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Kentucky Humane Society and Louisville Metro Animal Services Extend $40 Adoption Special Through Dec. 14
The Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) and Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS) are extending $40 adoptions for cats and dogs age one year and older through Saturday, Dec. 14. The special was scheduled to run through Sunday, Dec. 8, but due to poor weather and closing of some of the adoption centers, the agencies are extending the adoption special another six days.
The two agencies want to make December 2013 the largest pet adoption month in the history of Louisville. Their aim is to find homes for 800 pets by December 31, 2013.
"Our joint goal is an ambitious one of finding loving, forever homes for 800 grateful pets," says Margaret Brosko, LMAS Senior Manager. "If everyone works together, our holiday wish of seeing empty cages as people embody the season of giving will come true."
To reach this goal, the two agencies are asking the public to choose to adopt and to not purchase dogs and cats this holiday season. To encourage adoptions, both agencies are offering $40 adoptions through Saturday, Dec. 14, for dogs and cats age one year and older.
"With so many wonderful homeless animals in our community, we are asking people to make adoption their first option," says Susan Oppel, KHS Shelter Director.
LMAS and KHS have the widest selection of cats and dogs to choose from in the region, according to Brosko. "Whatever personality, size, color or age of pet you are looking for, between our agencies we probably have the perfect pet for you," says Brosko.
To keep the public informed on agencies' progress toward this ambitious goal, KHS and LMAS are posting updates on their websites and Facebook pages on the total number of pets adopted in December.
For more information, contact KHS at (502) 366-3355 or kyhumane.org, or LMAS at (502) 473-7387 or louisvilleky.gov/AnimalServices. The adoption special takes place through Dec. 14 at nine permanent KHS adoption locations, including seven Feeders Supply stores, as well as the LMAS Animal House Adoption Center, Manslick Road location and at LMAS adoption sites at participating PetSmart stores. Adopters must pay for any applicable licensing fees. Adoption is pending approval of an application process that usually takes an hour or less.


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It was the first time I'd be home in a year. Last time was for my babies' shower; This time for Isaac with WWL-TV Channel 4.
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Going home for another storm that was hyped up to hit on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina didn't really play on my mind too much. This storm was not the same as Katrina. Nowhere near it.
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But around 5am Wednesday morning, the tweets on social media site Twitter started to roll in. People were trapped in Braithwaite, in Plaquemines Parish. Water coming into houses. People in Attics. (Go to your map of the US and look at the southernmost part of the state of the LA - that's Plaquemines parish). That parish's earthen levee began to give way. It's a levee that sits outside of the federal protection zone, so it's vulnerable on many fronts. Storms hit it. It erodes. It overtops. But never THIS bad.
While on the air at WWL, our producer told us in our ears that on the line was a man named Gene Oddo who was trapped in his attic with his wife and one year old baby girl. He tried to call 911 but couldn't get through. So he called us.
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It was his wife's first hurricane. His baby, Samantha Ray, was giggling her way through her first storm. He would talk to us on the air - and in the same breath turn to his daughter and coo at her, "Hey my baby girl. You're doing so good." We told him to stop and focus and tell us only the facts that we needed to get him help. He needed to save his phone battery until help got to him.
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We began to recieve reports of flooding from all over:
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Slidell in St. Tammany Parish - water was from the lake spilling into the canals inside the area.
Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish - water flowing from the Tchefuncte River due to the storm surge.
Tangipahoa Parish - evacuation of 60 thousand people called because of water possibly breaching the dam at Percy Quinn State Park.
Thousands are still recovering from this and the loss of power.
There's one thing about living in Southeast Louisiana, the water is your friend and your foe. People understand the giant element there like nowhere else in the country. The levees that were built around New Orleans pushed the water to other spots on the Louisiana map. Now those areas will fight for their protection. Why? Because California officials fight for money to rebuild houses in the path of the wildfires. Because Kansas officials fight for money to rebuild after tornadoes. It's the dance of living with nature.
There's one thing everyone learned about this storm: maybe it's time we start discussing hurricanes in more than just categories. WWL's talented meteorologists Laura Buchtel and Derek Kevra clarified multiple times that categories measure only wind speed. They don't tell you how slowly a storm travels, nor how much water it's carrying with it. When people hear "tropical storm," they automatically assume it won't be "bad." Isaac has changed that thought process for many.
EVERY storm is different, but the people have proven to be the same. Resilient. They're back at their houses cleaning, emailing their officials to stay on top of the power company, planning their kids' upcoming school week. The airport reopened that Friday, August 31st, and welcomed thousands of tourists to a relatively spruced up New Orleans. After all, the whole area depends on the tourism that comes into its core.
As for me, it's good to be back in Virginia. Unlike my co-workers in New Orleans, I don't have to play chicken at a broken street light or wait to get power back at my house.
It was a good assignment, one that I plan to use to spread a few lessons here in Norfolk, especially since according to climatecentral.com, Norfolk is rated in the top five high risk areas for hurricanes.
According to Climate Central's research, Virginia's Chesapeake area has one of the fastest rates of sea level rise in the country. We are right along with New Orleans in having to know how to manage our water. Our assets are as important as theirs. They have the oil. We have the Navy. Let's learn from each other so history won't have to repeat itself - anywhere.


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Human rights and philosophy should be taught in school!
As a member of the Sudanese community, where human rights are constantly violated and where people, mostly the younger generations, do not tend to engage in critical issues affecting the whole nation, I believe that Education should be changed and transformed into teaching the students how to think philosophically and lay the foundation for that since nursery school, rather than indoctrinating them with ideologies and beliefs that would just dull their minds and make them incapable of questioning things, and taking initiative to find solutions to problems.
Many people here are very unaware of their rights, know nothing about vital issues like economics, for example, and completely oblivious to what's written in the Constitution.
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Jerry Yang 500+Feb 27 2013: Human rights come with a lot of gore. If you were to focus on human rights, you cannot ignore the fact that there have been so many times that human rights have been abused. Take the situation in Darfur, or South Sudan. Should one bare one's soul by explaining what is happening in Darfur, or shouold one protect the children's minds and save the horror for a later time?
So the moral dilemma boils down to whether you want to expose the kids to such gore and horror at such a young age.
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- A Special EveningGourmetDined on 9/6/2014We celebrated a birthday and had excellent food and a very attentive server. An extensive wine list was appreciated. We three ordered different entres and we were all pleased with our choices. The scallops were especially well-prepared and the steak was a perfect medium-rare. The sauce on the duck was complementary. The creme brûlée was large enough for three to share.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ChippyVIPDined on 9/5/2014The chef is a marvel. Everything from the appetizer through the chocolate mousse cake dessert was delicious. Try the Caesar salad-amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- RickDined on 8/26/2014have been at this resturant many times, the past couple of times the food quality has not been as good, although it is still very nice, from the time we ordered the entree it took almost 45 minutes to be served, and the resturant was not busy.....we will return...I would recommend this to a friend.
- Over seasoned over portionedGordonDined on 8/19/2014I found the food over seasoned and over portioned.Let the freshness of the food dominate the taste.Sweetbreads and Soft shell crabs breaded with seasoned breadcrumbs were not as enjoyable as they could have been. The accompanying item with both items could be where the unique seasoning could be found. The portioning on the salads was to large. Three people having the salads could not finish their entre and no room for dessert. The balance of seasoning and portioning could be better. The server John did a great job.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ExcellentriverratDined on 8/19/2014Waited a long time to eat at the Livery. The experience was exceptional. From the moment we entered the service above expectation. We tried the Caesar per server recommendation unlike any I've ever had. Will definitely go back. Excellent food. Great service. Beautiful restaurant in the coolest little town in America.Special Features:
- Hungry Thirsty GolfersCadeshakDined on 8/16/2014I was with a group of 4 golfers, none of which had previously been to this restaurant. We were all very pleased with everything about this restaurant - the bartender & our waiter were both very friendly & very efficient. Our dinner selections were all great, & the atmosphere was very comfortable. The next time that any of us are in Lewisburg, the Livery Tavern will be at the top of our list of go-to restaurants. We took a cab to & from the restaurant, which is always a good idea if you are enjoying some libations. I have previously eaten at various restaurants at The Greenbrier resort, and I rate the Livery Tavern above all of them for overall quality of food and for the reasonableness of prices.Special Features:
- Yum!sneadginDined on 8/9/2014We went to the restaurant after a review on TripAdvisor and it was an excellent meal. The menu was not the same as we saw online but we easily found multiple entrees that sounded delicious. Be sure to try the steak and shrimp appetizer!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Dinner with old friendsLocalDined on 8/8/2014Six of us had dinner as an old friend was in the area from Nashville. She had read about The Livery on the Internet and wanted to check it out. We all were very pleased with our service, food and the relaxing atmosphere. Love the woodwork and the stone!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The newest Jem in LewisburgCathinwvDined on 8/1/2014Chose this restaurant because we wanted outdoor dining. From our shared appetizer of Cheese and Charcuterie, to the chocolate dessert, this place is a hit! My group of four each had a different entre and each dish was a winner. The server was helpful and attentive. Can't wait to share this restaurant with friends on my next visit to Lewisburg.Special Features:
- MagsDined on 8/1/2014We enjoyed everything about your restaurant!! The food was delicious & the service was impeccable. We will be back many more times.Special Features:
- The Livery is Great!DRM1310Dined on 7/30/2014The Livery combines great food, wonderful atmosphere, interesting people and caring service. I highly recommend it!Special Features:
- Excellent but a Little PriceyNewOrleansVisitorDined on 7/29/2014The ambiance and food were excellent. We had the Livery recommended to us but didn't check the menu ahead of time. Most entree's are $30+. Worth the price.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Didn't live up to its billingMunkusesDined on 7/25/2014They seem to pride themselves on being the priciest restaurant in town, but for me the food quality, service and general ambiance was not in line with the prices on the menu. In its defense, I did not order one of their steak offerings, which seems to be their specialty.
- worth a detourOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/16/2014I stopped here on the way from Indianapolis to Williamsburg last year and the meal was so gourmet i took a photo of the green salad and photos of the restaurant and told all my friends they should go.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/15/2014Love,love, love, we can never come to Lewisburg/ The Greenbrier without coming to the Livery!Special Features:
- Always exceptionalMikeVIPDined on 7/15/2014The food and service at the Livery Tavern has always been excellent. We go whenever we are in Lewisburg! The roasted beet salad is to die for! This time we had the swordfish and the shrimp and scallops....delicious!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always goodGuidoDined on 7/12/2014Our second visit. It will not be our last! Most interesting is the ever changing menu items.Special Features:
- excellent restaurantthetravelersDined on 7/5/2014we had a really good, nicely paced meal here with excellent serviceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- PriceyPriceyDined on 7/5/2014Very overpriced for the quailty of the food. Great wine list but they were out of the first 2 selections I made. The final selection was not the vinatge year that was on the wine list. They said, Oh, it just hasnt been updated. I would expect it to be updated by the price of the meal.
- High Quality in a Small TownAmateurFoodieDined on 7/3/2014The Livery Tavern is a big-city restaurant located in a small place! The food was excellent and we enjoyed our dinner there. It was a Thursday night and they had live music, which was both a good and a bad thing. The diningroom itself is really not very large so with the addition of amplified vocals and guitar, all the patrons had to use very loud speaking voices--which really made the place exceptionally loud. This made the feel very energetic but made it difficult to carry on any kind of conversation. It was very busy as well, and I think they had a staffing issue--the managers appeared to be bussing/setting tables and trying to do some serving as well. Overall, a very nice restaurant and high quality food but our night was very loud.Special Features:
- ExquisiteGuidoDined on 6/20/2014Ambiance great, service efficient, food presentation excellent, quality was outstanding. A bit pricy but one gets what one pays for. It' said "be back."Special Features:
- Another great visitMikeVIPDined on 6/14/2014We eat here often and it's always great. Highly recommend.Special Features:
- comoDined on 6/4/2014Great ambience and vibe. The trout was amazing and we both loved the unique Caesar salad with roasted Brussel sprouts. Great use of fresh local ingredients. The staff is very friendly and welcoming. Highly recommended!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great restaurant!!Sid44Dined on 5/30/2014I read the reviews and deceided to give it a try while we were staying at the Greenbrier. Everything I read was true, great food, great service with an excellent wine list. If you are in Lewisburg do yourself a favor and have dinner. Nice little town also. Cheers,Special Features:
- Whats wrong in the kitchen?TravelerVIPDined on 5/28/2014This is a well-designed space in a charming country town. The staff is warm and friendly. The wine list is both comprehensive and interesting with staff expertise to match. But........the food took forever, and not on a crowded night, and one dish, the quail appetizer was served severely charred. Maybe this was an exception but its a real shame that a place with such promise didnt deliver.
- The following 70 reviews are from the The Livery Tavern reviews archive.
- Lburg Livery RocksKCDCDined on 5/24/2014We have a real gem in this restaurant in Lewisburg. Finally a great menu with sought after dishes like pork belly and short ribs, yum! And they are cooked to perfection. Wine selection compliments the dishes and the ambiance is upbeat.Special Features:
- MouthwateringsusanDined on 5/15/2014It's been a week since we were there, but even now just thinking about our experience makes my mouth water. The lobster risotto is always a favorite, but we also loved the evening's special as well as the shrimp and scallops entree. Our server was funny and attentive (without being intrusive in any way). The chef stopping by to chat made everything even better. I recommend it highly.Special Features:
- Great Food In A Great EnvironmentNativLewisburgianDined on 5/7/2014Dining was incredible... Food was excellent, it's what you would expect from a great restaurant in Lewisburg. We were greeted with a smile and the service was great. But, when we arrived, we sat at the bar and the bartender was not the most gracious. It was like she wanted us to move to a table and not sit at the bar.... We did talk with the manager and everything was "fixed...." Two of us was $115 and we gave a $50 tip, it was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- last evening in LewisburgMissLillyDined on 5/6/2014The host was beyond excellent. The waitress was very good, explained the dinners. When we first arrived, the barmaid seemed more interested in the sports on TV rather than greeting us. Not very friendly at first, she made one of the best dirty martinis ever! I actually had two they were so perfect. It was a great way to end our trip to WVA. We love your fine state and will return soon.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our Favorite SpoteatrightordineDined on 4/26/2014We eat out all over the world, and, no kidding, this is our favorite restaurant. The food is consistently fabulous and creative. The house salad is fresh, local and creative, and the prettiest presentation ever. The specials are always worth a try. The unique cocktail creations are not to be missed and the quirky wine list has opened our eyes to some great little wineries. Nancy, the owner and manager, has put together one of the best teams in the business. Don't miss this absolute gem!Special Features:
- Enjoyable and pleasantOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 4/22/2014We arrived and were greeted and seated in a timely manner by a delightful associate. Our order was placed with recommendations as well as the waitress was able to answer all our questions about the different selections to choose from. Our order was delivered and the waitress followed up to see if we had any needs during our meal several times. The food was outstanding as well as the entire experience. We were staying at the Greenbriar and they book our reservation for us on line. We received an email confirmation. We plan on returning to the restaurant as well as the entire area again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good but not great.5foodiesDined on 4/12/2014Very nice atmosphere & bar area. Good wine list. Food & service okay.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Horrible ServiceBDE1Dined on 3/13/2014Tonight March 13th, a business associate and I made a 7:15 PM reservation at your restaurant the Livery Tavern. We were a bit early about 6:55 PM - no one was manning the door but a pleasant young woman from behind the bar seated us, the menu and wine list were on the table; although the restaurant was not busy no one approached our table. One waiter served appetizers to the table next to us and water to the booth behind us but refused to make eye contact with us. After waiting 20 minutes with no acknowledgement of our presence, we decided it would be best to leave. Before leaving we approached the bar where three employees were chatting and mentioned that the service was nonexistent - this was an unpleasant experience. Sent from my iPad
- DISAPPOINTINGMaryVIPDined on 3/8/2014This eatery was recommended to me, so I checked it out. I wish I didn't. Food was very over-priced, mediocre in quality, lacked interest, and the servings were small. The menu was limited. The service was poor, unpolished and amateur. I was worried when I saw the restaurant was near empty on a Saturday night, now I know why. I left there very hungry, as did my husband. This is not a gourmet restaurant, but the prices were. Save your time & money!
- dining at the liveryjfisherDined on 3/1/2014Every minute was great. From start to finish. Keep up the good work!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Special Place in LewisburgOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 2/27/2014We reserved a table at the Livery Tavern for a birthday dinner. The host greeted us promptly and made sure we had the table near the window that we wanted. We were made to feel very welcome. The fire was roaring in the fireplace and the guitar duo played and sang beautifully. Our server was attentive and the menu(which is changed periodically) was excellent. Our meals were served properly, and were delicious. We all had a wonderful time at The Livery Tavern, I particularly like the fact that the restaurant was originally founded by a retired Marine and his officer sword and flag grace the fireplace mantle. A nice touch for an already very welcoming establishment.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- My Favoriteconch4evaDined on 2/14/2014The kitchen and dining staff produce a great experience from the moment you walk in, and appeared to be conscientious and detail oriented.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- one of Lewisburg's finestfuddtDined on 2/14/2014Trout is great. Locally sourced fresh fish and produce set them apart. Never disappointing. A must do. Wines selection to suit any budget.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Livery could do betterWarmSprgsDinerDined on 1/31/2014This was our first visit to The Livery.The food was excellent and beautifully displayed but the service was slack even though we arrived early for dinner and the place was not busy.We ordered a large assortment of appetizers and they brought them all out at once and then disappeared.We ended up stacking dishes on the table next to us and even then the waitress didn't make an effort to clean them off.The music was super loud and not conducive to a relaxing dining experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lovely night out!HungrySueDined on 1/18/2014The Livery Tavern came highly recommended to us & I am glad we tried it during our trip to The Greenbrier. The atmosphere was great & the noise level was very tolerable (important to me). We thought my daughter was being unadventurous getting the pasta, but she had the best dish out of our 3! My husband's seafood dish was tasty, but was extremely small (portioned) especially for the price. Salads very good & oysters, too!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Improving performance of Linux on ARM
Assembly Line
"maddog" looks at some of Linaro's efforts to improve GNU/Linux performance on ARM architectures.
For the past several months, I have been working with Linaro [1], an association of companies who want to see GNU/Linux working well on ARM architectures. Although ARM Holdings designs the ARM architecture chips, various other companies manufacture the CPUs, GPUs, and SoCs (Systems on a Chip) from ARM's licensed designs. Some of these companies use these manufactured units in their own products, and some sell the manufactured units to other companies and to the general public. For the past couple of years, ARM has been working on a 64-bit chip, and their licensees are getting close to having ARM 64-bit hardware ready.
One of the ARM engineers determined that 1,400 different source code modules in either Ubuntu or Fedora (or both) have assembly language in the code. This is not to say that the assembly language (or lack of it) will stop the module from working on the ARM64 system, because there may be higher level fallback code (e.g., code written in C) that will take over and be compiled for the missing ARM64 assembly language. However, the modules have not been tested and verified either on actual hardware or on the emulators for the ARM64 architecture that currently exist. Thus, Linaro decided to enlist the community in porting some of these modules and has created a contest with prizes for those people who help out [2].
The engineers also noticed that a lot of the code containing assembly language was fairly old. It was designed in an age when systems had a single CPU; CPUs were much slower, with a single core; memory was measured in megabytes, not gigabytes; Ethernet was 10Mbps, not 1,000Mbps; and the GNU compilers were not as good at optimization as commercial compilers. Therefore, people wrote assembler for the tightest, fastest parts of the system.
If those programs were written today, however, they might have a lot less assembly language, and the code would be more portable. Thus, the contest was expanded to include improving the performance of these modules and (perhaps) eliminating some of the old assembly language where it made sense.
Embedded systems exemplify how our perspective of "performance" has changed over time, in that the size of the memory footprint is often a measure of performance, with a small footprint providing savings in the manufacturing process. Extended battery life, achieved by allowing parts of the system to be turned off after the application is finished, also represents an improvement in performance. In large server farms, performance is often measured in electricity savings, savings on cooling, or in reduction of equipment purchases and floor space.
In the early years of my programming career, my job was not to write new functionality but to get other people's programs to work "better." My manager told me that if I could not get the application to work in half the time, not to bother with it. In almost every case, I could make an application run not only in half the time, but often five to 10 times faster. It was a very satisfying job, so it has been interesting to start investigating new techniques for profiling code, finding the bottlenecks, and seeing new performance improvements and efficiencies that can be made since I did this work 30 years ago.
At the same time, I am working with some very small systems that have some really interesting features. The use of GPUs for computation, digital signal processing chips, and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) were all conceptual years ago, but they were cost and space prohibitive. These concepts now have become not only feasible but even competitive in price/performance with other, more "mainstream" types of circuitry.
A board from a company called Adapteva not only has a SoC with a two-core ARM processor, FPGA, and digital signal processing chips, it also has a 16- or 64-core CPU. All of this, plus some system memory and USB ports, comes on a board in the US$ 100-150 price range [3]. The opportunity to learn about these architectures has now become practical.
Recently some people attracted a lot of attention by building a "supercomputer" out of a Raspberry Pi, a single-core system that does not invite the type of programming that might occur in a real HPC system. In an HPC system, each board can have several CPUs or several cores in a single CPU and use OpenMP in conjunction with MPI and other heterogeneous computing environments. Substituting computers such as the Banana Pi [4] or ODROID-U3 [5] would create a higher performing "supercomputer" at a reasonable increase in price and would afford a more realistic mix of programming styles.
I encourage readers to sign up for Linaro's contest and help GNU/Linux be the best that it can be.
- Linaro: http://linaro.org
- Linaro Performance Challenge: http://performance.linaro.org
- Parallela: http://www.adapteva.com/parallella/
- Banana Pi: http://www.banana-pi.org
- ODROID-U3: http://hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php
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Collected here are stories and images of Mosman's past. Much of the primary source material comes from Mosman Library's Local Studies collection.
- A brief history of Mosman
Mosman history began more than 40,000 years ago as the Borogegal tribe inhabited the Mosman area, and continued with European settlement in 1789. Learn of the prominent individuals and events which have shaped our Municipality.
- Aboriginal Mosman
Three Aboriginal clans lived in Mosman. The Boregal clan inhabited the Bradley's Head area, the Gorualgal from Chowder Bay to Georges Heights and the Birrabirragal were at Middle Head and the Spit. The Cameragal clan was also influential in Middle Harbour.
- Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame
Centrally located at the Mosman Swim Centre, The Mosman Sporting Wall of Fame allows for the exploration of the rich sporting history of Mosman.
- The Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales and Australian Art Pottery
Founded in 1906 by a group of Mosman craftspeople, the Society contributed to a unique tradition of Australian decorative arts.
- Potteries in Mosman
During the 1940s, Mosman became the home of two famous names in pottery, Rose Noble and Vande.
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The Cairn at Rawson Park was Scotland's gift to the people of Australia on the occasion of Australia's Bicentenary.
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Goldman Sachs back to its winning ways
The company was written off not once but twice in 2 years. Now its time in purgatory is over, and it's approaching the breakout level.
By Jim Cramer, TheStreet
Didn't Goldman Sachs (GS) have a light quarter? Wasn't it supposed to be hobbled by financial regulation? Isn't it undercapitalized post-Basel? What the heck is it doing breaking out here?
I think it's is because:
- Financial regulation means almost nothing to Goldman. It hasn't had to change any really important practices.
- Goldman Sachs has no mortgage exposure like the other banks, because it really never got into that line of business.
- The company has raised cash at an absurdly low price and will now not have a liquidity crisis again unless someone goes in and steals the darned money.
- The bearish crowd seems to have decided to leave it alone for whatever reason.
Now, how about that last quarter? I thought it was amazing because it showed that the company had great core earnings power away from the proprietary trading desk and that it didn't need equity trading to make a lot of money. In the meantime, it was making far more money in corporate finance and mergers than anyone thought possible.
Plus, consider the massive fine it had to pay for its transgressions!
Goldman Sachs has been written off not once but twice during this period: first when it crashed to the $60s during the great 2008 liquidity crisis, and the second time when it was charged with crimes by the government.
It beat both.
Its time in purgatory is done. Without any fanfare it has now approached the breakout level. Without any push or support.
Who knows what will happen if someone actually gets behind the stock and pushes it!
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The Drive For Doha
Published July 10, 2009 03:04
Halfway through the year, there are many teams still in contention for the four spots that will make up the doubles field at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009.
Cara Black and Liezel Huber, the two-time defending champions, have a strong hold on the No.1 position. Although they have not captured a Grand Slam in 2009, they have a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour-leading four titles at Paris [Indoors], Dubai, Madrid and Birmingham. They have also made the semis at four events, including Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and the quarters at four, including the Australian Open.
Serena and Venus Williams have not played in any tournaments besides the three Grand Slams. However, capturing two of them - the Australian Open and Wimbledon - has put them in second place in the standings. They have never previously played in the season-ending doubles event, but look on track to make their first appearance in it this year.
Spaniards Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual occupy third place. They have only won one event this year, but it was a big one, Roland Garros. They also picked up a lot of points by being finalists in Marbella, semifinalists at Wimbledon and quarterfinalists in Miami. In their only previous appearance at this event, they lost in the semis last year to Black and Huber.
Australians Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs, in fourth place, aren't far behind Medina Garrigues and Ruano Pascual. Their best results to date are runner-up showings at Eastbourne and Wimbledon. Barely trailing them for Doha's last spot is Spanish duo Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez, who have three Tour titles this year at Bogotá, Acapulco and Barcelona. Kveta Peschke and Lisa Raymond, who have been finalists at Paris [Indoors], Miami, Ponte Vedra Beach and Madrid, are in sixth place and don't have a huge deficit to make up either.
Asians Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei, who have won Sydney and Rome and were semifinalists at Roland Garros, are in seventh place, and Australian Open finalists Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama are in eighth. Rounding out the Top 10 are Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova and Roland Garros finalists Elena Vesnina and Victoria Azarenka.
The Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 - will be held October 27 to November 1.


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Assistant Professor
Marine Biology
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Northeastern University
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Nahant, MA 01908 USA
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Lab Website: http://northeastern.edu/biodiversity/
Academic Education
- Ph.D. Oregon State University
- B.Sc. University of Puget Sound
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Northeastern University (2007 – present)
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis (2005 – 2007)
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Other Professional Activities
- Invited participant in an international workshop and symposium on the Effect of global change on carbon sequestration and food web structure across ecosystems (Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2009).
- Member of a National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) working group comparing trophic structure across ecosystems (2005-2008).
- Co-organizer of the 2006 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Symposium: Ecological interactions useful for ecosystem-based management.
- Participant in the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's DIALOG VII symposium to promote interdisciplinary collaboration across aquatic sciences (Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama, 2005).
Research Interests
My research, based primarily at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center in Nahant, uses an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate the linkages between marine communities and ecosystems. Recently, ecologists have begun to realize that large-scale, ecosystem-level processes are important mediators of community structure and dynamics and that local-scale phenomena, such as the ecological and physiological attributes of species, influence ecosystem functioning. In particular, my research focuses on (1) the impacts of ecosystem functioning (the transformation and flux of energy and materials) on patterns of distribution, abundance, biodiversity, and community structure and (2) the roles that organisms—and the diversity of those organisms—play in mediating ecosystem functions. In evaluating these linkages between communities and ecosystems, I draw from a variety of ecological sub-disciplines, including community ecology, physiological ecology, and ecosystem ecology.
Teaching Activities
I currently teach two classes every year, Marine Ecology (BIOL 5515) during the fall semester at the Marine Science Center as part of the Three Seas Program and Marine Biology (BIOL 2325) during the spring semester on Northeastern's Boston campus. My Marine Ecology course is a conceptual survey of ecology—the study of the distributions, abundances, and interactions of organisms and the roles of those organisms in mediating the transformation and flux of energy and matter—in the marine environment. My Marine Biology course is a survey of biological processes, in general, as applied to marine systems, including physiology, ecology, evolution, and biogeochemistry. In addition to my assigned teaching, I frequently offer graduate seminars in ecology, including Topics in Integrative Biology (BIOL 7384), courses in Classics and Neoclassics in Ecology, and Ecology and the Media.


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What happen to Music Choice? They changed to format and made it much less interesting. I see they set the "MC" for Music Choice in huge font and the information about the music too small to read? It's not about advertising your brand, it's about providing a good product.
Horrible bright colors that burn my eyes across the room, even when I'm not looking in that direction! I can't read the information at all. Luckily, they seem to play the same artists and even the same tracks over and over and over, and I don't have to read them to know what they are (I mostly listen to jazz). But still...
To be fair, this seems to be an independent channel, not Verizon. They seem to be on every cable company. Maybe we should try to contact them on their own website, but I doubt that it will make any difference. You can leave a comment at the bottom of the following link:
http://www.musicchoice.com/AboutMusicChoice.aspx#Comment .
We listen to Music Choice several hours each day, but the recent change in the video portion - large "MC Music Choice" in same spot on the screen is causing concern about burn-in and the the info at the bottom left is too small and out of proportion. Would request Music Choice to go back to previous format.
I never listen to the Music Choice channels, but after seeing this topic I went and looked, and you folks are right, it is just awful. And like b727bil said, if I had an older Plasma TV I would be very worried about burn-in.
Is that screen created and maintained by Verizon or the Music Choice folks? It may be that Verizon can't fix it themselves, but whoever is responsible, it really does need revision - tone down the brightness and change the font sizes.
I listen to MC as well and find the the new screens to be unbelievably awful. But, is this really a Verizon issue or a Music Choice issue?
I just followed the link that AnnJ posted to the Music Choice website, and the awful screens are there on their website. So it is Music Choice, not Verizon, that has screwed this up. I guess we all need to follow her link and express our displeasure.
I agree! So I just tune the set top box, turn off the tv and listen on audio out to surround or stereo.
Beats the heck out of the endless commercials on FM radio, But I did like the pix and info before the change.
user5million - Can you - or anyone else - tell me how to set it up so I can listen to the TV without the picture?
I may not be able to do it because I'm using a very old SD TV, but I'd like to try if possible. Thanks.
I actually like the change! It's simple and streamlined. The old format looked a little more 1990s. We enjoy the "Did U Know" facts as well.
Good news. I told a friend about the burn-in problem and she told me that they've changed Music Choice again - I don't know exactly when. So I checked and I see that the material on the screen changes much more often. And it seems to be easier to read now. There also seem to be more ads, but that doesn't bother me, as long as they're just visual.
Still no pictures, however.
I'd like to think that Music Choice changed their screen because of all of us contacting them.
I'm posting this on both threads about Music Choice.
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WDRB) -- The city of New Albany, Ind. paid a total of $50,000 to fund a gun buyback program to get 250 weapons off the street -- and a local gun shop owner says the city got scammed.
Maj. Keith Whitlow of the New Albany Police Dept. ran down the list of the types of weapons collected: "Handguns, rifles, shotguns, assault weapons from residents of New Albany."
The weapons were collected during New Albany's gun buyback program. Those weapons were destroyed. More than 250 firearms were snapped in half with a powerful metal shearing machine.
Maj. Whitlow says, "Our hope was that we could make the community a little safer by taking guns out of homes where people really didn't want them."
When officers hosted the buyback event in December, the line stretched down the block. They handed out $50,000 in cash in just 90 minutes.
But Kenny Allen of K2 Precision Gunsmithing says, "Definitely, people were working the system." He says after the city's money ran out, his business shot up: "It gave people money and the opportunity to go buy a better gun. That's exactly what happened."
If you bring a gun to a gun store, you're liable to receive $50 or $60. New Albany was paying $200 for handguns and $300 for assault rifles.
The system was simple -- give a gun, get the cash. It was open to all New Albany residents, no questions asked. Allen says, "I don't believe the firearms that were being maliciously used on the street were standing in line to be bought back by New Albany."
Whitlow told WDRB's Gilbert Corsey his officers tracked every weapon turned in through a national crime information center database. We found a lot of guns that had serial numbers entered in as stolen, but when we followed up on it we found it was not the gun that we had. So we did not find any guns that were stolen or wanted by law enforcement."
Meanwhile, New Albany Mayor Jeff Gahan says, "If we can get some private contributions as well as some city funds I think it's possible we could have another event in the future."
And Allen, who both sells and buys guns, hopes it come back, too.
Freedom Metals in Louisville destroyed the guns at no cost to the police department. WDRB News has been told the metal from the guns will be recycled for other uses.
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Download Migration+ via Amazon Android App Store
After a bit of frustration with the Android based Google Play, we've decided to port our app to Amazon! You can enjoy all the same great features in this version!
Download Migration+ via Amazon Android App Store
After a bit of frustration with the Android based Google Play, we've decided to port our app to Amazon! You can enjoy all the same great features in this version!
For any potential customers out there wondering which models of phones/tablets other customers have used Migration+ on…here you go!
Apple iPhone 3
Apple iPhone 3gs
Apple iPhone 4
Apple iPhone 4s
Apple iPad
Apple iPad 2 (Wifi and GSM)
Apple iPad 3
Apple iPod Touch 4G
Samsung Droid Charge (Android)
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Android)
Samsung Galaxy S (Android)
Samsung Epic 4G (Android)
Samsung Galaxy S Plus (Android)
Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android)
Samsung Galaxy Note (Android)
Samsung Galaxy Tab (Android)
Samsung Galaxy Fit (Android)
Samsung Galaxy Ace (Android)
Samsung Fascinate (Android)
Samsung Admire (Android)
Samsung Vibrant (Android)
Samsung Intercept (Android)
HTC Evo (Android)
HTC Evo 3D(Android)
HTC Evo 4G (Android)
HTC Desire HD (Android)
HTC Desire (Android)
HTC Desire S (Android)
HTC Ledgend (Android)
HTC Wildfire (Android)
HTC One S (Android)
HTC One X (Android)
HTC Rezound (Android)
HTC Droid Incredible (Android)
HTC Droid Incredible S (Android)
HTC Nexus One (Android)
HTC My Touch 4G (Android)
HTC Thunderbolt (Android)
LG Optimus V (Android)
LG Optimus 3D (Android)
LG Optimus 2X (Android)
LG Phoenix (Android)
LG G2X (Android)
Motorola Droid Raxor Maxx (Android)
Motorola Droid (Android)
Motorola Droid Pro (Android)
Motorola Droid X (Android)
Motorola Droid X2 (Android)
Motorola Droid 3 (Android)
Motorola Droid 4 (Android)
Motorola Droid Bionic (Android)
Atrix 4G (Android)
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650
BlackBerry Bold 9700
BlackBerry Bold 9930
BlackBerry Bold 9900
BlackBerry Torch 9800
BlackBerry Torch 9850
BlackBerry Torch 9810
BlackBerry Torch 9860
BlackBerry Curve 9370
BlackBerry Curve 9360
BlackBerry Curve 9350
BlackBerry Curve 8520
BlackBerry Storm 2
Migration+ has been out since mid-March 2012 and now that we have a pretty nice set of data to look at, we've found some interesting trends that we'd like to share.
We hope to continue sharing interesting information like this with those of you who are interested.
Yes that's right, search results for Google Play suck! The apps displayed in results are consistently irrelevant to the topic searched and the search results are most certainly not appropriately ordered to give users relevant results for their search terms. On top of the fact that the search results suck, SEO for Google Play is a black box which makes it even more frustrating.
Since we launched Migration+ in early March on both the Apple App Store and Google Play (formerly Android Market) we've spent a bit of time trying to optimize how our app gets found by users. After recently reading a TNW article about Instragram being buried in Google Play results, I decided it may be valuable to detail our efforts in this area to illustrate how challenging it really is for a startup in this space.
In the first version we published on both the App Store and Google Play, we naively published a simple paragraph about our app. For the Apple App Store we put in keywords describing what we wanted the app to be (i.e. move docs, sms, etc.) not what it was at the moment (contacts migration) – newbie mistake. It's relevant to note that Google Play does not have a specific field for keywords. After publishing we expected that it would take a little while for indexes and search results to show our app, so we stayed patient – roughly a week. After a week and after reading a good existing theory about Google Play's search algorithm as well as several for the Apple App Store, we adjusted our description to reflect the search queries we thought would be relevant to for users to find Migration. We also adjusted our title slightly and for Apple we adjusted our keywords. Here are a few sample search terms we were targeting:
Less than 24 hours after changing the description, keywords, and title we saw Migration+ show up in the top 25 results for many of our search terms in the Apple App Store. However, in Google Play we were only showing up in the top 25 for one search term, "contact migration". Since then we've been tracking search term rankings for Migration+ thinking that more downloads/installs/time in the respective app repositories would increasingly benefit the ranking. That assumption seems to be true on Apple, but not currently true on Google Play. Although we've had ~250 downloads over the first few weeks of launch on each OS, our Google Play ranking has not improved in any significant way. Because of the lackluster ranking on Google and the fairly good ranking on Apple we've been trying to figure out what's going on. We've noticed two big problems…
Problem 1 – Irrelevant Search Results on Google Play. Take the search term "move contacts" for example, where we are ranked #4 of the Apple App Store and #316 on Google Play. In the search results on Google Play we're ranked behind apps like:
…and about 200 other apps that are fairly irrelevant to the search term used. Essentially this seems like a case of "downloads are most important, not content". If an app that has been downloaded many times and has either of the search terms in it's title or description, it comes before less downloaded apps with more relevant or exact match search terms in the title or description. Here are a couple detailed examples of how irrelevant the results can be:
Problem 2 – Number of Results on Google Play. This second problem is intertwined with the first problem. If you search the App Store for any of our noted search terms, most of them are low to medium competition (less than 50 results). In fact, only 3 of them are over 50. All of our search terms and essentially every search on Google Play results in what would be considered a "highly competitive" search term (hundreds of results). To get specific, all of our search terms yield at least 250 results on Google Play and most yield 500!
I emailed a few people at Google with polite messages about my concerns in hopes of getting information about their direction on search for Google Play or perhaps a brief explanation of how best developers can work with their search results. Unfortunately, I haven't got any responses. Before anyone flames, let me freely admit that I am not a professional when it comes to SEO. I should also state plainly that I am typically a happy Google product and service user. I hope this post draws some attention from the right people at Google about how challenging this has become – especially for small developers.
NOTE – there was one other problem we were going to list, lack of exact name match. However, for Migration+ at least, this has seemingly been fixed recently.
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We're in the midst of finalizing a first build of Migration+ on BlackBerry, which Leo and I are very excited about. This means you'll be able to migrate:
All with a single app, Migration+! As with our iPhone and Android versions of Migration+, you'll be able to do these contact migrations over wifi if your service is already turned off on one or both phones. If anyone is interested in getting an early release of the app to test it out, let me know!
For all you first time or aspiring developers, we're putting together a list of tips to test your iPhone or iPad app so it has less issues and less crashes. This list was created as a result of our ongoing development of Migration+. We realize we are not the end-all-be-all of app testing knowledge, this list is meant to be helpful for app development as of March 2012. It is not intended to be the final word on iPhone app testing.
1. Test it on the iPhone Simulator FIRST
This goes without saying, but before you put your app on a real iPhone, do yourself (and your beta testers) a favor by trying it out using the Apple SDK iOS Simluator. This will help you test on the latest version of iOS and will give you a general idea of if your app works in a simple and controlled environment.
NOTE: if you do not have a MAC (Apple says this is a requirement for running the simulator), there are ways to create a OS X virtual machine on Windows or Linux.
2. Test it on your iPhone(s)
Similar to item #1, if you have an iPhone, you should test on your own phone before distributing a beta version to users. Make sure to try tips 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 on your iPhone (if possible). This step also means you will complete the prerequisites for being able to distribute your app to other beta users during this step (create a provisioning profile, build the app for distribution, know how to get a device UUID). Rather than recreate the wheel, we suggest using the instructions here from Stack Overflow which describe this in detailed steps.
3. Get beta testers
This may be the hardest or easiest step. You need beta testers with a variety of iPhones running a variety of iOS. If your app is going to be used on iPad, you need a variety of iPad flavors too! Our strategy for this was to ask friends and family to try it out. If your friends and family aren't the right candidates, then you can appeal to people on a variety of forums (i.e. http://news.ycombinator.com, http://betali.st/, or a variety of other iPhone development forums). If you can't find free testers or you need people doing testing at a more professional service level you can enlist help from service providers like http://www.prefinery.com/, http://www.utest.com/, or http://www.centercode.com/. If service providers don't appeal to you, you can potentially find contract/bid based app testers via sites like http://www.freelancer.com, http://www.elance.com, or http://www.vworker.com.
In any case, you need testers that will give you regular feedback on the beta versions as you release them. Target people that you believe will be engaged in the testing…ideally people who are genuinely interested in your app! We also recommend reviewing Joel Spolsky's article Top Twelve Tips for Running a Beta Test.
4. Make memory problems
Many and more of the problems encountered with apps are related to memory problems. The good news is that it's fairly easy to simulate high/normal/low memory situations and then run your app to see what happens. The easiest way to create memory use is to open Apple apps (i.e. Safari & Mail) which will still run in the background while other (non-Apple) apps are open. Here are the general rules of thumb we use:
5. Measure memory
Adding code to measure free memory of the iPhone before and after specific events in your app or on intervals can be useful in beta. Though this can be useful for production too, we suggest that you weigh the performance factors of keeping such code in a production release. The topic and a code example are available via Stack Overflow.
6. Make a tutorial (video or screenshot heavy)
Having a tutorial that explains how your app works and ideally showing how it works is something we've found helpful for getting testers started. Once they know "how it should work" it should make it easier for them to identify and describe issues.
NOTE: Since iOS allows screenshots, encourage your beta testers to use screenshots to show you any errors during the beta test.
7. Review crash logs
For your phone and any users that are tech savy enough, ask them to give you crash logs any time that a crash is experienced. Crash logs include error information as to why your app crashed. Crash logs are located here:
If there are multiple files in the folder, filter by date. You should have two files per crash time a .CRASH and a .PLIST file. Both can be useful. OK so now you have some crash logs, how do you read them an take action? We are not experts in this area, but we suggest a useful article from Jared Wiltshire called Deciphering iPhone Crash Logs.
8. If your app depends on system resources (i.e. internet connection) test for what happens if those resources are not working properly.
If your app relies on an internet connect as most apps do, you should test to see what happens if you have NO internet connection (i.e. Airplane Mode). Does your app handle it gracefully? What happens if you have an inconsistent or very slow connection (i.e. Edge)? If you can simulate a slow connection at home via wifi, great. Otherwise, find where in town you have bad cell service and spend a bit of time there testing! For other system resources, we encourage the same type of testing. Try to disable the resource then test your app!
9. Ensure your testing on different iOS versions that are "in scope" for your app (4x, 5x, etc.)
This was one we ran into shortly after our first release. Migration+ worked fine on iOS 5.0.1 but had an issue exporting contacts on the new version of iOS (5.1). If you have the means, we suggest getting a couple test phones so that you can personally test new versions of your app on multiple iOS versions. We use multiple test phones but typically keep at least one with the latest available OS and one with the "most prevalent" version.
10. Use special characters and A TON of text
For any text fields in your app, you want to test weird entries! Try all the special characters you can think of and try varying lengths of text. What will happen if someone pastes this entire post into the username field on your app? You get the idea…the general premise here is that if it can be done, users will try it. Worse yet, hackers may try it to compromise your app. Be sure not to skip this step! In our case, we had to worry about a variety of languages because people store their contacts in whatever language they prefer. We also had to be sure we accounted for system length requirements when transferring data between iOS and Android.
As always, we like user feedback. If you have other tips on how to test your iPhone or iPad app successfully before releasing it, please share!
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