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Have you ever fallen asleep at work ?
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When I was managing a call center I had an agent who was falling asleep and I didnt know it. One day I started reviewing his recorded calls for quality and I notice a strange sound when the customer beeps in. (it recorded the entire open line for periods not just the calls) You could totally hear the guy snoring away then the customer would beep in and he would wake up take the call !
Then would go right back to sleep. I was totally impressed at first until about 5 calls into where he didnt wake up and the customer was yelling like crazy trying to wake the guy up. The best part was the 15 minutes the customer spent yelling into the phone trying to wake the guy up.
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That makes me think of this story; where you could hear the dispatcher snoring on the line! http://firegeezer.com/2012/05/22/dispatcher-falls-asleep-while-taking-call-starts-snoring-on-the-phone/
I have not yet, but at my new job it's a near miss most mornings. Waking up at 0430 is not my favorite thing in the world.
as the replacement donut girl, i got use to hearing stories of my predesessor. then one day i was told how she use to sleep work. she would load the doughnuts into the fryer and would stand there watching them cook and fall asleep while standing there. they would come out on their own but she didn't see them. one day they finally were able to prove it by getting several managers to watch her doing it. after that i was able to recall talking to her a couple times when i asked, "hey, you know your donuts are falling everywhere?" loudly. she startled awake, but still.
i don't get why people think that they should be allowed to sleep while on the company payroll.
all the time, it's awesome!
I have, but let me explain.
There have been times where I needed to be at work for (I know, I know) 3-4 days. The building had showers in the downstairs ladies room, and I had a huge (and very ugly) chair in my office. I'm not very big, and I could curl up in it for cat naps. So, yes, I've fallen asleep at work. Probably not what you meant, of course.
I miss that chair.
I've had friends who nodded off at work. It's very painful when your forehead hits the keyboard, though...and the scars are fearsome.
Back when my employer first started the work from home positions, I did.
We had a 1 year old at the time and he had was on a really funky sleep schedule so my wife and I rarely slept a full night. One night on my break, I decided to put him to bed early and happened to fall asleep next to him. I ended up getting logged back in a couple of hours later to a barrage of questions from my supervisor about my where-abouts for the past couple of hours. I just told them what happened, and to bill me some sick time for the time. All was well, but I was still in panic mode. It's a scary feeling, honestly.
My friend went in to a gas station once and the guy was asleep. Couldn't wake him up, so he helped himself to what he needed and left some money on the counter.
I've had a few near misses, but so far I've stayed awake. @gideonfrost: No more dispatch? Were you caught wooting on the job? :)
Years ago I was having some home problems and couldn't sleep at my house very well. So, I would nap at work during my lunch break and 15 minute breaks. I never over-slept. I have some sort of internal clock that wakes me exactly when I want to wake up. However, I would also doze while working. It was a data entry job where I was crediting accounts for damaged/defective goods. I would look at my paperwork to figure out what account to credit, how much and why. Then I would close my eyes, and doze as my fingers automatically typed what I had seen. Then I'd wake up, turn the page and repeat.
I did this every day for a few weeks until I was able to sleep at home again. I only made one major mistake, I credited Sam's Club $150,000 instead of $150. But of course that was so obvious that we caught it right away and I didn't even get in trouble because my error rate was so low. :D
Yes. I work at a datacenter and there are a number of places that we go for our power naps. Some of the best spots are under the raised floor. We have a fast internet connection there and a coax for tv. The best part is that we keep the data center at 66 degrees and dark. Don't even need a fridge.. :) Also, I can take my phone there in case I get a call
Yup. I'd position my chair so it looked like I was looking at the computer. Prop a book between me and the desk so it looked like I was reading as well. Then snooze for about 5 minutes. Thankfully, I never fell out of the chair.
Google power nap work and print your favorite article to have at the ready.
I work night desk for a small hotel. I have the approval of the boss to nap while on the clock, provided I get all my paperwork done, and wake up when someone rings the bell. As a result, I usually get about an hour, though usually as fifteen minute dozes.
I miss the comfy chair we used to have, though.. that was like sleeping on a cloud.
At my last job, I would occasionally sign out the family room if no one had a family client that hour. Why? The family room was the only room in the clinic with a couch. :) (Plus, students wouldn't interrupt me if the schedule book made it look like I was seeing clients, while they'd knock on my office door no matter what! I loved my students and miss that job quite a bit, but I was in the clinic 80+ hours a week and I would have collapsed without a midday break.) Current job, I share an office and I still haven't found a good place to nap in my building or any of the nearby buildings.
Here are some additional answers from someone else's question asked 5 months ago:
Also, I asked a similar question a year ago:
@moosezilla: Ok thats how we end up with body parts in food just saying ...
@capguncowboy - Shortly after said story we also started a work from home program that nearly got tanked because of quite a few people sleeping on the job during the swing shifts.
It was interesting to say the least though to their credit you could sleep if you were in the office at 2AM because people could see you but not while working at home
When I was working in a call center during college we were running full time work hours with full time school while the wife was pregnant so needless to say I was pretty tired all of the time. We had a breakroom with a nice little couch in it so during my lunch I would clock out and goto sleep on this couch in the dark.
This couch had been known to be used for fraternization between co-workers in the past (there was always much debate about what level of fraternization went on) but needless to say if their was a rule it was probably for a reason.
Anyway I'm sleeping away on the couch and this couple comes in to use the couch and not seeing me or realizing I was their sleeping sat down on top of me ... Scared the crap out of them and me almost if I hadn't have woken up from their noise ....
Needless to say people realized they meant the rule about the couch and management was always happy for me to nap on the couch to help enforce the rule.
I know that Woot staff like @shawnmiller have slept at work -- but that was because they were here for more than 24 hours. :)
No sir, boss. I've never slept at work, nope never.
I've almost fallen asleep at work a few times, but I haven't yet. Thankfully.


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DENISON, TX -- Vaccination for pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is one of several required school shots.Grayson County Health Department request early immunization for kids. But with a recent rise in whooping cough cases, health officials now urge vaccinations for everyone.
According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of whooping cough cases have increased each year from 1980 through 2005. A recent study reports a 44% increase in cases nationwide with confirmed cases in Oklahoma.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial disease affecting infants, children and adults. Symptoms include uncontrollable, violent coughing that create a whooping sound as patients struggle for air.
Health officials report 970 cases so far this year in New York alone, compared to 931 for all of 2011.
The CDC says cases increased the most among kids and teens ages 10 through 19 and in infants less than 6 months old.
Grayson County Clinic Nurse Nancy Grella says the disease is contracted through infected coughs or sneezes but the severity of symptoms vary with the age of the patient.
"For adults who are healthy, it's an inconvenience," says Grella. "It's a nagging lasting cough, I mean it can lead to pneumonia but a lot of times it doesn't. The population is really impacts are the babies because the babies are too young too have all of their immunizations."
She added, "Infants that get whooping cough, get so sick and they cough so hard that...bless their little hearts, it can kill them. So there is a big push throughout the United States to make sure all of those around an infant are immunized with the tetanus that contains pertussis."
The Sherman office of Grayson County Health is holding a "Back -to-School" shot clinic on Monday August 27th which includes the pertussis vaccination.
You can also come anytime from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesdays in Denison at 205 N. Houston (903) 465-2878
or Wednesdays and Thursdays in Sherman at 515 N. Walnut (903) 893-0131.
For even more detailed immunization information, visit their website at http://www.co.grayson.tx.us/ or the Center for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov/.

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Before someone marks this question as duplicate : I have tried the common fix for this problem by installing the 295.33 series driver as suggested elsewhere.
I have also removed my compiz-1 settings and .compiz-1 and .compiz and started afresh.
Despite all this Unity 3d works snappily only in the guest-session.
In my regular session, the performance is terribly slow. Window dont erase..moving the terminal around gets hundreds of ghosted windows. The Guest-session on the same machine has seemingly flawless Unity performance ( it was so good I check by echo $DESKTOP_SESSION and it was indeed Unity 3d).
What in my setup is causing slow laggy performance as the non-guest user? Just deleting the .config/compiz and .config/compiz-1 and ~/.compiz and ~/.compiz-1 settings doesnt seem to sort out my compiz settings and give me guest session like performance.


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I enjoy watching the progress of the fundraising for these projects..... and scanning through the ballet projects that have successfully been funded... It's nice to be able to contribute even at the $1-10 dollar level... affordable philanthropy for modest budgets!
There is also this modest budget proposal : "$1812 for 1812" to raise funds to pay professional ballet dancers for an MFA project: http://kck.st/LMEjxD
Ballet Next exceeded their goal earlier this Spring http://www.kickstart...tist?ref=search
And this one isn't ballet but still very worthwhile: American Dance Guild http://kck.st/N6p8ge
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Has anyone else had the issue of it taking forever to calculate the size of a folder? I have a folder of about 500 GB on an external USB drive, and it seems to never finish "Calculating Size" when I click on "Get Info," so I have no idea how to find out the exact size. Does anyone know of a workaround or how to prevent this?
The amount of time it takes is proportional to the number of files in the folder. If there are a lot of files, it will take a long time to calculate.
You can also try doing it from the Terminal like so:
Sometimes it never stops. The process gets stuck sometimes. I use Daisy Disk from the Mac App store to calculate sizes and see where my hard drive space is used.
This might not directly answer your question, but OmniDiskSweeper is quite a good tool for finding the big files on your hard disk.And the best thing is it is free. This is description from their wesbite.
I had such issue while analyzing Time Machine drive. It seems that the problem is in hard / soft links. Links are simple addresses to a file with a different location, basically label, but Finder considers them as a usual file.
If you give Finder time (several hours in my case), you can find a strange situation when subfolder is twice bigger than parent folder.


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I saw a solution that had this line to submit a site with a title:
But I can't make it use the title I provide in the line. So I just get to the submission page and see my url, but without the title filled in anywhere. How can I submit the site with a title?


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Issue brief on the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights new guidance package on campus Title IX coordinators. The brief summarizes aspects of the new guidance and flags selected points that OCR has not previously conveyed.
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Vintage HOT ROD Covers - The FirstsWritten by David Freiburger on April 25, 2011 Contributors: The Hot Rod Archives A Hot Rodding Timeline as Seen Through Select HOT ROD Covers of the '40s and '50s
Today's HOT ROD staffers are humbled by the heritage of the brand we work for. All we do, all we dream of, and every word we write is in the shadow of the hot rodders, racers, editors, staffers, and photographers who preceded us. They just lived the job and the hobby they loved, but in the process, they created and documented the sociology of hot rodding.
For five years following its introduction in January 1948, HOT ROD stood alone as the bugle of an automotive underground that quickly grew into a nationwide rage, largely due to the reach of the magazine. HRM therefore created its own competition as the hobby's popularity spawned a number of other pubs, some from within its own publishing company. Yet HOT ROD was and is the largest. It's been a target for niche titles that dive deeper into specific subject matters, and has often been less hip than its offspring, but HOT ROD has always been unique in its ability to cover the breadth of the motorhead hobby with tentacles that have probed the evolution of fashion and technology for everything from hot rods and race cars to customs, Jeeps, dune buggies, import cars, boats, motorcycles, and vans. As a result, viewing HOT ROD in retrospect reveals the curve of trends since the hobby began.
As insiders, we have almost daily exposure to the nuances of the hot rodding timeline presented through the eyes of bygone HOT ROD staffers. Since that legacy is more revered today than ever, we decided to show you the hobby's moments of change as illustrated by the single page of HRM that has always represented what the editors considered to be the hottest and most timely subjects. That most important of pages is, of course, the cover. Follow along as we trace the "firsts" of HOT ROD magazine covers of the '40s and '50s.
Other Firsts
Jan. '48: First mention of a car manufacturer, Mercury.
Feb. '48: The first street-legal hot rod, also the first '32 Ford roadster.
Apr. '48: The first nonproduction car, Stuart Hilborn's streamliner.
Feb. '49: First mention of Chevy (with a second one the following month).
May '49: The first female on the cover, also the first one with a posed driveway scene.
Sept. '49: First mention of Ford; in the early days, Ford was a given. Also the first cover with multiple images.
July '50: First mention of Pontiac.
Dec. '50: First spot color on the cover car. This was a black-and-white photo with red on the car only.
June '51: The first airplane on the cover along with Harvey Haller's roadster at Van Nuys Airport. There was also a story, "Hot Rods in the Sky."
May '52: First mention of Jeep.
June '52: The first overhead-cam engine, an Offy. Also the first four-banger.
July '52: First mention of Nash Rambler.
Aug. '52: First mention of Studebaker.
Oct. '52: The first supercharged engine, a Frenzel flathead Ford.
May '53: The first Chevy engine, the first pushrod engine, and the first inline-six, all in one.
June '53: The first '40 Ford; actually the first fat-fendered car of any kind. Also the first use of the term sports car.
Oct. '53: The first Jimmy six and the first mention of GMC, Dodge, and Kaiser.
Dec. '53: The first Chevy car, a small inset photo of a custom. Also the first mentions of foreign countries: Mexico and Britain.
Apr. '54: The first Ford engine that was not a flathead: an OHV '53 inline-six.
June '55: The first turbine engine, that of an Indy car assembled by hobbyists within the Air Force Strategic Air Command in Nebraska. This was also the first Indy racer on the cover.
Aug. '55: First mention of Packard.
Dec. '55: First mention of Lincoln (though Zephyr had been used earlier).
May '56: First mention of Plymouth and of NASCAR and Daytona.
July '56: First mention of Thunderbirds.
Oct. '56: First mention of Corvette, and the first Mercury car (as HRM was not heavy into customs, there were no restyled Mercs so far).
Nov. '56: First mention of Willys.
Jan. '57: First '55 Chevys (two of 'em), also the first Chevy cars of any kind.
Apr. '57: First mention of Volkswagen.
July '57: First mention of Ranchero.
Oct. '57: First mention of Edsel.
July '58: First mention of Olds.
Dec. '58: First '57 Chevy.
Sept. '59: A photo of the Stoke-Davis car marks the first dragster that we'd call a rail; it was the first on the cover that did not have a full body.
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Aug. '48: The First Custom Car
Bob Pierson's '36 Ford was the first custom on the cover. Custom cars were part of the mix from the beginning, though the editors clearly favored performance and likely selected Pierson's custom because it was also a dry-lakes racer. It was also the first cover car with fenders—items not seen again until the Nov. '49 cover—and the first closed car. Bob also appeared on the Apr. '50 issue with his more famous Pierson Bros. coupe. That Nov. '49 cover featured another custom and another '36 belonging to Jack Calori that also ran the dry lakes at least once. Calori also had a fleet of racing roadsters and a Cad-powered custom '41 Ford truck that was in the Feb. '62 HRM.Jan. '49: So-Cal Speed Shop
Alex Xydias' Burbank, California, So-Cal Speed Shop was founded in 1946 and quickly came to prominence at the dry lakes. So-Cal's first HRM cover featured the shop's P-38 belly tanker (the first tank on the cover), its streamliner was on Oct. '49, and the May '54 edition had the shop's truck and '34 coupe in color. The streamliner was also in an inset of the Nov. '50 cover announcing its second Bonneville top-time achievement, this time running 210 mph.July '49: The First Truck
While the fad of rodded trucks was still to come (and featured on the Jan. '52, April '54, Mar. '55, and Sept. '55 covers), the "Odd Rod" Model A pickup of (Bill) Kenz & (Roy) Leslie was posed on a Colorado mountain with its front-and-rear flathead V8s, for the July '49 issue. It was the first truck and also the initial twin-engine vehicle on the magazine's cover. It ran hillclimbs and was a record setter at the first Bonneville Nationals at 140.950 mph. The driveline ended up in Kenz & Leslie's famed Bonneville streamliner (see it on the Oct. '50 and Sept. '51 covers) that ran two flatheads at first, and then three, and that became the first American car over 200 mph.Oct. '49: The First Bonneville Cover
This issue featured the first cover about hot rodders at Bonneville because 1949 was the first year of the Bonneville Nationals, an event that HOT ROD helped create. The cover car is So-Cal's Xydias and Batchelor streamliner that held top speed of the meet at 193 mph.Jan. '51: The First PR Cover
This was devoid of words, thereby highlighting a horribly cropped photo, but it was the first that revealed editor Wally Parks' drive to legitimize hot rodding in the public's eye. With two television cameras, and with Wally himself standing at left of a friendly law officer in the background, the implicit message was that rodding was mainstream and responsible. This was also the first scene from an indoor car show, Petersen's own Motorama at the Shrine in Los Angeles. The filming was for KTLA's City at Night show.Feb. '51: The First Hot Rod Club Scene
"Speed Isn't Everything!" declared this cover that depicted the Pasadena (California) Roadster Club's reliability run. This was another push to take the hoodlum out of the hot rod. Creating a network of rod clubs was one of the first goals of Wally Parks' pending National Hot Rod Association.Apr. '51: The First Cover in Color
Tom Medley photographed Jack Morgan's yellow '34 and Skip Hudson's blue '29 at Santa Ana drag strip for the magazine's first-ever four-color photo. This was also the first cover to use the term drag strips; the July '50 issue featured a cover line about a "test strip," but the fantasy story inside was about a paved strip for dry-lakes-style time trials, as even in 1950 there was concern that the lakebeds were getting too torn up during the race season. The Nov. '50 issue claimed that the Motorama show profits would be dedicated to the building of a test timing strip, though as far as we know, nothing ever came of that.May '51: The First Illustration
We find it interesting that this drawing by Frank Hubbard reveals that in 1951 rodders were already hanging cool speed relics and license plates on their garage walls. Another illustration appeared on the Dec. '51 issue; it featured Stroker McGurk and was the only cover by Tom Medley. This May '51 issue was also the one that announced the formation of the National Hot Rod Association.July '51: The First Engine
It's no surprise that the very first image of a lone engine on the cover was a Ford flathead V8. The background treatment, with profiles of a number of cars, was a design first. This July '51 cover mentions Firepower, the first reference to the all-new Chrysler Hemi. A story inside by Don Francisco compared the merits of the flattie with the overhead-valve Cad, Olds, and Stude engines. It said of the Hemi, "Its possibilities after slight reworking and with so-called 'super-fuels' should exceed even the hot rodders wildest dreams."
Sept '51: Nitro
Here's the initial mention of nitromethane, "the poor man's supercharger," accompanied by a tech piece by Don Francisco describing the magical fuel.Aug. '52: Indy
This shows the first cover blurb about the Indy 500, though an exposé on the Offy engine had been the subject of June '52. The magazine's coverage of that race would continue for many years. Ted Miller's completely unrelated lakes T was the cover car. This cover also carried the first mention of Studebaker.Jan. '53: The First Non-Ford
Dick Hubbard and Al (later Romeo) Palamides' Bonneville-going Competition Sedan was a Crosley, making it HRM's first production-based cover car that was not a Ford (though it was powered by a Merc flathead). The magazine went a full five years with nothing but Fords.Feb. '53: The Dragster
While drag racing was a growing topic, most of the cars doing it were repurposed dry lakes racers. The first cover car that was a purpose-built dragster was this Joaquin Arnett/Bean Bandits' unit. Fittingly, this was also the first cover where the word "dragster" appeared, and the story inside identified it as "one of the original 'dragsters.'" The issue was packed with drag info, including tips on how to run a track, and was printed before the NHRA had held its first race (in Pomona, April 1953).Mar. '53: The Chrysler Hemi
The Sept. '52 issue included the first story about a Chrysler Hemi engine swap (into a '51 Ford), but Michael Delnick's Model A was the first cover car to flaunt Firepower valve covers. It was also the first show-your-kid-how-to-hot-rod cover (and the kid was the nephew of staff photographer Felix Zelenka). This issue also has the first use of the word horsepower.Sept. '53: The First General Motors Car
Can you believe it took HOT ROD nearly 6 years to find a GM product to put on the cover? And it wasn't a Chevy: it was Jack Stewart's Valley Custom-built '50 Olds, the Polynesian. It was the first purple car on the mag's cover (at least the first one in color). The cover also featured the first image of a Cadillac engine. The appearance of a Chevy car would wait another four years.Nov. '53: Dyno Testing
The first engine shown on a dynamometer was, fittingly, a Chrysler Hemi (also the first competition Hemi with injection). It was part of the story "Flat-Heads Battle Rocker-Arms for All-Out Supremacy." The magazine tech writers were still getting used to rocker arms, and the readers were still resisting them to some extent.July '54: Celebrities
Another message that the sport had gone mainstream was the inclusion of movie and TV stars on covers. This first one went big, with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis with Jerry Gershenberg's roadster shot by a studio photographer at Paramount during the filming of Living It Up. The next was Jan. '55 with Jack Webb of Dragnet. Other nonautomotive notables are the Life of Riley TV stars for Dec. '56 and Mamie Van Doren on the June '58 HRM. This July '54 issue featured the first NHRA logo and a call to action to join.Aug. '54: The First Roots Blower
The first cover line about supercharging was on the Apr. '52 issue (with Don Francisco's test of the S.C.o.T. unit), but the first image of an engine with a Roots blower was this one. Ironically, it was paired with the line, "Mobilgas Economy Run, How it is Won." The engine was also the first cover Buick.
May '55: Flathead/Overhead Swap
The first flathead Ford with an overhead-valve conversion seen on HRM's cover was the unique Maxi-headed engine in Ed Iskenderian's roadster, June '48. But you could barely see it, plus the intake valves were still in the block. One would expect that the first full-overhead conversion would have been an Ardun, but no: It's the C.T. Automotive (later C-T Strokers) custom conversion from the City of Burbank streamliner (Nov. '52 cover). Oddly, this photo had nothing to do with anything inside the magazine. The first Ardun we spotted was Oct. '55 (earlier cars ran them, but the engines could not be seen).Jan. '56: The Small-Block Chevy
Here's the first of countless small-block Chevy covers to come. The story inside was an extensive dyno test of the year-old engine at Edelbrock, and as you can see, it delivered a whole 220 hp. The cover photo of a disassembled engine was also a first. Another small-block appeared the following month as it was dropped into a '40 Ford.Mar. '56: The British Invasion
Here's the first mention of a foreign car of any kind, an MG. It's surprising that the engine consumed the entire cover, but it was indicative of the European sports-car trend that was big in America at the time, though perhaps not among hot rodders, as (unless you count an Offy) another foreign engine was not on the cover until Mar. '69 in a VW dune buggy.May '56: Late Models
This cover features a number of landmarks: It's the first to mention NASCAR and Daytona, the first with a HOT ROD magazine project car, the first with an entirely blurry photo, and most importantly, the first with a brand-new car. It's the famous Suddenly '57 Plymouth that Wally Parks and Ray Brock ran at El Mirage, Daytona, and Bonneville with Hemi power. And "suddenly," new-car road tests began to appear regularly on covers. A late-model DeSoto was on the cover the following month.Aug. '57: Stock Cars
Following Parks' and Brock's visit to Daytona, NASCAR coverage crept into HRM, not just with speed trials on the beach but with stock cars on oval tracks. Stockers and others were also increasingly covered at USAC's Pikes Peak hillclimb. The Jan. '57 issue had the line, "Stock Car Racing Secrets," but the first image of stockers on the cover was here, and the story inside discussed the decline in factory participation. The cover car is Tommy Ivo's famous T.Oct. '57: Smokin'
Here's the first appearance of girls in swimsuits on HRM's cover; the unidentified ladies are with Lloyd Bakan's great DeSoto-powered Deuce. Secondly, the Cook-Bedwell dragster supplies the first-ever smoking tires in a cover photo. The "World's Quickest Hot Rod?" blurb was far from a first. The question of fastest or quickest was an age-old theme.Dec. '57: No Nancy Boy
Here's the first HRM cover for the legendary racer and upholsterer Tony "The Loner" Nancy (in the striped shirt), this time with his '22 Jr. roadster. Nancy was a common cover star, also seen on the Apr. '60, Aug. '62, Sept. '63, and Aug '64 issues. We think only Mickey Thompson beat him for frequency.Feb. '58: You Know, for Kids
The Aug. '53 issue had an inset photo of soapbox derby cars and a story about speed secrets for them, but we've always loved this kids-heavy cover with 26 quarter Midgets.
Nov. '59: Bone Stock
Before now, HRM readers had not been greeted by an OE, unmodified engine. This is the first bone-stock, brand-new production engine, a long-ram Dodge big-block (we're unsure if it's a 361 or a 383). The engine is so stock that the image was a Chrysler press photo, but clearly it had hot rod parts from the factory and was a harbinger of the muscle car era to come. The Mopar short-ram engine (May '62) was the second bone stocker on the cover, and the 426 item was similarly introduced on the Apr. '64 cover.Dec. '59: M/T
Finally, we leave you with a bang: it's the first of Mickey Thompson's many, many covers featuring himself, his cars and engines, or both. While he'd been an editorial topic for some time, this Dec. '59 issue had his first cover shot. He's the one holding the jack handle behind his four-Pontiac-powered Challenger 1, the first American car over 400 mph (the following year). He also had covers in Aug. '61, Aug. '62, June '63, June '67, Oct. '68, April '70, and Mar. '71.The Logo
May '48 included the first change of the logo, when it became the red panel with white lettering that is the foundation for every logo since. Other changes were in June '49, Oct. '49, and Mar. '51. In May '53, a new tag line was added: The Automotive "How-To-Do-It" Magazine. For Aug. '57 the tag changed to Everybody's Automotive Magazine; this was the longest lasting logo, used until Jan. '72. There was no tag line for a few months, then a new tag line, World's Largest Automotive Magazine, arrived for Oct. '73. Over the next many months, mentions of Rod & Custom appeared with the logo when that magazine was rolled into HRM. More logo adjustments came in Oct. '84 (this one is rumored to have been cease-and-desisted by NASCAR), Oct. '85, Jan. '92, and July '04.


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Book your room at Holiday Inn NYC - Lower East Side
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With a stay at Holiday Inn NYC - Lower East Side, you'll be centrally located in New York, steps from The Clemente and Gallery Onetwentyeight.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and limo/town car service.
A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This New York hotel also offers a fitness center, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
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May 8 CSB commencement features poet Elizabeth Alexander as speaker
Elizabeth Alexander, poet, essayist, playwright and Yale professor, will deliver the commencement address during the 95th annual commencement ceremony at the College of Saint Benedict at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8 in the Clemens Field House/Haehn Campus Center on the CSB campus, St. Joseph. During the commencement ceremony, CSB will present its President's Medal to Telzena Coakley, a retired educator from the Bahamas, and Kathy Cooney, executive vice president, chief administrative office and chief financial officer for HealthPartners and current chairperson of the CSB Board of Trustees. The 2010 CSB graduation class includes 494 women, which is the second largest class in school history. When combined with Saint John's University's 444 undergraduate men, this year's undergraduate graduating class of 938 is the second-largest class. More info.
Edwin Leahy delivers commencement address May 9 at SJU
The Rev. Edwin D. Leahy, OSB, headmaster of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J., will deliver the Saint John's University commencement address at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 9, in the Saint John's Abbey Church. Also during the commencement ceremony, Saint John's Abbey and University will present its Pax Christi Award to John Paul Lederach, professor of international peace-building at the University of Notre Dame. The 2010 Saint John's graduating class includes 444 undergraduate men, which is the third-largest class, and 29 School of Theology•Seminary graduates. When combined with the College of Saint Benedict's 494 graduates, this year's undergraduate graduating class of 938 is the second-largest class. More information.
CSB and SJU approve new Asian Studies major
A new Asian Studies major at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University will help graduates pursue careers in Asia and make them more competitive in a job market which increasingly demands the ability to develop strong working relationships with Asian colleagues. The Asian Studies major, approved by the CSB Board of Trustees and SJU Board of Regents, is shaped by an 80-year legacy of Benedictine involvement in education, community-building and East-West dialogue in Asia. More information.
CSB and SJU honor Student Employees/Team of the Year
Kasey Heichel, Austin Reischl and the College of Saint Benedict Events and Conferences student team have been named Student Employees/Team of the Year at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University. The awards were held in conjunction with National Student Employee Appreciation Week April 12-16. More information
Student Accounts Offices announce online billing
The Student Accounts Offices at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University will implement a new billing process beginning with the July 2010 billing statement. This change is taking place for several reasons.
Please watch for additional information regarding this important change. This information will provide instruction on how to view the student's online statements and set up authorized users. Authorized users may view online billing information and make online payments.
CSB/SJU Bookstores schedule Book Buy Back
Book Buy Back is 8:30-4:30 May 4-7 at the CSB/SJU Bookstores. Students will receive half of the purchase price of a textbook if the professor has ordered the text for the next semester and if the bookstore does not already have a sufficient number of books. The bookstores are sponsoring a promotion at each location in which students can win over 100 prizes, including gift cards, beverages and candy. More information: Book Buy Back
A message to parents of seniors, from the editors of The Record
The editors of the CSB/SJU student newspaper, The Record, are planning a "senior page" in the last issue of the year to celebrate the graduating seniors.
To participate, send a recent or baby picture (face only) and a comment of congratulations (20 words or less) about your graduate (Ex: We are so proud of you Paula! Congrats! Love Mom and Dad) to our e-mail account - [email protected] - and mail $15 cash or check along with your name and address to:
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We will send you a copy of the "senior issue" with your message and photo. The issue will be published on April 30. If you have any questions, call our business manager, Lauren Erickson, at (612)760-3117.
Spring into savings
The CSB/SJU Bookstores will offer free shipping on all online orders of $50 or more between May 1 and May 9. Shop the CSB/SJU Bookstores for all your graduation gifts, as well as apparel and gifts for the whole family. We have the perfect gift, not only for a Bennie and a Johnnie grad, but also for the high school senior who will be attending the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University next fall. For the CSB/SJU grad, we have diploma frames, class rings, picture frames and more. Shop our online stores 24 hours a day. Can't find what you are looking for? Call us toll free at 800-420-4509.
Annual Giving helps offset expected shortfall
Because of the anticipated Minnesota State Grant Program shortfall, 595 Bennies could lose grant aid on which they depend next fall - totaling over a half million dollars. Saint Ben's alumnae, parents and friends have stepped up to the challenge and are supporting student scholarships with gifts to the CSB Annual Giving Program. Join them in making a difference and make a gift by June 30.
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Anybody have an idea what could the problem be and how to solve it? It makes the rear brakes kind of useless, because if I use, I will scare the people or drivers around me.


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Fans came out in the hundreds tonight to see award-winning singer/songwriter Michael Bolton.
The Warren County Public library hosted his book signing and discussion at the Sloan Convention Center.
We caught up with some of his biggest fans, who told us just how far they came to see him.
"We drove about an hour and fifteen minutes. We're from Russell County... and it's kind of far," said Chelsea McGowan.
"We came to get our shirts autographed and to meet him, and hopefully get a tune of When a Man Loves a Woman out of him," said fan Tammy Pickett.
Bolton talked about many of the things in his new memoir, "The Soul of it All" and answered questions and shared some laughs with his fans.


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14 Nov 2012 4:03 PM #1
Is Charts license legal if I create native app using Architect?
Ok, so I have a license of Architect with touch 2.1, can I publish or create a native app with it if I has charts, or is that an option?
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You would be best served by firstname.lastname@example.com.
As long as you have a license to Charts and to Architect you are good to go. Did you buy Sencha Complete? Sencha Touch Charts are exclusively licensed under Sencha Complete.Aaron Conran
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No, I only have a license for Architect, so I am out of luck then. Is there a way to license Charts by itself?
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So basically if I just create a site that users can view source, or if I create a native app, but show have a source code link I can use it under the GPL license, right.
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Going the licensing route answered my question, thanks a million.


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Some months ago, I wrote about the importance of customer service in the life of direct-to-consumer genomic companies. After the post, Pathway Genomics contacted me and said they were excited to speak more openly about their service. They also want to educate the community on genetic testing services and what these test results will and will not tell you. Here is the interview they have recently given to me.
- Pathway Genomics is one of the newest competitors in the DTC genomics market. How do you aim to make a difference?
Quality. Pathway has a wholly owned federal CLIA and California State licensed laboratory. This onsite lab removes any "middle-man" issues. DNA samples are collected in Pathway's custom-designed DNA collection kits and shipped directly to Pathway's laboratory in San Diego, California. Genetic testing services, across five different technology platforms (including gene sequencing) are carried out by staff geneticists. Genetic health, lifestyle, and family history data and ancestry data are interpreted using unique algorithms developed by Pathway. Genetic test results are reviewed by medical staff and genetic counselors for accuracy and then reported via our online secure web site. When appropriate, our genetic counselors will contact customers to present and review their data. At any time, customers can contact Pathway's Genetic Counselors for help understanding their genetic information.
Content. Pathway offers genetic testing services for both health and ancestry. As part of Pathway's genetic health testing service, customers can learn about their propensity to develop disease, sensitivities to prescription drugs, or carrier status for mutations causing monogenic disorders. In the case of drug responses, Pathway is the market leader and reports on nearly a dozen different drug responses and adverse reactions. This includes clopidogrel (Plavix), statins, oral contraceptives, and certain cancer fighting treatments. This is important information because not all drugs are effective for all people and in some cases can cause adverse reactions.
Price. Genetic tests ordered through traditional medical outlets may be cost prohibitive for consumers. Pathway offers genetic health and ancestry testing services that are easy and affordable, with tests starting at $99. And for less than $350, consumers can access both health (drug response, carrier status, health conditions) and genetic ancestry tests.
- How many Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms do you test and how many of them do you really use for the analysis?
As of today, Pathway reports on 71 health conditions, including tests for health diseases (24), drug responses and adverse reactions (10), and carrier status (37). Pathway shares this number because this is the information we believe helps consumers choose a genetic testing service right for them. Concerning the number of SNPs tested, we do not disclose this information, as we believe this to be competitive in nature and not informative to the consumer until otherwise validated by research.
- You analyze drug responses, among other features. How accurate are these tests? I mean if you tell me I have a variance in my CYP2C9 gene, should I ask my GP to change the level of Coumadin I've been prescribed to?
Pathway has taken great effort to validate the accuracy and specificity of all the markers we report. Our standards exceed those required for federal CLIA certification. Therefore, you can be assured that the genotypes you receive from Pathway are highly accurate. That said, if Pathway told you that you had a genetic variation in your CYP2C9 gene that increased your sensitivity to Coumadin (Warfarin), we believe it's important to share this information with your physician and discuss a personalized treatment plan based on this genetic data.
- I don't totally understand the concept behind the 100% money back guarantee. If I think my results don't represent my real genetic background properly (e.g. because my family history predicts something different), I can get my money back?
Ultimately, we want each of our customers to feel confident about the information they receive about their genetic health or ancestry tests. While some people may not "like" what they learn about their genetic information, we want to do our best in serving our customers. Therefore, if for any reason a customer is not happy with their genetic testing service we will offer them 100% money back.
- Please tell us about your plans for the near future? How do you plan to improve the service?
It's important to continue to educate consumers, physicians, and the genetics community at large about the benefits associated with genetic testing services-specifically, what genetic testing can and can't tell you. As the research community continues to make discoveries linking genetic variations to complex diseases, drug responses, etc., we will translate this information into an easy to understand format for our customers, thus helping to make personalized medicine a reality.


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WACO (September 17, 2012)--Retired State District Judge Ed Magre of Milam County Tuesday denied a motion filed by attorneys for embattled McLennan County Tax Assessor-Collector A. F. "Buddy Skeen" seeking to bar State District Judge Matt Johnson from presiding over Skeen's felony trial.
The recusal motion filed Monday sought Johnson's removal because he, his wife and his children are McLennan County residents and by extension victims of the breach of fiduciary duty of which Skeen is accused.
The motion also cited an exchange during a meeting Friday in chambers involving a prosecution motion to amend Skeen's indictment in which the defense claims Johnson threatened to "stack" Skeen's sentences if Skeen exercised his right to 10 additional days to prepare for trial.
Jury selection was underway Monday morning when Skeen's defense attorneys asked Johnson to step down, but he refused
Magre was named to decide the recusal motion.
His ruling Tuesday cleared the way for resumption of jury selection with Johnson presiding.
Skeen, 69, is charged with one count of abuse of official capacity, five counts charging misappropriation of fiduciary property and additional counts stemming from the alleged misuse of his office.
His attorneys are also asking that the trial be moved out of Waco because of excessive pretrial media coverage.
Johnson deferred a ruling Friday on the request and said he would assess the impact of media coverage of Skeen's arrest and indictment as prospective jurors were vetted.
Monday he presented prospective jurors with a special questionnaire as jury selection began intended to gauge the panel's prior knowledge of the case.
Skeen was arrested in December 2011 on warrants charging theft by a public servant and false name, information and forgery after the McLennan County Grand Jury indicted him.
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna said the charges stemmed from a false statement on a motor vehicle title application and the theft of accessories from a county-owned vehicle that were installed on Skeen's personal vehicle.
In April he was named in six new indictments, along with a woman who works for him.
The charges included one count of abuse of official capacity and five counts charging misappropriation of fiduciary property.
Dorothy Ramos, a top deputy in the tax assessor-collector's office, was indicted for abuse of official capacity.
Texas Rangers served a warrant on Skeen's office on July 20, 2011 searching for records to support an investigation involving allegations that Skeen fraudulently listed a county-owned vehicle as a trade-in for the purchase of a personal pickup truck to avoid paying more than $1,300 in sales tax.
Skeen was defeated in the GOP primary in June in his bid for a seventh term, has denied wrongdoing.


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Really excited about becoming a member of the NN family. Seems like a great, supportive community.
I saw an offer in the Flickr forum for a $20 rebate or purchase credit for the NN# and wanted to know if this is still in effect. If so, how do I redeem it? I want to buy TODAY and get started so please let me know.
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Day of Interfaith Service
Albion College's next Day of Interfaith Service will be Saturday, April 20. Individuals, student organizations, and College departments are invited to be involved. Volunteers will be helping residents of the City of Albion in rehabilitating a park. This will include a lot of different kinds of manual labor, including digging, painting, and tearing stuff down. If we get a ton of volunteers, there are other projects we might do in the City (and at the Nature Center), but we'll wait and see how many people are interested.
The Day of Interfaith Service has three parts:
- 9:00 a.m. - Noon -- Volunteering (1st shift)
- 1:00-4:00 p.m. -- Volunteering (2nd shift)
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. -- Discussion and Pizza and Salad at the Umbrella House
Volunteers are asked to do one or two shifts, and then join the discussion following, which will be facilitated by a member of the Bridge interfaith council for Albion College (Office of the Chaplain).
Albion College is one of over 300 colleges and universities nationally participating in the President's Interfaith and Community Service Challenge for 2012-2013.


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I installed catalyst, so I needed to downgrade to xorg-server-1.11 from xorg-server-1.12. Now I use the [xorg111] repo and I understood that because of the udev, which works for the new xorg-server I have to recompile it. I don't really know how to recompile it so it works with it.
Q: How do I do the manual compilation?
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They both are waterproof but what are the differences and is one better?
Gore-Tex is a family of products and even DryQ isn't a single fabric. Probably a better comparison would be between Gore-Tex Active Shell and DryQ. Both are a new generation of waterproof fabrics that has only recently come to the market. Both are supposed to be much more breathable than older membranes like Paclite, eVent, Gelanots and others.
I would venture to say that the comparison would be quite similar to the previous generation of waterproof fabrics – it does not matter much which fabric you choose, as long as it's a high-quality one. Personally I would choose either one, and care much more about the item's fit, manufacturing quality, design etc.
I could be wrong and it might be that one of the new generation of fabrics comes out as a clear winner, but I doubt the real-world difference will be significant.


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Ever fancy yourself being a mermaid? Being able to swim along with other creatures of the sea , moving to the rhythm of the waves? In the Bunaken Marine Park, you will encounter a real "mermaid", and you can also get a glimpse of sea life here.
Bunaken is an 8.08 km² island in the Bay of Manado, situated in the north of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bunaken forms part of the administrative city of Manado , capital of North Sulawesi. The marine Park around Bunaken is part of the National Park that also includes the ocean around the island of Manado Tua – or Old Manado, Siladen and Mantehage.
Within the Bunaken Marine Park, visitors can see various strange and colourful marine life along its sea bed. To reach this park, you can take a motorboat. The journey from Manado takes around 40 minutes. Entrance fee is 25,000 rupiahs per person per visit.
The translucent waters of the Bunaken seas enable people to clearly view numerous sea biota. There are 13 species of coral reefs in this park, dominated by edge ridges and block ridges of rocks. The most attractive view is the steep vertical sloppy coral reef that plunges down as deep as 25-50 meters.
Feast your eyes on 91 types of fish found in the Bunaken National Park, amongst which are the locally known gusimi horse fish (Hippocampus), the white oci (Seriola rivoliana), yellow-tailed lolosi (Lutjanus kasmira), goropa (Ephinephelus spilotoceps and Pseudanthias hypselosoma), ila gasi (Scolopsis bilineatus) and others.
Divers may also meet mollusk like the giant kima (Tridacna gigas), goat head (Cassis cornuta), nautilus (Nautilus pompillius) and tunikates/ascidian.
For those who enjoy scuba diving, this is a great place to be. With about 20 dive spots to choose from, divers will have the chance to swim below the sea, and frolic joyfully while admiring the sea creatures.
Make sure to visit Bunaken during its best season between May to August. That way you can explore the Park to its fullest.
To observe some of the fascinating images of Bunaken Marine Park, you can visit our photo essay: Bunaken&Derawan Underwater Paradise
Similarly stunning are the sceneries of Kalasey seas,at the outskirt of Manado in: The Deep Water Paradise of Kalasey Seas off Manado
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On the island you have a choice amongst a number of homestays, with rates starting at Rp40,000 for one person a day, including full board. Some of the dive operators on Bunaken are offering more upmarket accommodation that has running water.You can also stay in the hotels in Manado and then book a daily package to Bunaken, usually leaving in the morning and returning in the late afternoon. See our Travel Directory for starred hotels in Manado (North Sulawesi --> Kota Manado)
Entrance tags and tickets can be purchased through marine tourism operators based in Manado and in the Bunaken National Park, or can be purchased from one of three ticket counters in Bunaken and Liang villages on the islands of Bunaken and Siladen .
You should be aware that during the absolute peak season months of July and August it usually gets VERY crowded. Many of the better resorts and dive operators will not be able to accept walk-ins during that time since they are already fully booked. Better make a reservation beforehand.
Try to hire equipment from larger firms as these are more reliable, but remember: the responsibility of checking the equipment is ultimately with yourself.
If you're the more adventurous type, you can try diving in Raja Ampat and Wayag Island. In Papua.
You can also explore the island on foot or you can take a boat to move from one dive site to the other Just walking around the beach is already a most enjoyable experience.
The island of Bunaken is easily reached from Manado by motorized boat, departing from Manado harbor, Molas, Kalasey and Tasik Ria beach. Ferries from Manado to Bunaken leave daily around 2 p.m (depending on the tide), except on Sundays, when they leave from Pasar Jengki near the Manado harbor. The return journey from Bunaken to Manado usually leaves early in the morning, at around 7-8 a.m
There are also charter boats that depart in the morning and return in the late afternoon. These are usually reserved for travel packages organized by agents or hotels.


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Brooklyn Tunnel Reopens to Cars
The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan partially reopened to car traffic Tuesday afternoon, more than two weeks after it was flooded by superstorm Sandy.
The tunnel, formerly known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, carries 49,500 passenger vehicles in its two tubes on an average weekday. The restoration is limited to a single direction at rush hour: cars will be permitted to use one lane of the tunnel's eastern tube, with the other reserved for express buses. The western tube remains shuttered for what Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office called "extensive repairs."
But the restoration marks the first time that all major river crossings into Manhattan will be reopened since Sandy bore down on New York City.
Floodwaters inundated three of the city's four automobile tunnels, with only the Lincoln Tunnel remaining undisturbed by the storm. The eight subway tunnels flooded in the storm have been pumped clear and returned to service.
The Carey Tunnel is the longest continuous underwater tunnel in the U.S., making it particularly difficult to clear. As Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29, storm surges rushed from the Hudson River into the mouth of the tunnel and filled its two tubes with what officials estimated was 86 million gallons of water.
Mr. Cuomo announced the reopening alongside U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota, whose agency manages the tunnel.
The same day, Mr. LaHood brought more good news to the city: $28 million in federal funding for a new Select Bus Service corridor on Nostrand and Rogers avenues in Brooklyn.
The federal aid, in addition to $12 million in matching funds from the city and state, will launch the first bus rapid transit corridor entirely within Brooklyn. Plans for the route—a joint effort of the MTA and New York City Department of Transportation—call for dedicated bus lanes and limited-stop, low-floor buses running from the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge down to Sheepshead Bay.
Other SBS routes operate on First and Second avenues in Manhattan, Fordham Road in the Bronx, and from Brooklyn's Bay Ridge section to the Staten Island Mall via Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue.
Like its counterparts in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, the new Brooklyn line promises faster travel times. Stops will be made roughly every half-mile along the route shared with the existing B44, and fares are collected before passengers board in order to speed up each stop.
"It's fantastic and it's going to be a great addition to Brooklyn," DOT CommissionerJanette Sadik-Khan said Tuesday.
The MTA also announced it would resume partial weekday service on the Long Beach branch of the Long Island Rail Road, which had been knocked out since the storm.
Across the Hudson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced that some service would resume on NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton commuter rail line, with hourly trains to New York's Penn Station and Hoboken Terminal during the morning and evening rush hours on Wednesday.
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I have a web site who's home page is at
when a new user first hits the web site I'm creating a unique id of 5 chars for them (for example 'abcde' and redirecting them to
http://domain.com/abcde so they can later bookmark and return to their workspace.
My question is what's the best approach for SEO purposes, I need the main url domain.com to be indexed but Google will also get the redirect and will not index the main page.
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Review: #tweetsmart by J. S. McDougall (O'Reilly Media) March 22, 2012Posted by claudio in Uncategorized.
Tags: #tweetsmart, book review, marketing, o'reilly, twitter
Ok. I am new to twitter (@nxadm) and I am not sure I completely grasp the concept. So what's more promising than a title in the form of a hashtag? The back of the book reads: "#tweetsmart provides the answer [to what to do with twitter] with 25 creative projects to help your business, cause, or organization grow. But this isn't just another social media marketing book—it's the anti-marketing how-to community-engagement book". Does the book deliver? Well, it all boils down to who you are.
The good
It's certainly a good read. I enjoyed it. It's short (100 pages), sometimes funny and always extremely to the point, something I appreciate. McDougall is really passionate about the subject and that shows: the author's style is enthusiastic and upbeat. If you're a business you'll be using the oldest marketing tricks in a digital jacket in no time. You'll reach a much bigger audience that you thought it was possible and it will cost you peanuts. Good.
The bad
So, what if you not own a business? No problem, the back says "business, cause, or organization", you may think. Nope. Being an free and open source enthusiast involved in a few projects (e.g. Padre, the Perl IDE) it was specifically the "cause or organisation" part that made me curious. Of the 25 recipes, isn't there at least one applicable to smaller (not commercial) open source projects? Sadly, no. It will help you to sell coffee or burritos, but not reach new users or developers. Did I learn something I didn't know? Again, no (I repeat: I enjoyed the book).
So the "anti-marketing how-to community-engagement book" epithet may be a little euphemistic. Let's stick with a "not-annoying and not insulting practical online marketing book for small business". Sure, it sounds less "cool", but take it from me, "not annoying and not insulting" part is worth *a lot* when talking about marketing.
Will I recommend it? Well, it depends on who you are. The 3 of 5 stars I give to this book is just an average: it ranges from totally irrelevant for some uses to a fantastic HOWTO to get the online marketing of your business started in no time. You Mileage -May- Will Vary.
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6 Brilliant Ways Hostages Outwitted Their Captors
Let's face it: As much as we like to pretend that we're all Bruce Willis, if faced with a real-life kidnapper, most of us would react by soiling ourselves, begging for our lives and soiling ourselves some more. Since stories about people continuously pissing their pants aren't that unique or interesting, here are the tales of six real badass hostages who not only kept their cool but managed to foil their kidnappings in awesome ways. Like ...
#6. Telling Passengers to Take Down Their Hijacker (Right in Front of Him)
The Kidnapping:
In 2007, a commercial flight from Mauritania in northern Africa to the Canary Islands was hijacked by a man who barged into the cockpit with two loaded handguns soon after taking off. His objective? Turning the plane over to France, where he planned to request political asylum for unknown reasons.
Piloting an airplane is hard enough under non-crazy conditions, so imagine having to do it with a gun pointed at your head and 71 panicking passengers behind you. As if that wasn't enough, at this point the crew informed the pilot that they didn't actually have enough fuel to get to France like the hijacker wanted. Uh-oh.
"And if you look directly behind me, you'll see a man in sore need of an ass-whupping."
But Then ...
As the pilot tried to explain to the hijacker that they couldn't make it to his intended destination, he realized something: The guy didn't speak a word of French. Turning this small fact to his advantage, the pilot took the PA system and calmly informed the passengers, in French, that they would be making a rough landing ... and that as soon as the hijacker lost his balance from the impact, they should feel free to come into the cockpit and beat the shit out of him. As the pilot said this, the hijacker stood right next to him, assuming that he was just relaying his demands or talking about normal airplane stuff.
"Nah, I was just telling them how honored I am to be hijacked by a man as cool and awesome as you."
Women and children were instructed to move to the seats in the back, partly for their own safety, and partly so that those who could deal the most damage were closer to the front. And then the pilot did exactly what he said: Upon landing the plane, he slammed on the brakes and abruptly sped up, causing the hijacker to fall down and drop his guns. Then about 10 passengers immediately rushed in and overpowered him as crew members poured boiling hot water over his body.
Eventually, after the passengers were done using him as a hacky sack, the hijacker was handed over to Spanish authorities. Why the genius chose France above all other countries when he didn't even have a basic understanding of the language, we may never know.
Probably because of all the weird French sex.
#5. Retired Tarzan Actor Disarms Cuban Rebels by Doing the Yell
Via Toutlecine.com
The Kidnapping:
In 1958, a group of Americans staying at the Hilton Havana in Cuba were playing a golf tournament when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by rebel soldiers pointing guns at them. As you probably know, Cuba was in the middle of a bloody anti-imperialist revolution, but apparently the golfers never got the memo.
Obviously, the rebels didn't exactly look kindly on a bunch of wealthy capitalists who still thought of Cuba as America's playground, and began interrogating the golfers one by one, with their guns still very much pointed at their decadent captives.
Hey, if you have to pick some people to blame for the problems of the West, golfers aren't a bad place to start.
But Then ...
What the rebels didn't know was that one of those golfers was 54-year-old actor Johnny Weissmuller, best known for dressing in nothing but loincloths and swinging on vines. In the '30s and '40s, Weissmuller starred as Tarzan in 12 films and is to this day the best known actor to have played the role. When the hostile soldiers approached him, Weissmuller confidently said, "Me Tarzan" ... to which the rebels responded, "Huh?" Turns out that "Tarzan" is pronounced completely differently in Spanish (it's more like "Tar-zaan").
Via Cuba1952-1959.blogspot.com
"Taar-zan," meanwhile, means "Screw your mother with a blowtorch, you commie piece of shit."
Since they clearly weren't getting the message, and for some reason still convinced that his celebrity status could save him from captivity or death, Weissmuller stood up to his full height, beat his chest with his fists and let out the trademarked Tarzan yell that he single-handedly popularized. In the middle of a golf course, with Cuban rebels pointing guns at him. At which point the rebels collectively shat their pants.
Seriously. Star struck, the rebels put down their guns and proceeded to freak the hell out, yelling "Tarzan! Tarzan!" and "Welcome to Cuba!" Apparently their anti-capitalist sentiment stopped at Hollywood movies. They not only released Weissmuller and his fellow golfers completely unharmed, but actually escorted them back to their hotel.
Via Artofmanliness.com
We like to imagine that Weissmuller was doing this the entire ride back.
Of course none of that would have worked if the bad guys had been intentionally trying to capture a celebrity, as in this next example ...
#4. Kidnapped Supremes Singer Says "Screw This," Jumps Out of Speeding Car
Via Kcmo.org
The Kidnapping:
If it's the '60s and you're gonna kidnap a member of Motown sensation the Supremes, the obvious choice would be Diana Ross, since we're pretty sure she's the only one the average person could name (the others were replaced more often than the drummer in Spinal Tap). Kidnapper Charles Collier apparently decided that that would take way too much work and instead went for the much lesser known but awesomely named Cindy Birdsong.
On December 2, 1969, Birdsong was opening the door to her Hollywood apartment when a crazed Collier jumped on her with a butcher knife and shoved her into the passenger seat of her car. Collier then took her on a terrifying joyride along the Long Beach Freeway -- Birdsong knew she had to get away from him as fast as possible, but what the hell could she do, jump out?
We try to base most of our life decisions on what would make a better metal album cover.
But Then ...
Well, yeah. After being forced to spend 30 minutes in the man's company, Birdsong couldn't take one more second of it and reached for his knife, cutting her hands in the process. Since this clearly wasn't working out, she went to plan B: She unlocked the car door, opened it and jumped out of a speeding vehicle in the middle of a freeway. As a general rule, if you do that and the impact doesn't kill you, the other cars probably will (it was nighttime by now, by the way).
And they were all traveling at the speed of light.
Birdsong survived the fall, coming to a stop at the end of a ditch. Injured and bloodied, she got up and did her third crazy thing in less than a minute: She headed back to the freeway and started running in the opposite direction of the cars, determined to make it as hard as possible for Collier to circle back and collect her. She waved at the coming cars, but none of them stopped once they got a close enough look to see she that wasn't Diana Ross. Luckily, two highway patrolmen happened to be passing by, and they sort of have to stop in these situations.
"Ma'am, do you know how fast you were running?"
After all that, Birdsong was only treated for minor cuts and bruises. Figuring she had to be some sort of supernatural being for walking away from that, the kidnapper turned himself in a few days later.


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My Ubuntu is using an insane amount of ram memory. When I boot the machine it is using around 1,5 to 2 gig ram without me launching any applications. When I start firefox and vlc it maxes out. Going to 6083716 used (almost max)
I can't find the source of this memory usage. But the vlc video sound is getting distorted because of it. Also when I shutdown everything running it still stays using over 5 gig of ram.
The graphical system monitor is saying only 18 % is used but top and free say its almost all in use.
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PTI409: Computer Animation (2012-2013)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Computer Animation
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
About the Program:
Computer Animation prepares students for careers in the IT industry. The course sequence focuses on duties and tasks performed by professionals in Image Editing as well as pre-employment and employment skills.
Major Concepts/Content: The Computer Animation course is designed to provide students with the instruction and skills to create digital illustrations, modeling and animation, character animation, digital motion imagery, and game design. The content includes, but is not limited to, 3D modeling, materials and textures, rendering, and computer animation. Students will also create, record, and edit digital audio, video, and photographic imagery. This course will utilize software programs to develop animation, morphing, 3-D graphics, and virtual reality projects. It is recommended that aspiring graphic designers, computer animators, electronic game designers, engineers, CAD technicians, architects, interior decorators take this course.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities are provided in the laboratory setting, using hands-on experiences with tools, equipment, and materials related to course content. Students will be required to plan, design, and produce projects; develop solutions to problem solving activities, present ideas and information orally and in writing; investigate content-related occupations; assume leadership roles and work cooperatively.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be evaluated through laboratory practice and performance tests. Projects will be analyzed and evaluated for craftsmanship, originality, creativity, accuracy, and application of computer animation concepts. Presentations will be graded for content delivery and audience using established criteria. Students will be evaluated regarding how successfully they work together while designing and completing projects.
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Florida DOC changes mission statement
The Florida Department of Citrus, focusing on where it plans to go and what it should be concentrating on, came up with a new mission statement as it starts its new year.
At its first public meeting of the fiscal year on Sept. 12, newly hired Executive Director Douglas Ackerman presented the mission statement which commissioners approved. All members approved the change except Commissioner Michael J. Garavaglia, Jr., who was absent.
The new mission statement is "Maximize consumer demand for Florida citrus products to ensure the sustainability and economic well-being of the Florida citrus grower, the citrus industry and the State of Florida."
It changes from the old statement, which has been in place since 2005: "Grow the market for the Florida citrus industry to enhance the economic well-being of the Florida citrus grower, citrus industry and the State of Florida."
"We sat down to figure out where we are and where we want to go and how to get there," Ackerman said.
He said the thing he keeps hearing is the growers want to "make sure this industry is here for our kids and our grandkids," he said. "That's sustainability."
Commissioner Vernon "V.C." Hollingsworth, III, said he was a bit nervous about using that term.
"I don't want to change anything (in the statement), but I have a cause and concern as an agriculturist and that is the deal when I see the word sustainability," he said. "Most of the time when I see sustainability it's not whether the farmer makes a profit."
He said farmers are not simply interested in sustaining but to grow and be as productive as possible.
"That word has two meanings and that word makes me nervous," he said.
Ackerman said he understands that concern but he said he is realizes the goal is longevity of the industry.
Ackerman said there are seven guiding values behind the consumer statement: accountability, expertise, principled ethical standards, collaboration, focus, innovation and people.
The next steps for the industry to take are to develop a metrics advisory committee to develop and decide on the proper measures for success and begin reporting, Ackerman told commissioners.
While commissioners unanimously voted in favor of changing the mission statement, Hollingsworth told Ackerman, who has been executive director for just a few months, that they are currently riding on his word for the future of the DOC.
"I also want to take your word to the relevance of this and loyalty to Florida citrus," he said. "We'll take your word so we can move forward that this is a high priority and what we are going to realize."
"That is our priority, but you're going to have to see that," Ackerman said.


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Carolina Chapter Social Nite: Dinner & $2 Movie
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And now for something completely different...dinner and a movie! On Thursday, March 8th at 5:30 p.m., join us at Neomonde Cafe in Raleigh for a healthy Mediterranean meal. What have you been working on lately? Who's going to the STC Annual Summit, Writers UA, or other conferences this year? Let's catch up.
Around 6:45 p.m., we'll adjourn to the nearby Blue Ridge Cinema, home of the $2 movie. Movies rotate frequently, so we'll make a decision that night.
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NHSPCA overwhelmed after Stratham resident surrenders 52 lovebirds
STRATHAM — A resident overwhelmed with the burgeoning population of pet lovebirds in her home surrendered 52 of them on Friday to the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
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text: "I got this feeling on the summer day when you were gone. I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn. I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs. I crashed my car into the bridge. I don't care, I love it. I don't care". Those are the catchy lyrics from the Swedish duo Icona Pop. This DJ electro house duo is making their way to the top. The song 'I Love It' is a really fun, vibrant and alive song that makes people (as well as me) want to dance and party all night long. The girls names are Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo and if you don't know who is who, you will have to be told. Caroline is the redhead and Aino is the brunette. The two met at a party back in 2009 and from there they hit it off as friends and as as pop duo I really wanted to make this lesson on them both because their music is always on the radio and whenever it comes on it puts you in this pop frenzy. Anyways, this is a fun tut on "how to draw Icona Pop", and if you are a fan of their music you will definitely like this lesson. Happy drawing folks!


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Former Leavenworth and Iowa State standout Victoria Henson was recently selected to the 19-player Heart of America Havoc roster.
The Havoc is beginning its opening season in the Premier Volleyball League, a women's indoor, region-based professional volleyball league.
Henson, a 2005 graduate of Leavenworth High School, set Iowa State school records in career kills (1,726) and kills per set average (3.90).
She was just the second Cyclone all-time to be named a first-team All-American.
The Havoc will play its first matches of the season at the President's Day Classic in Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 15.
Of the 19 former collegiate volleyball players chosen from tryouts held in December, six members are former Big 12 student-athletes. The team is made up of players currently living in Kansas and Western Missouri.
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Is it a Mitzva to speak Loshon Kodesh? (sources)
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The Rambam in Perush Hamishnayos Avos Perek 2:1 says that a Mitzva Kala is learning Loshon Kodesh.
Harav Yitzchak Yosef in Yalkut Yosef Hilchos Talmud Torah Seif Koton 78 also says it is a Mitzva.
See Igros Moshe Even Haezer 3:35 where he says it is a mitzvah to speak lashon hakodesh based of Sifri (Devarim Piska 46) which is quoted by Rashi on the verse of l'daber bam (Devarim 11:19). (The tshuvah is focused on non Jewish names.)
The Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe writes that one should not speak Lashon Hakodesh as a day-to-day language.
As Lashon Hakodesh is a holy language, one shouldn't use it for mundane speech. Rabbi Shimon Ben Yochai said that if he would have been by Mt. Sinai, he would have asked for Jews to have another mouth, one to talk about one's needs and one with which to learn Torah. If one shouldn't talk with the same mouth Dvarim Bteilim and Torah, all the more so one shouldn't talk Davrim Beteilim in a holy language.
All the more so if someone will be talking forbidden words (Lashon Hara, lies, etc.) in a holy tongue. Moreover, it says that one is forbidden to put Lashon Hakodesh words into a song (even though songs aren't inherently something forbidden).
He explains the Yerushalmi (which says "He who lives in Israel, speaks Lashon Hakodesh, eats its fruit in purity and says Shma by day and by night is guaranteed a portion in the world to come.") as referring to one which possesses holiness of the place ("Lives in Israel"), holiness of the body ("eating the fruits"), and holiness of the soul ("speaks Lashon Hakodesh and says Krias Shma").
Moreover, he says that the common man only spoke Lashon Hakodesh during the first Temple (as they were very holy people). However, by the second Beis Hamikdash all commoners (as in non-Tanayim and Amorayim) spoke Aramaic.
Moreover, after the time of the Gemara, even Torah Scholars stopped using Lashon Hakodesh, as the spiritual level of the generation decreased.
Therefore, he says that one shouldn't speak Lashon Hakodesh as a day to day language.
The last Lubavitcher Rebbe points out, though, that nowadays modern Hebrew is no longer an issue as it absorbed enough non-Lashon Hakodesh words that it became just another language.
No. Source: Sefer Hachinuch. Generally following the Rambam, he lists all 613 mitzvos, and this is not one of them.


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I'm looking for something very specific on ebay. I'd like to set up some sort of a watcher for it. E.g. I'd get daily alerts of new listings that meet my criteria. Ebay will do something similar, but it's not specific enough and not really what I'm looking for.
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- Put in the criteria
- Get daily or instant emails that match the criteria I'm looking for


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Should video game store employees be allowed to let their personal preferences influence which products they suggest? That's the question commenter Uncle Jesse asks in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
Fanboys are everywhere, but do some of you who work at retail shops and try to influence your customers? Just because you love something, doesn't mean someone else will. I've both experienced and witnessed several times, employees pushing their opinions on people that clearly weren't looking to buy that particular game/console. There should be some form of interview, fanboy-screening before being allowed to work in sales. I get working at a Sony store and being a die-hard Sony fan, but what about working at Best Buy and telling customers that Microsoft sucks and Sony is "obviously the better choice" - which I just heard someone say the other day.


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Chris Edwards: Growing Divergence Regarding Pro-Growth Policies
November 13, 2012
The Cato Institute's "Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors" is out. All the governors who received "A" grades this year are Republicans, and all those who received "F" grades are Democrats. Cato's Chris Edwards discusses the report card and what appears to be a growing divide between Republican and Democrat governors regarding pro-growth economic policies.