fortunately she's having a bumper crop this season, and we're two of the lucky beneficiaries.
To celebrate fall's arrival, I'm sharing a recipe for Dessert Risotto with Wine Poached Figs. Arborio rice, which is used to make risotto, makes the most luxurious rice pudding imaginable: it's plump, tender, and creamy. Topping it with perfumed, wine-poached figs adds elegance and sweetness, resulting in a remarkably velvety, rich pudding.
Just don't wait too long to try this recipe because, sadly, fresh fig season will be over soon. Though my inclination is to lament their passing, I've decided to be more practical this year. I've turned my attention to fall's upcoming stars: persimmons and Medjool dates. I already feel better.
Dessert Risotto with Wine Poached Figs
Makes 4 servings
Print recipe only here.
Poached Figs:
2 cups Muscata wine (or other sweet dessert wine of your choice)
¾ cup granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean split down the middle
1 cinnamon stick
4 whole cloves
1 whole orange peel from a fresh orange
8 fresh Brown Turkish Turkey or Black Mission figs, quartered
1/2 cup Arborio rice
2 cups water
2 cups whole milk
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons chopped toasted pistachios, for garnish
Orange zest curls, for garnish
In a medium sauce pan, add wine, sugar, vanilla bean, cinnamon stick, cloves, and orange peel, and bring to a boil. Reduce and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the sauce becomes slightly syrupy.
Removes the stems from the figs and cut into quarters. Add to the wine and simmer for 10 minutes, or until tender, but not mushy. Remove from heat and set aside.
Add rice, water, milk, and sugar to a medium, shallow, heavy-bottomed saucepan, stir well, and bring to a boil. Lower heat to a simmer, letting the rice bubble gently for 35-45 minutes, stirring occasionally. When done, the rice will be plump, and the pudding will be thick and creamy. Give it a taste--the rice should be fully cooked yet maintain a slight firmness.
Allow to cool slightly before placing in individual serving dishes. Top with a spoonful of poached figs and drizzle the sauce over the pudding. Garnish with chopped pistachios and orange zest curls. Pudding can be served warm or at room temperature.
You might also like:
- "Taking The Risk Out Of Risotto " which is my latest piece for NPR's Kitchen Window. It includes recipes for: Autumn Risotto with Apples, Pancetta and Sage, Risotto with Broccoli Rabe and Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Pumpkin Pie Risotto with Candied Pecans and Fresh Whipped Cream (pictured above).
- "Fresh Figs, A Taste of the Divine," an article I wrote for Foodie View, which includes over a dozen amazing sweet and savory fresh fig recipes.
- Fig and Coconut Tart from Dhanggit's Kitchen
- Port and Lemon Tapioca with Poached Figs from Mike's Table
- Fig and Greek Yogurt Parfaits from Peter of Kalofagas
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JavaFX 8: Combining Language Features, Part 2
In my previous blog, I began the creation of a File Manager written in JavaFX 8, which is part of Java SE 8. In this installment, we'll add the ability to move files around via drag-and-drop (something JavaFX easily implements), and open files for viewing and editing using JavaFX controls. This is a work in progress, and we'll refine this over the next blog or two to make this functionality even more useful. Let's begin with moving files.
JavaFX Drag-and-Drop
Since many developers still think of Java for server-side duties only, you may not realize just how capable JavaFX is in terms of client functionality. This includes drag-and-drop, which is very easy with JavaFX. Every
Node object has the ability to be dragged from one container and dropped onto another. Although a lot of the mechanics are built-in to make it easy, you can still control what actually gets transferred.
For instance, in our File Manager application, I want to control what gets transferred depending on where a file is dropped: If it's dropped on a directory then the file itself gets transferred (moved) there via the filesystem. If the file is dropped on an editor (any editor configured on the running system), then I want the file contents to be transferred.
It turns out that implementing this differentiation is a cake walk with JavaFX, and Lambdas once again eliminate much of the code needed. Additionally, since drag-and-drop in JavaFX is built upon and analogous to mouse operations, the coding model is similar to what we've seen so far. Let's look at some of the changes in the code needed to support this (you can download the updated project here).
First, instead of adding Java
Strings to each
HeadList — representing file and directory names — we need to change them to JavaFX
Text objects, which extend
Node. Here's the snippet of the method
populateList() with that change:
for (File file : files) { if ( ! file.isHidden() ) { if ( file.isFile() ) { Text source = new Text(file.getName()); results.add(source); } else if ( file.isDirectory() ) { Text target = new Text("<" + file.getName()+">"); results.add(target); } } }
Additionally, any place in the code that grabs items from the list and expects a
String needs to be changed to something like this:
Text item = (Text)list.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItem(); String filename = item.getText();
Overall, this is not a major change.
The drag-and-drop model in JavaFX involves handling a few steps each from the point of view of the source (the item being dragged) and the target (where the item is dragged to, or dropped on). Here are the steps to implement:
—Drag Detected: the first step when a
Node is dragged via the mouse
—Drag Done: the final step when the source node has been dropped on the target
—Drag Entered: occurs when the source first enters a drop target
—Drag Over: occurs repeatedly while the source is dragged over the target region
—Drag Exited: occurs when the source exits a drop target
—Drag Dropped: occurs when the source
Node is dropped via the mouse on the target
The methods to handle these steps, as DragEvent object, are implemented as
EventHandlers via
Node methods
setOnDragDropped, and so on. Here's the slight change required to the code snippet above to set the
DragEvent event handlers for the various Text Nodes created in our File Manager application:
if ( file.isFile() ) { Text source = new Text(file.getName()); source.setOnDragDetected(de -> { onDragDetected(de,source); }); source.setOnDragDone(de -> { onDragDone(de,source); }); results.add(source); } else if ( file.isDirectory() ) { Text target = new Text("<" + file.getName()+">"); target.setOnDragOver(de -> { onDragOver(de,target); }); target.setOnDragEntered(de -> { onDragEntered(de,target); }); target.setOnDragExited(de -> { onDragExited(de,target); }); target.setOnDragDropped(de -> { onDragDropped(de,target); }); results.add(target); }
The code to start the drag-and-drop process is in
onDragDetected, implemented for files (and not directories) in our File Manager application. Let's examine it now:
private void onDragDetected(MouseEvent me, Text source) { // start a drag-and-drop gesture HeaderList sourceList = getParentHeaderList(source); String sourcePath = constructPath( sourceList ) + stripDecorators( source.getText() ); Dragboard db = source.startDragAndDrop(TransferMode.ANY); // Put the file contents or filename into the clipboard ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent(); String fileContents = readFile( sourcePath ); if ( fileContents == null ) fileContents = source.getText(); content.putString(fileContents); db.setContent(content); me.consume(); }
First, we get a reference to the source
Node's list and construct the complete file path. Next, we get a reference to the JavaFX Dragboard object, used to manage the actual data that gets dragged. In addition to data, you can provide an image to be displayed with the mouse cursor as the drag-and-drop proceeds, and define how the data is transferred. For instance, is the data copied, moved, or is the source and target linked in some way as a result?


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Sunday, November 25, 2012
Downtown Flushing free-for-all
Flushing is such a booming success that people have to be told to do their holiday gift buying out of town.
They've even got hawkers out on Main St. Pushing the bus service.
All encouraging you to shop elsewhere.
Then theres the obstacle course of junk stands and signs to bump into.
Is that good business... Encouraging people to shop elsewhere?
I guess nobody wants to shop in Flushing...I wonder if the BID knows about these jitneys going to Long Island and upstate.
Blocking sidewalks again on a busy street.
You can barely pass through.
39 Av off Main St. The sign reads...no standing except trucks unloading and in the other direction is metered parking. It doesn't say anything about a shuttle bus stop.
Where's the improvement that the BID promised and do they know about all this crap going on? - The Flushing Phantom
59 comments:
Not to worry, the Borough President of Queens, Helen Marshall, is on the case. She will personally lie down in the streets in front of these vans to prevent them from leaving. Way to go, Helen! Always looking out for the welfare of our beloved borough.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
There's another sign in the background offering legal immigration papers ... Make a right on Union Street and ring bell,,,
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
That so called BID is a joke! The area is as disgusting as it ever was. Beard the Macy's will be pulling the plug soon.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
With all the ongoing constructions, it's going to get worse.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
I cannot wait for Francis Marrone or another Times luminary to write yet another glowing tribute to Flushing and its world class cuisine.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
First that shabby retail shanty town in front of Queens Crossing (since removed...thanks to Queens Crap's exposure). Now this crap comes along to add to Flushing's congestion and impassable sidewalks.
Hip, hip, HORRAY!
What a rousing suck-sess Flush Town has become.
Uh...James...you'd better get your councilman on this case. It's time for Peter Koo to do another walk about town!
"Sleigh bells ring...are you listening...all around, snow is glistening?
The future looks bright...we're happy tonight...walking through a winter (make that GHETTO) wonderland".
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
HELLO....109th PCT!
Where are you to enforce the violation of traffic laws?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Calling CB#7!
Yo Gene! You Chuck! Yo Marilyn!
Are you all out shopping on Long Island for the holidays and DIDN'T notice this?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
It looks like even Flushing's Orientals are boarding these jitneys and journeying out out of town to do the Tanger Tango and the Woodbury Waltz.
Can you blame them. What has Floo-shing got to offer?
I went to Sky View Center mall the day before Thanksgiving to pick up a gift. It was relatively empty at Best Buy....more salespeople than customers. The whole mall doesn't appear to have the volume of foot traffic that other malls do.
I guess the locals don't even want to shop there...
preferring the Tanger Outlets and Woodbury Commons instead.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
The residents of Flushing ("New arrivals" to the US) are a law unto themselves. Our laws just don't apply there. More "Vibrant Diversity"
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
That place is Koo Koo!!!
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
In the attached pictures take a look how filthy dirty the sidewalks and streets look. Who would like to shop in a shopping district like that ?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
As much as I HATE Flushing the junk sheds are good for some stuff.
Reminds me to get my annual $30 Rolex, some HDMI splitters & cables.
Cables: You cant touch any of this stuff in Radio Shack, Best Buy, PC Richards without taking out a mortgage.
These greedy pricks have cables and peripherals from the same Asian factory's re-packaged and marked up 10X-100X the cost.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Some type of enterprising businessman should open up a discount/ good bargain clothing store where Joe Burger/The Wiz used to be.
Problem solved.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Who the f--k goes to Radio Shack these days to be ripped off....$20 for a USB to digi-cam cable ?
Not me!
Joe, try those "Tri Sonic" products for sale in the 99 cents mall on Main Street. BTW, "Tri-Sonic" (I believe) is headquartered in College Point.
Almost any legitimate 99 cent discount store carries these heavily discounted items.
There's no need to set up sub-code fire hazard sheds along the curb to sell them.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Nobody could afford the rent at the Joe Burger location. That's why it went under.
Isn't it THEIR JOB to be IMPROVING Flushing?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Are those jitneys properly licensed?
Are its drivers experienced enough?
Could I feel safe riding in one, if I chose to?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
The top van doesn't even have a plate on the front.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
I observed that most of the people who were boarding those jitneys are Chinese. It looks like even the local Chinese are disgusted with Flushing too.
If it's too filthy for Orientals, imagine what Occidental shoppers (who are used to more sanitary conditions) are thinking.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
And the 109th PCT is just a block and a half away!
Hey, Captain De Jour...what do you intend to do about this?
I can't keep track of the latest 109th commander. They change them like underwear every 2 years.
If this is known among law enforcement as the "promotion precinct"...what do these officers get promoted for...allowing Asians to break the law with impunity?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
The van operator probably just emigrated here from Taipei or Fujian province.
"Plates, I don't need no steenking plates".
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
And the 109th PCT is just a block and a half away!
Hey, Captain De Jour...what do you intend to do about this?
I can't keep track of the latest 109th commander. They change them like underwear every 2 years.
If this is known among law enforcement as the "promotion precinct"...what do these officers get promoted for...allowing Asians to break the law with impunity?
-----------------------------------The average stay for a Commanding Officer in any precinct is roughtly two years.
I see cops on Main and Rooosevelt every day going after VTL violators. But you could put every cop on the day tour from the 109 on Main Street to enforce the traffic laws and you still wouldn't be able to catch every violator. Of course, the more cops you put there, the less there is to respond to jobs around the rest of the precinct. And geographically, it IS a large area for a precinct to cover.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
- georgetheatheist said...
Compare the crap that the local BID does for Flushing as to what the local BID does for Jamaica. It's like night and day. The Jamaica BID's Director, Laurel Brown, is one smart cookie.
Jamaica Center Improvement Association
Busses of shoppers COME to Downtown Jamaica from Pennsylvania and New England.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Jamaica---I dig it George.
Ebonic neighborhoods are always the best place to buy men's sneakers and replacement speakers.
They even have hot salted pretzels, chestnuts and Allstate wholesale electronics down there.
If you need a LCD TV backlight, oddball IC or semiconductor quick its the only place left to go. Lenny and Green Tele Radio is long GONE !
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
There is ABSOLUTELY no reason to come to Flushing for any garment/fashion/clothes related purchase.
Macy's really doesn't count.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Here goes our resident cop sucker defending the shady 109th PCT again!
Let's hear it for our poor overworked police officers.
Maybe if a lot of them didn't have to commute from their homes in Nassau County every day, they wouldn't be so tired!
GTF out there and do your damn job!
We are not talking about catching EVERY violator.
39th Ave. seems to be a hot spot. NAIL 'EM you lazy grafters!
Maybe opening a Dunkin Donuts stand on 39 Ave. might get the 109th interested.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
I think that the 109th Community Council is getting pissed at the comments.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Putting out every cop on the day tour?
Nobody here suggested that you idiot.
JEEEEZ...the precinct is a f----g stone's throw away!
A patrol car can't pass by between 9 to 10 AM to see waz up?
While we're at it, how many whore houses are operating under the very noses of the "illustrious" 109th within only a few blocks of the precinct?
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
There are mANY precincts that commanders spend more than 2 years at!
Next lie!
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Turn out some traffic enforcement agents, like they do in Bayside, if the 109th has no time for this.
They don't have this kind of problem there because their business organization puts in real work.
The Flushing BID doesn't seem to be doing anything.
I think it's just a group of tongs that meet occasionally to make sure that none of them intrudes on the other's turf.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
And CB#7 does as little as possible about anything other than bending over backwards to please developers.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Actually there is a Dunkin Donuts located on 39th Ave.
I see bus drivers stop there but no cops.
It seems like you can't even entice an officer of the law to pass by, even with a 1/2 dozen Boston creme donuts.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Maybe the immigration status of these violators needs to be checked!
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
I wonder, how much money does the Flushing BID take in each year ?
A BID has the power to levy a surtax which is spent on improving the business district.
Where is the improvement for the money that the BID collects?
Can we look up what they net in taxes?
It's got to be public info that's available on line.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
I hold the BID mainly responsible.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Michael Meyers...
try pointing your northeast rooftop CCTV camera this way, and see how all of this brings down the image of Queens Crossing.
Maybe your group should also be complaining to the 109th PCT, CB#7 and the Flushing BID about this situation.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
The Flushing BID certainly has a lot to answer for regarding the shabby and congested shopping environment of the downtown hub.
It appears that they've fallen down on the job, to say the least.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Is it possible that all tha Dutch Vlissingen stuff aside,Flushing is just ending up living up to its Anglicized name? Just sayin'
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Funny - Americans trample and threaten each other to buy Chinese-made crap on Black Friday, and Chinese people take the bus out to buy defected and irregular Western crap.
- Sunday, November 25, 2012
Here goes our resident cop sucker defending the shady 109th PCT again!
Just stating facts my friend. Sorry if you can't follow along. Anyway, it is better than being the resident anti-cop crybaby.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Anti cop cry baby? I doubt it.
Just like Sgt. Joe Friday, I'm just pointing out the facts...just the facts!
YEAH, I'm crying out to you lazy corrupt 109ers...
YOU are the ones who are the cry babies...retiring on almost 90 grand a year after putting in your 20!
Try writing tickets instead of collecting $$$$ from Asian whore house owners to look the other way.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
I repeat...
the 109th PCT is located only about 1 1/2 blocks east.
I'll keep on repeating it until a cruiser is dispatched!
Ticket blitz these shady operators out of town!
There's a lot of good tax revenue going uncollected!
- Monday, November 26, 2012
I think that a lot of people besides myself are EXTREMELY unhappy with the 109th's performance.
If the area is too large for the precinct to handle adequately...then another precinct is needed.
Let's hear from its commander on that.
Calling Councilman Koo. Start pushing for it!
How come CB#7 isn't hosting a few public discussions on setting up another police precinct...
maybe another firehouse too?
Flushing is bursting at the seams.
YEAH...I'm talking to you CB#7 Chairman and FDNY Captain (Lieutenant?) Eugene Kelty!
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Compare these photos to the propaganda that the Flushing BID is spreading around. Its director must be red faced with embarrassment and rage!
May I suggest amending their street banners to read,
"Flushing...a destination of disappointment" ?
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Here's an even better one...
"Flushing...the end of the line"!
Of course you know when you've arrived there.
You can smell it in your sleep.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Ah, fragrant Floo-shing...
let's bottle it..."Parfum De Poo-Poo"...with its distinctive crystal man hole cover stopper.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Let's see how many days it takes to clear away these vans...now that it's been reported to Queens Crap's action desk.
Those red shanties, across the street, were gone within 3 days, after they were highlighted on QC blogspot!
Thanks "Crappy".
YOU are doing the job that our lazy officials and corrupt news rags aren't!
- Monday, November 26, 2012
I don't even bother to go to those outlets anymore. Too many bus loads of tiny Asian women buying 30+ LV or Coach bags at a time to resell later. As always, they find a way to make a shady dollar.
Chinese = Ferengi.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
Fack Woodbury, I want to see Chinoy buses to Atlanta and Boston picking up in Flushing instead of trecking all the way to Times Square.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
I love it...Chinese=Ferengi!
A Star Trekie speaks the truth!
Who's the Chinese Grand Nagus?
Peter Koo doesn't have the lobes for it.
- Monday, November 26, 2012
I wouldn't ride one of those Chinese Foxwood Casino buses either.
Their safety record is abysmal!
Didn't one of them turn over recently?
- Monday, November 26, 2012
This is an abomination! Where is the BID?
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Where is the BID, Peter Koo, Grace Meng, Toby Stavisky, CB#7, et al?
Doing zilch!
CB#7's Marilyn Bitterman is quite happy raking in her $95,000+ a year and shopping with "her own class" out on Long Island!
When Julia Harrison was around, Flushing looked much better! But the Chinese tongs had to malign her. They were behind branding her "anti Asian".
Nevertheless she STILL WON with about 65% of the vote!
If it weren't for term limits, she would have won a 3rd (maybe even a 4th) term.
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Why isn't CB#7 meeting on a regular basis with the BID to clean up the town?
Why is Gene Kelty still chair of CB#7?
Why hasn't Chuck Apelian been bounced from the board?
Everybody just looks the other way!
Maybe they're right.
"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown".
If Floo-shing is really a Chinese colony, then we need a district manager and chair of CB#7 that are Chinese!
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Erect a "Great Wall" around Flushing and redirect ALL transportation around it....so it circumvents the whole area entirely.
Ignore Chinatown-Flushing and let it create its own economy, laws and regulations....to survive or perish by it.
NO FURTHER TAX MONEY GOES TO THE AREA EITHER! Neither shall emergency services enter the zone.
If they want to exist on their own...abandon them to their own devices!
Passports must be obtained by the "round eyes"' if they choose to enter the colony.
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Most of these shady businesses aren't paying taxes, so why should NYC take my tax money to serve them?
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Maybe there are some micro cassette audio recordings in existence, that were made in Flushing, of certain discussions and meetings.
These might wind up forwarded to Queens Crap.
Does that sound interesting?
Stay tuned, and be sure not to miss a single episode!
You never know who's watching or listening.
Forget about Big Brother. Beware of Queens Crap!
Crappy is an ace at digging up all kinds of shit.
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
I went to Sky View Center mall the day before Thanksgiving to pick up a gift. It was relatively empty at Best Buy...
Well, duh. One shops the day after Thanksgiving.
And thanks to all the cops from Long Island who helped bring our murder rate down to 1960 levels. Including the ones who got killed trying — Figoski, Lopez, etc...
- Thursday, November 29, 2012


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In 2011, Blizzard Entertainment marks its 20th anniversary. Over the course of the year, we'll be celebrating two decades worth of games along with you, the community of players who made it all possible through your passion, enthusiasm, and support. Join us for a stroll down memory lane on this anniversary site: revisit the history of our games; participate in our global community contest; check out the photo gallery to witness how our epic hairstyles have evolved over the years; and much, much more.
We hope you enjoy this look back at the past 20 years of Blizzard Entertainment, and we look forward to bringing you even more epic entertainment experiences in the 20 years to come.


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With Iran cracking down on media – social and otherwise — Global News Online looks at similar steps taken by other governments in the past six months.
June, 2009
â–ª Twitter becomes inaccessible for Chinese users shortly before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Savvy Twitter users in China soon reappear on the site thanks to proxy servers and other software.
â–ª Chinese security officials use umbrellas to thwart Western journalists reporting on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
â–ª Sudan's parliament passes a bill restricting freedom of expression, as well as the reception and transmission of information. The bill grants an appointed council the power to allow or revoke publication licenses, impose strict disciplinary measures against journalists, examine journalists to determine their suitability for the profession and confiscate printing equipment.
May, 2009
â–ª The Chinese government announces that manufacturers must install Internet-filtering software on all personal computers sold from July 1 onwards. The government says the move is intended to promote "the healthy development of the Internet" and protect the public from harmful material. About 40 million personal computers are sold in China every year. This new regulation is announced two months after YouTube became inaccessible in the communist country.
â–ª Malawi police shut down an opposition radio station during general elections and detain several employees.
â–ª The government of Gabon curbs coverage of President Omar Bongo's hospitalization and succession issues. The state-run National Communication Council suspends two publications after they run articles discussing in-fighting among Bongo's advisors.
â–ª The Thai government announces plans to regulate content of radio stations and cable and satellite TV stations. The government says it will ban any program, whether broadcast over community radios or aired over cable and satellite television that is politically "incendiary" and "offensive."
April, 2009
â–ª The Thai government declares a state of emergency amid political unrest, and issues a decree allowing officials to censor news that is considered a threat to national security.
March, 2009
â–ª Authorities in the Congolese city of Likasi order the closure of two radio stations because of their coverage of a local strike. The strike occurred against a backdrop of social unrest in the city. Local authorities accused the stations of inciting the public to strike and of broadcasting defamatory statements.
December, 2008
â–ª The Vietnamese government issues a directive banning bloggers from posting material perceived as opposing the state, undermining national security, or divulging state secrets. The directive also requires domestic Internet service providers to begin maintaining databases on individual blogs and censoring content that authorities consider sensitive. More than 20 million Vietnamese use the internet – a quarter of the population. Vietnam's burgeoning blogging community has become an important source of news for many people in the country, where the national media is still tightly controlled by the state.


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The Bible – Luke 13
1 – There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 – And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
3 – I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 – Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 – I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 – He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
7 – Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 – And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 – And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 – And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 – And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
12 – And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 – And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 – And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 – The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
16 – And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17 – And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 – Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
19 – It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
20 – And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 – It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 – And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23 – Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 – Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 – When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 – Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 – But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 – There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 – And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 – And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
31 – The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32 – And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
33 – Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
34 – O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
35 – Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. – Ps 118:26
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Gingerbread was one of my mother's favorite holiday treats, although she seldom cooked it. I think it reminded her too much of her mother, whose recipe this was. I remember my grandmother cooking gingerbread during the winter, but for some reason, I always recall her serving it with a lemon sauce instead of whipped cream. That could be my own addition to the recipe.
from Ruth (Anderson) Ledford
2 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 1/2 t. ginger
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. salt
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. sugar (white, granulated)
3 eggs
1 c. light molasses
3/4 c. hot water
Sweetened whipped cream
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease well a 13 x 9 1/2 x 2″ pan. Sift flour with soda, salt, and spices; set aside. In a large bowl, mix the butter, sugar, and eggs for five minutes with an electric mixer. At low speed, beat in the molasses and hot water. Add the flour mix, beating just until smooth. Turn batter into pan. Bake on the middle rack for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool partially before serving with whipped cream.


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This gravestone is in St. Mary's church, Conistone, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales in England.
Buried here is a father, a mother and two of their sons.
Joseph Spink is my 2x great grand uncle. He was born on 11th March 1838 in Conistone to parents John Spink and Sophia Shuttleworth Kitching (my 3x great grandparents).
At the age of 13 on the 1851 census for Conistone with Kilnsey Joseph is living at home with his parents and three of his siblings – James, Sophia and John. Their father John is working as a shoemaker as is James (aged 14).
In 1861 we find Joseph still at home with his parents in the village of Burnsall, not far from Conistone. His siblings John and Sophia are also there together with a niece, Ann Elizabeth Spink (8). Joseph has followed in his father's footsteps and is working as a shoemaker and also as a rural messenger.
Sometime in the December quarter of 1861 Joseph married Isabella Hannah Metcalfe. The marriage is recorded in the Skipton registration district.
I haven't researched Isabella's line so I don't have any earlier information about her apart from her date of birth, 27th December 1839, which I got from the gravestone. Oh, I also know from census records that she appears to have been born in the village of Arncliffe in the Yorkshire Dales.
The 1871 census has Joseph and Isabella living in Burnsall with three children – Annie Sophia, Mary Jane and John Metcalfe. Joseph continues to work as a shoemaker.
The family has moved to Conistone by the time of the 1881 census. As well as working as a shoemaker Joseph is described as a Post Master. There are four children at home – John Metcalfe, Margaret E, Joseph Ellis and Thomas Frederick.
Moving on ten more years and Joseph appears to have given up making shoes. His occupation on the 1891 census is Rural Postman. The family are still in Conistone and there are five children at home – Annie Sophia, Mary Jane, Joseph Ellis, Thomas Frederick and Robert Aubrey.
At the turn of the century Joseph is 63 years old and still working as a rural postman. The address on the 1901 census is the Post Office, Conistone and Isabella is described as Postmistress. Their daughter Mary Jane (35) is the only one of the children at home.
The last available census is 1911 and Joseph is now described as a retired postman. Joseph and Isabella will have been looking forward to their golden wedding anniversary in 1912. They are living at "Sunnyside", Consitone. Also with them is their daughter Mary Jane (46), their son Thomas Frederick (31) working as a butcher, and their daughter Annie Sophia with her husband of three years John Webster Smith who is described as a grocer and beer retailer.
Isabella died on 21st November 1916 at the age of 76 and Joseph survived for almost three more years until his death on 3rd September 1919.
Joseph Ellis Spink was living at home at least until the 1891 census when he was 15 years old and working as a drapers assistant. Sometime over the next ten years he moved to Barwick in Elmet near Tadcaster, about 45 miles from Conistone. On the 1901 census he is living with his brother, John Metcalfe Spink and his family. John's occupation is a self employed butcher and Joseph Ellis is working as a butchers assistant.
Within two years Joseph Ellis passed away. I haven't got his death certificate but I know from the gravestone that he died on 2nd January 1903.
Robert Aubrey Spink first appears on the 1891 census living with his parents. By 1901 he had also moved to Barwick in Elmet to live with his brother. His occupation is described as sorting clerk.
In the 1911 census Robert is listed as a visitor at an address on Harehills Lane in Leeds. He is working as a telegraphist.
The gravestone shows his date of death as 18th April 1923 and that he was accidentally killed. I visited Leeds Central Library last week and found newspaper articles about Robert's accident and these will feature in future blog posts.
I also found both Joseph Spink and Robert Aubrey Spink in the British Postal Service Appointment Books recently released on Ancestry. Joseph is listed as a "runner" in 1856 having been appointed at Kilnsey, near Conistone. He next appears in December 1880. Robert Aubrey Spink started as a "learner" in May 1900 working in Leeds.


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This investigation is about happy numbers in the World of the Octopus where all numbers are written in base 8 ... Find all the fixed points and cycles for the happy number sequences in base 8.
The number 10112359550561797752808988764044943820224719 is called a 'slippy number' because, when the last digit 9 is moved to the front, the new number produced is the slippy number multiplied by 9.
Can you arrange the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 into three 3-digit numbers such that their total is close to 1500?
This article explains how credit card numbers are defined and the check digit serves to verify their accuracy.
Robert noticed some interesting patterns when he highlighted square numbers in a spreadsheet. Can you prove that the patterns will continue?
Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, mulitply a two two digit numbers are multiplied to give a four digit number, so that the expression is correct. How many different solutions can you find?
Imagine a machine with four coloured lights which respond to different rules. Can you find the smallest possible number which will make all four colours light up?
When the number x 1 x x x is multiplied by 417 this gives the answer 9 x x x 0 5 7. Find the missing digits, each of which is represented by an "x" .
Whenever two chameleons of different colours meet they change colour to the third colour. Describe the shortest sequence of meetings in which all the chameleons change to green if you start with 12. . . .
A combination mechanism for a safe comprises thirty-two tumblers numbered from one to thirty-two in such a way that the numbers in each wheel total 132... Could you open the safe?
Find the maximum value of 1/p + 1/q + 1/r where this sum is less than 1 and p, q, and r are positive integers.
Can you find any perfect numbers? Read this article to find out more...
Find out about palindromic numbers by reading this article.
How many six digit numbers are there which DO NOT contain a 5?
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the difference between these products. Why?
My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?
When asked how old she was, the teacher replied: My age in years is not prime but odd and when reversed and added to my age you have a perfect square...
Choose four consecutive whole numbers. Multiply the first and last numbers together. Multiply the middle pair together. What do you notice?
The number 12 = 2^2 � 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Visitors to Earth from the distant planet of Zub-Zorna were amazed when they found out that when the digits in this multiplication were reversed, the answer was the same! Find a way to explain. . . .
Find the number which has 8 divisors, such that the product of the divisors is 331776.
Find the five distinct digits N, R, I, C and H in the following nomogram
Investigate $1^n + 19^n + 20^n + 51^n + 57^n + 80^n + 82^n $ and $2^n + 12^n + 31^n + 40^n + 69^n + 71^n + 85^n$ for different values of n.
Consider the equation 1/a + 1/b + 1/c = 1 where a, b and c are natural numbers and 0 < a < b < c. Prove that there is only one set of values which satisfy this equation.
Can you find examples of magic crosses? Can you find all the possibilities?
Consider all two digit numbers (10, 11, . . . ,99). In writing down all these numbers, which digits occur least often, and which occur most often ? What about three digit numbers, four digit numbers. . . .
This challenge is to make up YOUR OWN alphanumeric. Each letter represents a digit and where the same letter appears more than once it must represent the same digit each time.
How many positive integers less than or equal to 4000 can be written down without using the digits 7, 8 or 9?
Charlie has made a Magic V. Can you use his example to make some more? And how about Magic Ls, Ns and Ws?
Guess the Dominoes for child and adult. Work out which domino your partner has chosen by asking good questions.
Is there an efficient way to work out how many factors a large number has?
Sets of integers like 3, 4, 5 are called Pythagorean Triples, because they could be the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle. Can you find any more?
Which numbers can we write as a sum of square numbers?
There are some water lilies in a lake. The area that they cover doubles in size every day. After 17 days the whole lake is covered. How long did it take them to cover half the lake?
Can you find any two-digit numbers that satisfy all of these statements?
Here is a machine with four coloured lights. Can you make two lights switch on at once? Three lights? All four lights?
I added together some of my neighbours' house numbers. Can you explain the patterns I noticed?
A and B are two interlocking cogwheels having p teeth and q teeth respectively. One tooth on B is painted red. Find the values of p and q for which the red tooth on B contacts every gap on the. . . .
Show that 8778, 10296 and 13530 are three triangular numbers and that they form a Pythagorean triple.
What are the last two digits of 2^(2^2003)?
15 = 7 + 8 and 10 = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers?
Can you work out how many of each kind of pencil this student bought?
The diagram illustrates the formula: 1 + 3 + 5 + ... + (2n - 1) = n² Use the diagram to show that any odd number is the difference of two squares.
Suppose you had to begin the never ending task of writing out the natural numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... and so on. What would be the 1000th digit you would write down.
How many zeros are there at the end of the number which is the product of first hundred positive integers?
What would you do if your teacher asked you add all the numbers from 1 to 100? Find out how Carl Gauss responded when he was asked to do just that.
Is it true that $99^n$ has 2n digits and $999^n$ has 3n digits? Investigate!
115^2 = (110 x 120) + 25, that is 13225 895^2 = (890 x 900) + 25, that is 801025 Can you explain what is happening and generalise?
Find some triples of whole numbers a, b and c such that a^2 + b^2 + c^2 is a multiple of 4. Is it necessarily the case that a, b and c must all be even? If so, can you explain why?
Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.


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"Hello" is quite an apt name for the new Half Japanese album considering it
has been 4 years since their last album. But, it hasn't been a complete
absence since their driving force and principle songwriter Jad Fair has
released a dozen new albums in that time under different monikers or together
with different bands, such as Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo, Adult Rodeo, Jad &
Jason, Strobe, Jad & Kramer, and soon there will even be a Jad Fair &
Teenage Fanclub release. But, the last 2 Half Japanese albums came out in
1997 one of which was "bonehead" on Alternative Tentacles.
Jad Fair is an international ambassador of rock'n'roll. He really doesn�t
have a "home" since he is continually travelling around playing live in
various line-ups or recording with friends in Switzerland, Canada, Portugal,
Scotland, Spain(we will be releasing at least one of those latest
collaborations in mid-2001) and you name it! And his main band, Half Japanese - that he
formed with his brother David over 20 years - is continually listed high in
the "all time cult bands" charts and is touted internationally. There is even
a documentary about the band well worth checking out entitled "The Band That
Would Be King". Drag City recently (mid-2000) re-issued 2 Half Japanese albums and in
Japan there are already "greatest hits" albums.
"Hello" is an excellent mix of what Half Japanese are all about : eclectic
indie-rock maliciously deviating from standard chord structures, nerd-punk
diatribes, and beautiful love songs dripping in maple syrup. The line-up
this time features : John Sluggett - guitar, keyboards; Gilles Rieder �
drums; Jason Willett - bass, guitar, keyboards; Rob Erickson - guitar,
backing vocals; Dallas Good � guitar; Jad Fair - vocals, guitar. It was
recorded in Toronto at Hallamusic by Nick Holmes.
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Theory of religion
Mit Press, 1989 - 126 páginas
Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille's earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. Bataille brilliantly defines religion as so many different attempts to respond to the universe's relentless generosity. Framed within his original theory of generalized economics and based on his masterly reading of archaic religious activity, Theory of Religion constitutes, along with The Accursed Share, the most important articulation of Bataille's work.
Georges Bataille (1897-1962), founder of the French review Critique, wrote fiction and essays on a wide range of topics. His books in English translation include Story of the Eye, Blue of Noon, Literature and Evil, Manet and Erotism.
Robert Hurley is the translator of The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault and cotranslator of Anti Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Distributed for Zone Books.
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Earlier this month the U.S. Forest Service awarded a long-term stewardship contract to a Pagosa Springs business through a contract bidding process. You might ask, A government contract whats the big deal?
Promising multiple benefits for public lands and the Pagosa Springs community, the contract will prove that diverse collaboration, long-range thinking and innovation creates winning solutions.
The stewardship contract is a 10-year agreement that requires the contractor, J.R. Fords Pagosa Cattle Co., to remove forest products and other biomass (small-diameter trees and brush) from the San Juan National Forest. Annually between 1,000 and 2,000 acres of forested lands will be treated in an effort to reduce wildfire fuels and increase forest health and resilience. The project aims to restore the mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine forests (not the higher elevation spruce forests) to pre-settlement conditions reducing the high stems-per-acre count that results in fire-prone dog-hair thickets. These mixed-conifer forests represent the most prevalent forest type in the Pagosa area, and their diversity supports a remarkable array of plant and animal species.
Because of the century-old and now defunct policy of suppressing all fires and a struggling forest-products industry, much of our national forest lands need just this type of restorative attention. Forest restoration reduces wildfire hazard, enhances wildlife habitat, protects municipal watersheds, supports forest product industries and improves forest health. Restoration, when done right, results in trees more resistant to disease and insect mortality a benefit to both the human and ecological communities.
Mixed-conifer restoration doesnt happen overnight. It requires a focused plan and the long-term resources brought through a stewardship contract and other efforts. The Upper San Juan Mixed Conifer Workgroup, a 2-year-old collaborative mix of residents, landowners, fire-protection districts, conservation groups, forest products representatives, federal and state agencies, and others, has supported the effort and identified a mix of approaches to address the poor health of much of our local forest.
A consistent challenge in fuel-reduction projects has been applying a cost-effective and practical method to remove the fuels from the forest. Some biomass must be left on the forest floor to build soil and minimize erosion, but excessive woody fuels can increase wildfire hazards.
J.R. Fords operation will include sophisticated equipment to cut and chip the biomass and then proceed to gasify the chips to generate electricity. The power generation facility incorporates the most advanced technology for efficiency and air quality, feeding power into the La Plata Electric Association power grid and boosting the amount of renewable energy generated locally. Also, a small-scale mill is a possibility for the project, holding the promise of an increased local supply of lumber, improving on the practice of cutting saw timber locally and hauling it hundreds of miles for milling.
Other important wins include reduced wildfire hazard and creation of good paying jobs over time. There is no doubt: Collaboration, long-range thinking and innovation pay off, ecologically and economically. Thats a big deal and a good deal for all.
Jimbo Buickerood is public lands coordinator for the San Juan Citizens Alliance.


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