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Manhattan's Low-Rent Dining in Hiding
Upstairs Dining Rooms at New York City Delis Draw Sparse Crowd
It was the usual lunch-hour crush in SoHo—choked sidewalks, honking horns, jostling shoppers. But at the busy D&D Deli on Spring Street, film producer Mark Osberger had the upstairs dining room all to himself.
It wasn't the fanciest space in town. In fact, with its corrugated-metal floor, dusty plastic plants and dim lighting, the room felt a little haunted. But Mr. Osberger, who was nursing two Diet Dr Peppers with his hamburger, relished the solitude: "It's kind of a secret spot," he said of the hidden, unmarked lair. "Only the local people know about this place."
I've long been fascinated with the desolate upstairs dining rooms found atop delis all over Manhattan. At lunch hour, these stores are packed with office workers elbowing each other for take-out grub, but few venture to the second floors, and that's a shame. In a borough where every inch of space has been ruthlessly monetized and polished to a high sheen, these places offer an oddly comforting alternative: spaces to dine in shabby isolation.
I recently spent an entire afternoon at the wonderfully named New Fancy Food deli on lower Broadway. The dim, cavernous, baby-pink dining room offers cafe seating for 72, but the lunch crowd peaked at 19 patrons—a mix of harried court workers and street people gobbling lo mein out of foam containers. For most of the day, I had the whole place all to myself. Total headcount: 39.
Of course, the folks that haunt these places—and I include myself—really, really love them. Upon finishing her lunch (green beans, summer squash), criminal defense lawyer Sheila Dugan declared Fancy Foods, "The best place in the area, which I know sounds crazy."
What makes it so great? "The bathrooms are clean," she said. But upon reflection, there was so much more. It's self-serve, so you don't have to tip. The food is decent, she says. And, most important, "They leave you alone." You could hang out at Fancy Foods all day and all night. The only drawback? "If I'm meeting people for lunch, no one I know wants to come here."
These places attract a Greta Garbo crowd: folks who want to be alone. I have friends who seek out these spaces after a tough therapy session, or a visit with the immigration lawyer. In a thriving city where every office, train, park, store and restaurant is vibrating with cheery ambition, the bleak upstairs dining room is an oasis, the only public spot where it's OK, at least for a moment, to give up. My favorite find while exploring these joints? The graffiti inscribed on a peeling table by a desperate bard: "I am a lonely ass who hates myself."
This glorious freedom extends to the food—specifically, the ubiquitous $8-a-pound steam-table buffet. Sometimes, you're just in the mood for a plateful of General Tsao's chicken, egg salad, wings, canned corn and artichoke hearts with a side of pork spareribs. Go ahead, no one's watching.
On a recent afternoon, Jean-Paul Tom, who works in finance, sat upstairs at the Arome deli on Broadway and happily recounted his lunch: fish, chicken, potatoes, sweet plantains, rice, lasagna and a single shrimp. "I always come by myself and relax," he says of his lunchtime routine. "There's not a lot of people here, so you can think."
But the question remains: In a city where commercial rents are doubling every six weeks, how do these ghostly places hang on? First, just because a place is empty most of the day doesn't mean it's failing. Your typical office district café makes 75 to 80% of its sales between 11 and 2 p.m., says Tara Berman, managing partner of hospitality consultancy TaraPaige Group: "That's what pays the rent."
Moreover, second-floor seating is relatively cheap. On a retail strip where annual rents average $200 a square foot, the second story may rent for $50 a square foot, says Stephen Sunderland, senior managing director with commercial real-estate broker Optimal Spaces. And most delis are paying far less. It's not uncommon for this sort of establishment to have signed a 20-year lease, which means some are still paying '90s-era rents, at least for now.
This may explain why these places often look so shabby. If you know you can't afford to renew when your lease expires, why bother investing in an upgrade? Best to make do with the plastic flowers and faded food posters. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. In an era where every joint tries a little too hard to look like something it's not, the no-effort approach comes as a relief. Here, we can all let down our guards and be ourselves.
Of course, some owners make more of an effort. At Zeytinz, a huge deli with a stunning view of Bryant Park, a section of the second-floor dining hall is devoted to a gift boutique featuring baskets, candles and garden supplies; there's a nice display of flower pots under the ketchup packets. Other outfits spiff up their joints with jukeboxes, big-screen TVs and electric bug zappers.
But the most extraordinary spot is Everyday Gourmet Deli, at 41st and Lex. Owner Tony Pak has jazzed up his sprawling, 8,000-square-foot second floor space with a bubbling stone fountain, koi pond, lounge pit, Asian statuary, Internet kiosks, animal sculptures and plastic floral wreaths. It looks like a cross between a Buddhist temple and a Minnesota funeral parlor. There's even a glass-enclosed conference room (with a karaoke machine!) you can book for free if everyone promises to buy lunch.
"Everyone come and sit and rest," says Mr. Pak. "They have very much stress in office and they come and get comfortable chair."
He's right. His effort seems to have attracted a bit of a crowd. Thank goodness, you can still get some privacy downtown at the Fancy Food deli. There's a seat waiting for you, guaranteed.


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ipadm(1M) - the new ifconfig(1M) - Part I
By Girish Moodalbail on Mar 26, 2010
With the integration of
PSARC 2009/306 Brussels II - ipadm and libipadm
PSARC 2010/080 Brussels II addendum
Solaris now has a new CLI utility called ipadm(1M) that can be used to perform:
\* IP interfaces management (creation/deletion)
\* IP address management (add, delete, show) for static IPv4 & IPv6
addresses, DHCP, stateless/stateful IPv6 Address configuraiton
\* protocol (IP/TCP/UDP/SCTP/ICMP) tunable management (set, get, reset)
global (ndd(1M)) tunables, as well as per-interface tunables.
\* provide persistence for all of the three features above so that on
reboot the configuration is reapplied.
Design doc: http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2010/080/materials/brussels2_design.pdf
ipadm(1M) man page: http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2010/080/materials/ipadm.1m.txt
This utility makes the configuration of IP interfaces and addresses on Solaris much simpler and
it has a similar look and feel of that of dladm(1M).
In this, 3 part series, I will first show how to create an IP interface and then add addresses on them.
UseCase 1: Create an IP interface and add IPv4 DHCP address on it.
'dladm show-link' will list all the data-links on the system.
# dladm show-link LINK CLASS MTU STATE BRIDGE OVER net0 phys 1500 up -- -- net1 phys 1500 down -- --'ipadm show-if' will list all the plumbed IP interfaces on the system.
# ipadm show-if IFNAME STATE CURRENT PERSISTENT lo0 ok -m-v-----46 ---From the above output, one can infer that the state of, lo0, loopback IP interface is ok and can handle both IPv4 and IPv6 packets. 'm' means multicast capability and 'v' means it's a virtual interface. For other flags, please read ipadm(1M) man page. Note: lo0 IP interface is always created on boot by the svc:/network/loopback:default SMF service.
'ipadm show-addr' displays all the configured addresses on the system.
# ipadm show-addr ADDROBJ TYPE STATE ADDR lo0/v4 static ok 127.0.0.1/8 lo0/v6 static ok ::1/128
With ipadm(1M) you can name your addresses. 'lo0/v4' and 'lo0/v6' are the names that map to addresses '127.0.0.1/8' and '::1/128' respectively. I will talk about this later in the blog.
Lets create an IP interface net0 and add a dhcp address on it.
# ipadm create-if net0 # ipadm show-if IFNAME STATE CURRENT PERSISTENT lo0 ok -m-v-----46 --- net0 down bm-------46 -46 # ipadm create-addr -T dhcp net0/dhcpaddr # ipadm show-addr ADDROBJ TYPE STATE ADDR lo0/v4 static ok 127.0.0.1/8 net0/dhcpaddr dhcp ok 10.30.25.174/22 lo0/v6 static ok ::1/128
The dhcp address was created and it's named to be 'net0/dhcpaddr'. You can see the various address properties related to the newly created DHCP addresss using 'ipadm show-addrprop'
# ipadm show-addrprop net0/dhcpaddr ADDROBJ PROPERTY PERM CURRENT PERSISTENT DEFAULT POSSIBLE net0/dhcpaddr broadcast r- 10.30.27.255 -- 10.255.255.255 -- net0/dhcpaddr deprecated rw off -- off on,off net0/dhcpaddr prefixlen rw 22 -- 8 1-30,32 net0/dhcpaddr private rw off -- off on,off net0/dhcpaddr transmit rw on -- on on,off net0/dhcpaddr zone rw global -- global --
UseCase 2: Create an IP interface and add IPv4 static address on it.
# ipadm create-if net1 # ipadm create-addr -T static -a 192.168.1.101/24 net1/v4static # ipadm show-addr ADDROBJ TYPE STATE ADDR lo0/v4 static ok 127.0.0.1/8 net0/dhcpaddr dhcp ok 10.30.25.174/22 net1/v4static static inaccessible 192.168.1.101/24 lo0/v6 static ok ::1/128
The static address that was created is marked 'inaccessible' because the underlying data-link on which the address was created did not have IFF_RUNNING flag set. Probably it did not have a cable plugged into the NIC.
You can see all the interface related properties using 'ipadm show-ifprop'. You can enable forwarding for both ipv4 and ipv6 packets on this interface as shown below.
# ipadm set-ifprop -p forwarding=on -m ipv4 net1 # ipadm set-ifprop -p forwarding=on -m ipv6 net1 # ipadm show-ifprop -p forwarding net0 IFNAME PROPERTY PROTO PERM CURRENT PERSISTENT DEFAULT POSSIBLE net1 forwarding ipv4 rw on on off on,off net1 forwarding ipv6 rw on on off on,off
The value was set persistently, as can be veriifed by the PERSISTENT column. So, on reboot the forwarding will be enabled on this interface. To temporarily set forwarding one could use '-t' option.


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So I just finished Twin Peaks. It was an interesting series, but I'll come out and say this: I hated the finale.
To anyone who plans on watching the show, I have kept this post spoiler-free.
I'm not really a fan of symbolism and metaphorical means, so perhaps David Lynch's work was never for me in the first place. That said, I did enjoy the show and got used to Cooper's weird visions. I had actually hoped that these would be explained in the final episode, as with dozens of other plotholes and unfinished storylines. However, the final episode was possibly the most confusing and ridiculous pieces of television I have ever watched.
When I have to Google an explanation for a scene, that's where entertainment has failed, in my opinion. I'm all for vague endings that open interpretation and discussion though, and I would have preferred that instead to what we got.
While Googling for said explanation, I came across some discussions and reviews of the last episode. The majority were praising its genius and cinematic brilliance. Really? The general consensus seems to be that season 2 lead the series downhill, but the finale was the best episode. This is exact opposite of my feelings towards the show. I preferred season 2 as I found the first season to be pretty boring in places and the introduction of so many characters at once to be confusing. I became more attached to the characters in season 2 and found that the pace was far more enjoyable.
So yeah, I've likely pissed off any Twin Peaks fans here. Sorry! I guess I just don't get it. To clarify again, I'm not a fan of art or surrealism, and I feel that that's all this episode was. Am I really the only one who found it laughable though? I wanted to scream "WHAT?!" at the screen as everything just plunged into madness further and further with each passing second. Jim's Willem Dafoe movie pitches make more sense.
After some reading, I'm aware that Lynch only had limited time to direct the episode, and that he had planned on creating another season. Still, the stupidity of what was happening in the scene, the lack of explanation, the dark and bitter ending, sudden killing of characters (while simultaneously humiliating them), the untied story arcs... Argh! It blows my mind. Seriously, it was like it suddenly changed into some foreign B-movie. I find it amusing that the show was inspired Deadly Premonition, and yet even the insanity that was DP's final chapter made more sense.
Overall, I don't regret watching the series. It was interesting until that point, and unlike anything else I've ever seen. I am pretty disappointed and left with a bitter taste in my mouth though.
Ah well! I'm thinking of watching Dexter next. Yeah, I still haven't watched it. I finished Breaking Bad not long ago which has become my new favourite, and I'm still loving The Walking Dead. Any other recommendations, though?


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I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
First you need a wallpaper large enough for both monitors. You can either make one with the gimp or down load one. Alternately you can use a separate image for each monitor.
You can then install a handy little application, nitrogen
You then run nitrogen with the path to the directory with your picture(s)
And select the image. At the bottom of nitrogen, select "automatic" and "Full screen" as options. alternately you can use nitrogen to set a separate image on each screen, up to you (sort of depends on your background images).
if using gnome-shell, in tweak tool under desktop there is an option to have the image span the desktop. This makes it go across both monitors(or all).
No Nitrogen Necessary
Unity also has this same option as shown below:
Nitrogen answer works, but another tweak is necessary. Run Advanced Settings in Gnome Tweak Tool, go to Desktop section and switch Have file manager handle the desktop off. Then wallpapers set via Nitrogen will be displayed.
If you do not have the Gnome Tweak Tool, you can use this command instead. It's an easier solution, too:
However there is strong disadvantage. All icons disappear from the desktop and the context menu can't be invoked. Unless you need icons on desktop this solution may be useful for you.
I do not appear to be able to add a comment to an answer due to my low rep (lolz), so this is meant to be on @topr's answer.
I am the author of Nitrogen and there is code in there to detect a gnome desktop and set it properly so that you don't need to make this change, but it appears to not be functioning on modern Ubuntus. I will investigate.
Take a look at this link: http://www.virtual-nexus-inc.com/news/2011/09/21/ubuntu-11-04-dual-monitor-backgrounds-are-easy-with-shotwell/
you can use shotwell to resize te image as your combined monotors resolution then set it as background using the default image viewer of ubuntu.


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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1983
Barbara McClintock studied the chromosomes in corn (maize) and her work uncovered antibiotic-resistant bacteria and a possible cure for African sleeping sickness.
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6 Little-Known Driving Tips That Could Save Your Life
#3. Always Have Your Headlights On
According to a recent study, you can reduce your risk of being involved in an accident by up to 32 percent simply by driving with your headlights on at all times. This seems like common sense -- obviously something that is lit up is going to be more visible, regardless of the time of day. And as long as other cars are driven by tired, distracted human beings, greater visibility equals less chance of having a hood ornament embedded in your skull. Yet almost nobody drives with their lights on during the day (and cars with automatic lights won't flick on until the sun goes down).
"How will I sneak up on unsuspecting motorists now?"
Other drivers are simply less likely to pull out in front of you if they can instantly see the glare of your headlights in a quick glance (unless they were planning to cut you off, in which case they are shitheads and the accident was unavoidable). This also counts for pedestrians and cyclists, who statistically will sometimes miss their own oncoming death unless there are bright lights attached to it.
In countries like Canada, Sweden and Finland, all new cars are required to have automatic running lights that stay on at all times, and you can get them on some new car models in the U.S. But the majority of drivers still have dusty old manual headlights, so if you're one of those people, you'll just have to dig deep and flick your lights on and off every time you drive (we know, we know -- it hardly seems worth all the effort, but trust us, you'll be much safer).
"LIGHTS?! Are you crazy? I'm already late for work!"
#2. Your Parking Break Stops Working if You Don't Use It Regularly
Of all the aspects of driving, parking should be the most straightforward. Basically, you take the keys out of the ignition and get out of the car (hopefully after putting the car in park, hopefully not in the middle of an elementary school).
Oh, and if you're on an incline, maybe pull the parking brake. If you don't, you might end up like this guy, which is simultaneously a worst- and best-case scenario.
Inexplicably, the next shot is him bending back down to continue filling the gas tank.
But here's something most people don't know: You should probably put on the parking brake, regardless of whether you've stopped on the taxiway of a Delta terminal or at the summit of the Grinch's mountain, just to keep it in good working order.
You see, the parking brake is also commonly called the emergency brake, and as the name suggests, it can be used in a situation when your brakes fail or have been otherwise disabled by enemy agents. It overrides the hydraulic mechanism normally used to control the brakes and stops you with cables, which are demonstrably better than hydraulics because hydraulics never cut anyone in half in a Die Hard movie.
But the problem with steel cables is that they often rust and corrode, particularly after long periods of disuse. The way parking brake cables are designed, if you don't engage the brake every so often, the corrosion builds up and will cause it to fall apart like the bad guy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
You'll want to skid out regularly, and with a gun so you feel extra cool.
So if you bought your car back when the cast members of Harry Potter were still children and have never used the parking brake, and then suddenly throw it on to bail yourself out of an honest-to-God emergency, such as barreling down the switchback of Lombard Street toward a rampaging atomic monster bursting out of San Francisco Bay, the cables will probably just snap under the strain and result in a headstone that will seriously confuse future archaeologists. Unless the monster wasn't just a one-time thing.
#1. Don't Brake During a Blowout
The knee-jerk reaction to pretty much all panicky driving moments is to stand on the brakes like goblins are trying to crawl out of them, and in most cases this is absolutely correct.
Unless you're in a Speed-like scenario.
That being said, imagine you're cruising down the highway at about 65 mph when all of a sudden you hear your rear tire explode like you just ran over a tiny landmine. As you fire shit out of your pant leg like a muddy trumpet, you can feel that the car is about to go out of control. If you follow your instincts, you'll probably hit the brakes, but in this case your instincts have tragically failed you.
See, if you brake during a blowout, you're almost certain to fishtail (and maybe flip), possibly into another fast-moving car or the median (or both). This is especially true if your rear tire has blown out, which is more likely than a front tire blowout (front tires wear out more quickly, but people see that and replace them, while leaving the rear tires in place for years and years as part of their plan to just drive the car until it slowly disintegrates).
"Still here, eh? Well played, car."
So in the event of a blowout, you must do the very thing that makes the least sense: hit the gas. But don't drop an elbow on it like Macho Man Randy Savage; just squeeze it firmly for a couple of seconds to regain control, keeping the car as straight as possible. A completely blown or otherwise flat tire drags on the ground like an anchor -- if you slam on the brakes, the anchor catches at 65 mph or however fast you're going, and you're screwed. Ditto if you smash the gas pedal -- picture a cigarette boat tossing its anchor down at top speed. Give the car just enough speed to stay in control and then gently let your foot off the gas, turning into the blown tire (if you steer the opposite direction, the anchor catches). The tire that betrayed you will eventually bring the car to a stop on its own, and then you can get out and throw your pants into the woods.
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Another week, another set of awards results announced! This time from the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC), "the premier competition of its kind in the world". (I know, I know, they can't all be the best - and they do indeed have similar sounding names – but this is another one of the really, really BIG competitions. Important stuff.)
As well as the usual Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, there are also Gold Outstanding and Silver Outstanding Medals at the IWSC, with a huge score of 90-100 out of 100 required for a Gold Medal and Gold Outstanding Medals only being awarded at the judges' discretion! Welcome to big school!
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By Kate Monahan, with Clay Shirky
April 30, 2012
In his keynote address at NYU's recent Teaching with Technology Conference, Clay Shirky explored the massive potential for digital tools to fundamentally change not only teaching, but academia at large. His talk was simultaneously a call to action—empowering instructors to experiment with the increasing "palette of the possible" these technologies engender—and a reminder that although they can be exceedingly helpful in connecting people, these tools are not a replacement for the face-to-face interactions at the core of our institution.
Shirky, who has a joint appointment at NYU as a professor at Tisch's Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP) and distinguished writer in residence at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in the Faculty of Arts and Science, is a renowned social media theorist. His work focuses largely on the utility and implications of decentralized technologies like mobile phones, peer-to-peer networks, and social software. The combination of this research and his own pedagogical experience provide him with a unique and valuable perspective on the challenges and opportunities raised when leveraging new technologies in instruction.
When introducing Shirky at the conference, Tom Delaney, Vice President of Global Technology, described a previous conversation they had had about strategizing NYU's evolution into a truly Global Network University, a development through which, according to Shirky, "tech becomes non-optional." The best thing that NYU can do as an institution, they discussed, is to provide the community with the infrastructure, communication, content, connectivity, and best available tools, then "allow the cacophony to invent itself, and not invent it for them."
In conversation after his presentation, Shirky opined that instructors usually know the most about the pedagogical needs of the community and the challenges of effectively integrating technology into teaching. He reflected on how NYU's varied environment provides teachers with "huge freedom to experiment... We have a very high degree of agency in our own classrooms, and over each session and unit to make it most effective." In his own teaching and research, he has found that conducting small, incremental experiments, rather than implementing large transformations, is often the most effective strategy, and provides the opportunity to decide what does and does not working in any given situation. This individualized, "pro-cacophony" approach doesn't just benefit to each instructor and their students, but can also maximize faculty's ability to discover new ways to work together—all of which is of great value to NYU as a whole.
Maintaining that the "range of utility and possibility that [digital] tools enable is a wonder," and encouraging fellow faculty to experiment, Shirky also extolled the value of finding balance: "Technology and face-to-face communications aren't replacements for each other. They have to be used side-by-side." In his keynote address, he shared stories from his experience at ITP and at Studio 20 (the "experimental journalism wing" at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute) to illustrate the importance of finding that equilibrium.
Consistently at the forefront of exploring new technologies, ITP was one of the first places at NYU to experiment with wireless connectivity in classrooms. "At first it was great to be connected all the time," recalled Shirky. "Then, after awhile, [we discovered that] virtual presence means actual absence; even when students were paying attention, the number of potential distractions were enormous."
His solution, both at ITP and more recently in his work at Studio 20, has been to determine when it make sense to use the technology, and when it makes sense to say "lids down, turn your laptops off and look around the room"—a move he describes as 'bringing air back into the room' and enabling one of the classrooms most valuable assets: the ability to convene face-to-face conversation. "There is a common perception of technology that 'you just have to let people do it,' but that is untrue. You can integrate...It isn't any tool, any time, with unfettered access". Exercising this kind of self-regulation can help instructors utilize technology in their pedagogy in a balanced way that enhances communication, rather than hindering it.
Improved communication is, in fact, the main benefit of many technologies—a fact that Shirky sees as frequently overlooked. He advised conference attendees on a "classic mistake to avoid in thinking about digital technologies":
We have historically and systematically over-emphasized access to information and we've under-emphasized access to each other as the principal value of the tool. The most valuable thing connected to a computer isn't the applications, and it isn't the file system, it's the user.
Shirky also discussed the ways in which technology fundamentally transforms not only in-classroom instruction, but academia at large. In relating a story about another university's disciplinary reaction to a student's use of a Facebook study group, he encouraged instructors to avoid this kind of restricted mindset and to instead embrace new tools before they are considered "serious."
It did not take long after the invention of the printing press [for someone] to start printing erotic novels. It took another 150 years for anyone to even think of the scientific journal. We, as academics, can not say 'when that gets serious, I will use it.' We're the people who have to figure out how to make it serious. We did it with the printing press; we have to do it with these digital tools.
He then delved into the ways in which academic publishing has been transformed over the past ten years, and advised "There are no faculty whose own work has not already been changed by technology. As scholars and professors, if we change our own practice and don't communicate that with our students, then we're hiding."
Shirky offered a few bits of inspiration for instructors as they explore the use of these tools in their classes. He described how students at Studio 20 excelled at creative uses of technology when presented with medium-scale problems, rather than complete freedom, or overly restrictive assignments. Assigned with the task of selecting an important, relatively unknown news story and then using technology to report on it, students created the acclaimed "My Water's on Fire Tonight" music video about hydrofracking. The medium-scale scope of the assignment, according to Shirky, empowered students to use the technology in much more imaginative ways. "The technology allows a certain degree of exploratory freedom—we don't have to specify everything at every step, but we also can't dump so much freedom into the exploration that it all just ends up being random."
Faculty and students at Studio 20 have also successfully leveraged technology to facilitate global scholarship. As Shirky explains it, given NYU's truly global scale, the University community can approach the entire world as a potential platform. At the Studio 20, they tackled the goal of creating a 24-hour news feed by maintaining by six different teams around the world. "Once you realize we don't just have a lot of students in a lot of places, we have students awake and thinking, 24 by 7, we can think about the ways to use those resources."
As faculty dive into or deepen the integration of technology into their own research and instruction, Shirky offered a final tip:
The most important thing I've learned about teaching with technology in my 11 years at NYU is that these are not new tools for doing old jobs. As we embark on figuring out where technology fits into what we do, we're transforming the institution that we're part of as we go... We're having to ask ourselves not just "how do I get an electronic syllabus?" or "can I get an iPad to behave like a book?" We're having to ask ourselves "if I adopt this tool, what new characteristics is this going to bring into my discipline, and what new challenges is it going to create for me and the institution?" It's only in grappling with that, and in thinking about ourselves as an institution as we think though those problems that we're going to get this right.
As evidenced by the success of the Teaching with Technology conference, one important way to "get it right" is for faculty to maintain an open dialog, and to keep up to date on the successes and challenges encountered by their peers. Shirky encourages the organization of more such events, as they provide a way for instructors and staff to meet and learn about what each other are working on, facilitate interdisciplinary work, and provoke open-ended conversations. For more information about the conference and other presentations from it, explore the articles links at the right, or visit the Teaching with Technology Conference website to watch a video of Clay Shirky's entire keynote presentation.
Kate Monahan is Project Lead of the ITS Publications and Communications group, and a graduate of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Clay Shirky is a professor at NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP) and distinguished writer in residence at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in the Faculty of Arts and Science.
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Robert Markewich '46 was a New York City attorney who specialized in labor law, corporate litigation, and appellate matters. He passed away on April 23, 2011, at the age of 92.
After graduating from Columbia Law School, Markewich joined the law firm founded by his father, Samuel Markewich. The firm, Markewich Friedman & Markewich, handled mostly labor law matters, representing local and international unions.
Markewich also embarked on what he called some "absolutely delicious and rewarding theatrical representation." His client list included the owners of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, who were engaged in a contractual dispute with the producers of the hit Broadway show The Sound of Music. Among the producers was Richard Rodgers of the famous songwriting duo Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Turning his attention to civil appellate law later in his career, Markewich became a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers in the mid-1990s.
Markewich is survived by his wife, Iris; his children, Deborah, Judith, Ida, Jeremiah, and Eve Rachel Markewich '88; and his grandchildren, David, Matthew, Jacob, Emily, Andrew, Chloe, and Tessa.


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When I was in Edinburgh, Scotland, the locals could understand me just fine, but I was flummoxed by their accent, which did not remotely sound like English to me. Necessity forced me to request that the Scottish locals I encountered write out their responses to my questions. Embarrassing! How is this one-way communication misunderstanding possible, given Scotland's proximity to England and Ireland, whose accents are far easier to understand?
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Scottish people encounter many people from the UK with different English accents. I suspect that they have become more accustomed to the variety of accents than you have.
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How can I set the domain name in GNU/Linux?, I am using Crunchbang and I need to set the domain name for my LAN network.
EDIT: Let me talk more about my problem: I need to configure a LAN network for three or four PCs with GNU/Linux(college project):
PC1: acting as server -- hostname = "server" -- GNU/Linux Debian Squeeze
PC2: client 1 -- hostname = "crunchbang" -- GNU/Linux Crunchbang
PC3: client 2 -- hostname = "acer" -- GNU/Linux Debian Squeeze
Crunchbang is based on debian then "I think" there is no much difference.
I am guiding me with this document and there says that the domain name for all hosts in the network must be the same.
The OS in PC1 and PC3 are fresh installations, Crunchbang is the OS what my friend have in his laptop.
When I installed debian in PC1 and PC3 I set the domain name and the host name but now only the last is present.


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Hardcastle Tag Sales was one of three Bowling Green businesses burglarized on March 13th by 18 year old Brent T. Henderson of Bowling Green and one juvenile.
"We lost a laptop computer, starting cash, and mostly sterling silver bracelets and necklaces and about five gold rings," said Hardcastle Tag Sales Owner David Hardcastle.
Once they realized the items had been stolen, they warned other similar businesses.
"We called Goldsmith and told them to be aware we'd been broken into, and also I went to the Jewelry Barn and told them," said Hardcastle.
Within less then 24 hours, Henderson and the juvenile attempted to sell some of those items at Goldsmith, but because of Hardcastle's warning, they were unsuccessful. Goldsmith called the police immediately.
"When the police arrived at Goldsmith, they were able to interview the subjects and locate property in the vehicle they were riding in and on their person that belonged to businesses that had been burglarized," said Bowling Green Police Public Information Officer Ronnie Ward.
Surveillance from Tony Lindsey's Salon during a burglary that same night helped identify the juvenile. At that point, police began to notice a connection.
"Once both of these individuals were in custody for the burglaries, we were able to take the information they had given us, and link it to a Crime Stoppers tip we had received a little bit earlier in regards to a robbery that occurred at Subway on February 18th," said Ward.
Henderson and the juvenile now face charges for burglary and robbery.
Following the robbery arrests, Henderson is now lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail, and the juvenile at the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center.


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I noticed that the generator of the second stable stem b is the square of the generator of the first stable stem a, in the sense that if take two copies of a and smash product them together you get b out. I'm wondering if there are any ( many) other exmples of this. What are the elements in the stable homotopy of spheres which a squares in the above sense?
Appendix 3 of Ravenel's Green Book, http://www.math.rochester.edu/u/faculty/doug/mu.html#repub, has a chart of stable homotopy groups including much of the multiplicative structure. Figure A3.1 depicts some of this structure visually, while Table A3.3 lists the elements out by name and degree.
The next example of a square after \eta^2 is the element in the sixth stable stem, which is the square of the Hopf map \nu in the third stable stem.
Though stable homotopy is not multiplicatively finitely generated, you can consider Toda brackets, which are a form of higher multiplication in homotopy analogous to Massey products in cohomology, and it is known that the entire stable homotopy groups of spheres are generated by Toda brackets on the Hopf elements 2, \eta, \nu, and \sigma.
See the "ring structure" section for the stable homotopy groups of spheres: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotopy_groups_of_spheres
This ring structure is well understood in the range that the homotopy groups of spheres are known. There are further operations called Toda brackets. The story goes on.


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I bought the Canon 8-15mm. It is nice.
I have a NN3 and I would like know which way is the best way to get the shots in the box?
I read http://michel.thoby.free.fr/Canon_8-...oParallaxPoint
Canon 8-15 mm @ 8 mm with 3 Horizontal is out of the question because of reduced resolution.
But which on of these should I use:
Canon 8-15 mm @ 12 mm with 4 Horizontal and a nadir
Canon 8-15 mm @ 15 mm with Nadir + 4 Horizontal + Zenith
Canon 8-15 mm @ 15 mm with Nadir + 6 Horizontal + Zenith
I want to play "safe" with minimun stitching errors and a good resolution. The amount of pictures is not so much an issue.
Why do a lot of you choose 12mm with this lens?
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The Woman Behind Glamour's Plus-Size Buzz: "I Learned to Love My Body for How It Is"
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For their September issue, Glamour put a refreshing spin on beauty, showcasing an underwear-clad 20-year-old plus-size model, who has the magazine's readers applauding. After receiving many thank-you letters through the mag, the Wilhelmina model, Lizzi Miller, talked to Glamour.com about what it's like to be garnering so much positive attention. "When I was young I really struggled with my body and how it looked because I didn't understand why my friends were so effortlessly skinny," she tells the magazine's editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. "As I got older I realized that everyone's body is different and not everyone is skinny naturally–me included! I learned to love my body for how it is, every curve of it. I used to be so self-conscious in a bikini because my stomach wasn't perfectly defined. But everyone has different body shapes! And it's not all about the physical! If you walk on the beach in your bikini with confidence and you feel sexy, people will see you that way too." But Lizzi isn't the only woman in the magazine who's dealt with body issues. Cover-girl Jessica Simpson is putting her own positive spin on her "mom jeans" experience from earlier this year with a new reality show that explores beauty obsessions around the globe. Click here to hear more of Lizzi's story; then check out Jessica's September Glamour cover.
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Longacre's Magnum Series Tire Gauges boast a huge 3 3/4 inch easy-to-read face that is also glow in the dark.The gauge holds pressure until released, features a flexible 17 inch hose and a silver carrying case. Available with a ball or angle chuck, suggested retail price is $76.95. For more information, visit www.longacreracing.com.Goodyear's Wrangler Silent Armor Pro-Grade is a perfect complement to the American work truck. A new, chip- and chunk-resistant tread compound enhances tread wear in heavy loading and towing applications. Two high-tensile steel belts, and a layer made with DuPont(tm) KEVLAR(r), help absorb road noise and provide a smooth, quiet ride. For more information, visit www.goodyear.com.Pit Products' new Tire Storage units keep tires accessible and out of the way, which offers you extreme flexibility in your garage or trailer. They are designed to pivot up and fit flat against the walls of your shop or trailer within a matter of minutes and also feature a safety rod to keep tires from bouncing around during travel. The storage units are available in four-, six- and eight-foot designs, and come with all mounting hardware. For more information, visit www.pitproducts.com.Speedway Motors' handy Scale Cart stores your scale pads and ramps with ease while featuring a covered storage tray, perfect for the cables and display box. Powdercoated and chrome-plated surfaces make the cart tough, good-looking and easy to clean. It's also lightweight and has heavy-duty eight-inch wheels and a removable chrome handle, allowing easy movement and loading. For more information, visit www.speedwaymotors.com.From UPR Racing, the MTPro digital infrared pyrometers offers a narrower D:S ratio (distance to sight ratio), wider temperature range and a larger, brighter display screen, while remaining valued-priced. The new rugged design features a more advanced computer chip and upgraded optics for quicker, more accurate temperature readings. For more information, visit www.uprracing.com.Intercomp's easy-to-use, high performance, tire drying and purging system will vacuum and fill four tires simultaneously through a desiccant monitor. This system is compact, mounts on a transportable hand cart and uses either compressed air or nitrogen. With it, you can better control stagger growth, limit pressure gain, reduce tire wear and eliminate glazing. The system includes: 4 Tire Hoses, Vacuum Gauge, and Tire Chucks. For more information, visit www.intercompracing.com.Bart's IMCA wheel has the features needed to get racers to victory lane, from the stylish "D" hole design, to the combination lug nut retention system and the highest allowable "JJ"-style safety bead rim. Added features to the most economical wheel in the marketplace include, stronger rim lips and extremely low runout, giving racers a top-quality, dependable product at a fair price. These wheels are available in a chrome plated finish, high gloss silver powder coat, or high gloss black powder coat. For more information, visit www.bart-wheel.com.Chicken Hawk Racing has produced tire warmers for everything from go-karts to Indy Cars and Sprint Cars. Available with pre-set or adjustable temperature controllers, the tire warmers feature 175 degree (or your specified temp) Nomex/KEVLAR insulation for heat retention, a Nomex liner for melt-proof operation and a Neon running light shows when your tires have reached the proper temperature. These warmers help get your pressure rise set in the paddock and save heat cycles between track sessions by keeping tires warm. For more information, visit www.chickenhawkracing.com.
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Take a Mini-Tropical Tour!
Imagine a wedding at the Conservatory�s lovely, tranquil Seasonal House, surrounded by fragrance and beauty.
Recent modifications to the space mean that it can accommodate up to 25 people. For more information, please go to our ceremony scheduling page.
Bromeliad House
Bromeliad species, members of the pineapple family, number over 2000.
Located primarily in the New World tropics, they are predominantly epiphytic. The bromeliad's central flower structure is surrounded by whorls of colorful leaves. High humidity is essential, as they absorb moisture from the air and collect water in their rosettes.
Other highlights include several species of Platycerium, "Staghorn
Fern," also an epiphyte. The beautiful wrought iron display trees
for the Tillandsia collection were created in 1999 by Randy Benson and
his staff at Folia Fabric Botanicals in Seattle. In spring, Epiphyllum
hybrids (Orchid Cactus) from the collection are displayed with their
spectacular flowers.
Palm House
The palm family has about 1200 species, some of which can be seen here.
Most important commercial resources are the Coco, Date, Oil, and Sago
palms. Large banana plants and their allied genera, Strelitzia (Giant
Bird of Paradise), Heliconia, and Ginger plants bloom with most interesting
flowers. Orchids grace the showcases all year around. Orchids are one
of the largest plant families with about 20,000 species. Thirteen species
occur in the Pacific Northwest. The fruit of Vanilla planifolia, a vine-like
orchid plant, finds good use in the kitchen.
Fern House
A collection of tropical ferns and other exotics are featured here.
On entering, observe the Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm) belonging to a family
of plants which is among the oldest known to man. Tropical and subtropical
flowering plants, including Brugmansias, Begonias, Aroids, and Hibiscus
are part of a rotating display. A highlight in the Fern House is a small
pond with moving water surrounded by Monstera (Mexican breadfruit) and
Ferns. Carnivorous plants and Papyrus grow in the bogs beside the pond.
The atmosphere is settling and creates a perfect place to stop and rest.
Seasonal Display House
Major floral displays change with the seasons making this spacious park-like greenhouse a year-round delight.
Some of the foliage plants shown here are easily recognized as common house plants, for example Algerian ivy, peperomia, coleus, ferns and ficus trees.
Cactus House
The unusual form, structure, and size of the cacti and succulents presents an intriguing plantscape. All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti. Nearly all succulents are descendants of plants which adapted to dry, hot conditions when the earth began to warm up after the last Ice Age. This exhibit is especially spectacular when it is springtime in the desert of the Cactus House.
There is a 95 year old Crassula argentea (Jade Plant) that blooms beautifully November to January, as well as a potted collection of Sansevierias.
In 1878, the City of Seattle acquired about 45 acres on north Capitol Hill from a sawmill engineer for $2000. First called City Park, the acreage was improved during the turn of the century using plans designed by the famous Olmsted brothers, landscape architects. In 1901 City Park was renamed Volunteer Park to honor the volunteers who served in the Spanish-American War.
The Conservatory, first proposed in 1893, was not completed until 1912. The City purchased the Conservatory design and framework from Hitchings Company of New York. It was erected by Parks staff. In 1922 growing greenhouses were built to grow and propagate plants in support of the conservatory and annual flower production for general public display use.
Over the years various specialty plant collections have been built primarily from donated materials. The rather extensive orchid collection began as a gift from Mrs. Anna H. Clise in 1921.
As time passed the Conservatory became badly deteriorated. Through public awareness brought on by the Friends of the Conservatory and the Citys desire to maintain this historical site, funds were made available for renovation of the structure beginning in 1980. Renovation of various portions is ongoing.The conservatory buildings and staff today remain under the auspices of the Seattle Parks Department.
The Conservatory is a registered US Fish & Wildlife Department repository for confiscated plants seized from attempted illegal import activities. Restricted plants such as orchids, cacti and cycads are received from USFW agents, kept in quarantine for 30 days, then must remain in the Conservatory collection thereafter. They may not be sold, only traded to other botanical gardens and used for propagation.
Updated February 11, 2016
You can make a tax deductible donation to this park through the Seattle Parks Foundation.
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Guide to the ConservatoryHomage In Green - 1981
In the top of the entry vestibule is a 35 panel hand blown and etched stained glass canopy by Richard T. Spaulding titled "Homage In Green". Around it's border designs trace 300 years of style evolution in English and American art history. Lilies, convolvulus and passion flowers etched in the center glass enhance the Victorian motif of the conservatory.
Lunette Window
The ornate half-circle beveled glass lunette above the central entry door is original to the Conservatory's construction in 1912, with the green glass pieces added to it in 1982 and 1995 by Richard Spaulding to complement the Homage In Green art glass.
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"Corpse Flower" at Volunteer Park Conservatory in 2005
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Jefferson Community Center Kiddie Kampus
Community Center Fax: (206) 684-7483
Address: 3801 Beacon Ave. S., 98108 > directions
This popular school year program is a valuable growing experience and an excellent preparation course for Kindergarten. Emphasis on social, academic, and motor skills.
To provide children with a safe and healthy learning environment. Also, to provide children with planned activities that will promote opportunities for friendship, skill development, self-esteem, values, self-discipline, respect for others, and appreciation for nature through positive habits, attitudes, behavior, and choices.
How to Apply
This popular school-year program is a valuable growing experience and
an excellent preparation course for kindergarten. Emphasis is on social,
academic, and motor coordination skills. Your child must be toilet trained
and 3 years old by August 31, 2008. You may sign up for either the AM
or PM program. Current students have priority enrollment. Call to see
if there are any spaces available for new students. A copy of your childs
birth certificate is needed at time of registration.
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text: When solving non-linear equations via Newton's method, load increments are often used to improve convergence. In mechanics for example, if the final load in 90N, one could choose 3 load steps of 30N each. At each load step several Newton iteration are used until convergence, and the final converged result is used as the guess for the next load step. What I do not understand is why at the intermediate load steps, convergence is needed and not just for the final load step? Why not take just one or two iterations at each load step (where the change in the solution is significant) and use that as the initial guess for the next one.


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In an e-mail to me, tech support says that this combo will work with an NN3. I noticed in a thread about a Nikon D7000 and this lens, that a T adapter is suggested. I've no idea what a T adapter is and am brand new to panoramas, having only done two handhelds. My preference is to not have to hack something into functionality but also to save money where I can.
My intent is to use my 11-16mm in portrait orientation (and occasionally my Sigma 28mm and also the 50mm). I'll also buy the RD16.
- Has anyone used this combo (D90 w/11-16 lens) in portrait orientation?
- If it works well, what would I miss by not going with an NN4 for an extra $100?
- Nadir? I'm slowly getting my head around this but I wonder if the nadir adapter is of much use without a special tripod?
I should note that I am mostly interested in landscape panoramas but I have a few interiors to shoot as well. Also, my library has just informed me that the loaner copy of Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography is headed my way so I will be sure to read through that as well.


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An argument over some neighborhood kittens ends with tomatoes being thrown and two women filing simple assault complaints against each other.
Norma Ricker, 71, and her husband, Walter, have lived at their house on Chuckey Highway for 38 years. They share part of their garden with their neighbor, 28-year-old Rachel Price. "I thought the world of her. I would have given her the shirt off my back. Not now I wouldn't," Ricker said.
Ricker told the Greene County Sheriff's Department she was tending her crops Friday afternoon when she was approached by Price and they got into an argument, which became physical with green tomatoes being thrown. "She reached down, got a big one and slapped me upside the jaw with it," said Ricker.
According to the offense report, Ricker said Price hit her on the arm with a tobacco stick causing minor injuries. "She got a tomato vine, yanked it up and starting swinging it around, over her head as hard as she could," Ricker explained. "She had her face puckered up. I've never seen someone look so mad. I told her she looked like the devil."
Price gave police a similar statement. She said Ricker hit her with the tobacco stick, causing minor injuries to her foot. "If she got hit on the foot, she hit herself because I didn't have a tobacco stick," Ricker said.
Price declined an interview and said she had no comment about the incident.
Walter Ricker installed posts and string outlining the border of the property after the fight on Friday. However, he said when they woke up Tuesday morning, the posts were gone. They reported the theft to police and installed new posts.
The Rickers said the argument had actually started a few days beforehand over some kittens in the neighborhood. The Rickers were feeding them and the Prices said they wanted the cats off their property. "They said if you don't get them, we'll get them, catch them or kill them. I said, 'okay if that's the way you feel, it's over between us. You stay on your side of the fence and we'll stay on ours,'" Ricker said.
The Rickers said the garden will remain divided while they decide if they're going to press charges. "I'm so down. I'm hurt. I'm really hurt over what's happened," Walter Ricker said.
According to the police report, no formal charges have been filed, but police explained to both neighbors warrant and civil procedures.


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W.Va. Cracker Still Within Reach
PITTSBURGH – Following months of anticipation, Royal Dutch Shell earlier this year designated Monaca, Pa. as the site for its proposed multibillion-dollar ethane cracker.
The plant is expected to create tens of thousands of construction jobs and more than 1,000 permanent jobs. State leaders in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio lobbied the company with land and possible financial incentives to land the facility.
The location in Monaca serves the Northern Panhandle and East Ohio well, as local development officials have been working to identify possible downstream business ventures that would service the plant.
Some have questioned whether Shell will build the plant, but Steve Adelkoff, chief financial officer for Aither Chemicals, said there will be at least one new cracker in the Marcellus/ Utica Shale region, and his company may well be the one to build it. Aither currently is studying a location near Charleston for its proposed plant.
"I can build the same world-class cracker for $600 million that Shell needs $2 billion to build. We will have at least one cracker in this region," he said during last week's Developing Unconventional Gas East Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
Attracting a new ethane cracker to West Virginia would only be one aspect to bringing a new stream of industries to create thousands of new jobs, according to those in the natural gas and chemical industries. Plants to convert the materials produced at the cracker and businesses that would rely on those materials could help create thousands of high-paying jobs over the next several years, officials believe.
If Aither decides to proceed with the proposed cracker for the Kanawha Valley, production could begin in 2015.
Bradley Olsen, vice president of midstream research for Houston, Texas-based Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co., said he isn't sold on Shell's plans to build a cracker locally. He noted that companies now are working to rid themselves of ethane and other wet gas products, and said he believes ethane will remain a "waste product" through 2020.
"It is going to be important for producers to get rid of this ethane," he said.
Companies such as Chesapeake Energy, Chevron and Gulfport Energy are known in the industry as "producers" because they sell the gas they pump out of the ground. Because the wet gas requires processing before it goes to market, producers send their product to companies such as Dominion Resources, Williams Partners or MarkWest Energy for processing.
At these plants, the ethane, butane, propane and other natural gas liquids are separated from the "dry" methane gas so that all the products can be individually marketed.
Some local producers now send ethane to Texas or Canada via pipeline, at least partially because there is no cracker in the Marcellus and Utica shale region.
Phone and email messages left with Royal Dutch Shell were not immediately returned.
Jim Cooper, vice president of petrochemicals for the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, cautioned those at the conference to realize how massive and complex an ethane cracker is. "These are not something you get at Home Depot to set up in your backyard," he said of the giant chemical plants.
Although the ethane cracker is still in the works, Dominion is putting the finishing touches on its $500 million Natrium processing complex in Marshall County. During the conference, it was Dominion's planned Cove Point Liquefaction Facilities for Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas in Maryland that was on the mind of company Vice President Dan Raikes.
"The opportunity to export natural gas is exciting for our country. If you export natural gas, significant economic benefit for our economy will result," he said.
Noting Dominion believes domestic demand for gas in unlikely to increase much over the next several years – despite efforts to boost U.S. demand – Raikes said Dominion does not believe shipping gas out of the country will cause any problems.
Ed Morse, managing director for commodities research for Citigroup Global Markets Inc., said the Marcellus Shale is creating "phenomenal change."
"Soon, natural gas from the Marcellus will replace home heating oil in some of the Northeast," he said.
Penny Seipel, vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, said those working in the Buckeye State have "learned from mistakes made in Pennsylvania."
"People in the eastern portion of Ohio have seen more oil and gas development than those in the western and central parts of the state. I think we need a little more education in the west and central," she said.


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When evolving two familiars of the same type, does the skill experience of the seed get transferred to the spawn?
I currently have 2 x Baego, Red Drake familiars with the following stats:
- Level 70, Skill Level 8
- Level 1, No skill experience
Obviously I wan't to use the max level one as my seed so I get the 10% stats transfer bonus. But will the skill experience I have earned go across too?
I no I could try this myself, but I am not ready to evolve yet. I want to build up the new one first while I use my veteran version as a back-up and for PvP battles. If the stats do not transfer then I will probably just build the other to Level 70 and use the new "unskilled" one as the seed.


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Association of Black Law Students to Hold "Jazz for Justice" Annual Fundraiser on Nov. 8
October 19, 2007 –The Association of Black Law Students (ABLS) at Rutgers School of Law–Newark will hold "Jazz for Justice," its annual fundraising event, on Thursday, November 8, at the Newark Club. Proceeds from the reception and dinner will benefit the Wanda Green Memorial Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to a law student who in some way was affected by the events of September 11, 2001 or Hurricane Katrina. Wanda Green was a flight attendant on United Flight 93.
Paulette Brown, partner and chief diversity officer of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and a member of its labor and employment practice group, is the keynote speaker. Newark Mayor Corey Booker has been invited to deliver the welcome address. The Keith Marks Trio will perform. Keith Marks has played for President Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison, and Bishop Desmond Tutu.
As 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of ABLS, the organization has chosen as its theme "Honoring Past Presidents: A Legacy of Leadership." Former ABLS presidents who will be recognized for their contributions to the legal community are: Sobande F. Afoloabi-Hammonds, Esq. '04, associate at Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perrettt, LLP; Dara Aquila Govan, Esq. '01, associate at Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP; Ayana S. Harvey, Esq. '06, associate at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP; Yvonne Smith Segars, Esq. '84, New Jersey Public Defender; and C. Gregory Stewart, Esq. '81, private practice, New Jersey & Washington, DC.
The "Jazz for Justice" reception will begin at 6:30 pm and the dinner at 7:30 pm. To pledge a donation to the Wanda Green Scholarship Fund or purchase tickets for the event, contact email@example.com or call 973-353-5558.


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I'm probably missing something here. I'm using the default Ubuntu power manger, I set it up like this:
- On AC: no screen dimming when idle, never put computer to sleep, never put display to sleep.
- On battery: I kept the default settings.
Still, Ubuntu does whatever it likes, and after 15 min it puts the display to sleep.
Does anyone have the same problem and found a way to solve it? I'm using an Eee PC with Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop.


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Origin seems to recognise that I purchased NFS: Hot Pursuit on Steam, and is now giving me the option to download it. Is there a way, or is it possible, to install games in Origin that have been backed-up/downloaded via Steam?
I haven't installed Origin yet, but I would say it isn't even technically possible, short of reversing the game, Steamworks and the Origin interface.
Steam and Origin are different DRM systems with easily different interfaces between the game and the distribution system (i.e. ways for the program to ask "what's the user's avatar?", "does the user own this game?", "does the user have this DLC?", "please unlock this achievement", "please begin the purchase of this hat", etc.)
You can't just swap steamapp.dll for origindrm.dll (or whatever the relevant libraries are) and expect the program to work still.
The games could even be available in different versions between the two different platforms, so even just copy pasting the bulk of the game (levels, music, etc.) might be in vain.
In short, no, it's not possible.
The Origin Code Redemption FAQ lists a number of titles that can be re-redeemed through Origin. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is one of them, you'll be unsurprised to know. There's no information on what happens to the Steam version of the game, though. I actually asked that question here but strangely enough it was closed as a duplicate of this question :/
It is technically possible, but a solution does not appear to have been developed, and it is unlikely that it ever will.
There exist a multitude of ways in which conversion may be achieved, reverse-engineering the protection of Origin and Steam being one of the most complex. A delta patch would made by somebody in posession of both copies would do the trick and be fairly small, but the chances of somebody taking interest are slim.
It is highly probable, however, that the bulk of the files for both version will be the same, and there may be a way to make Origin recognize them and redownload the files that do not much, but as somebody how neither uses Origin nor has the game in question, I am unable to test this.


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Law School Hosts Q&A with Justice Sotomayor
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Columbia Law School this past fall for a conversation with Professor Suzanne B. Goldberg and Columbia University English and comparative literature professor Frances Negrón-Muntaner. During the discussion, faculty members, graduates, and students learned about the justice's experience serving on the nation's highest court. And in a lighter moment, Sotomayor also spoke about her childhood love of Nancy Drew books. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University.


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By textured shading, I mean the character is shaded with a texture that is filled with a gradient.
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By textured shading, I mean the character is shaded with a texture that is filled with a gradient.
Thank you.
I did a quick search online and found this tutorial - it shows a couple of solutions. You basically need to work in your Appearance palette for layer fills, using transparency effects to get the different fills to interact.
The term "best" doesn't always fly in workflow...while some techniques in some programs are objectively better than others, it's often a matter of preference, resources, application in a specific case, etc.
But one general principle is that when working with vector, you want to use vector-based things as possible. So, something like making a Photoshop texture, placing it in Illustrator, and using that as a texture overlay usually would be less ideal than using a pattern fill, because you're injecting a raster element that won't scale well.
You may find some help in opacity masks. Despite Brendan's excellent point about mixing raster and vector art, sometimes it's useful. Sometimes you can get away with a little imperfect scaling, particularly in background textures.
I've used images loaded as opacity masks to bring organic texture to my vector art in the past, such as film or wood grain. Combine that with a blended gradient and you find exactly what you need.


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WEIRTON - The contrast was so visible Friday night at the Dubie Dome.
There was two-time defending state champion and homestanding Madonna turning the ball over repeatedly and missing shots.
Then, there was unbeaten Steubenville Catholic Central controlling the game with junior point guard Michael Barber directing traffic while scoring a career-high 25 points, and coach Sean Tucker's team stepping up its second half defense.
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GO FOR IT — Steubenville Catholic Central's Michael Barber gets a steal while Madonna's Levi Shreve goes for the ball in the first half of Friday's game in the Dubie Dome. The Crusaders won, 61-37.
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PLAYING D — Madonna's Will Bowser plays defense against Steubenville Catholic Central's Michael Barber during the first half of Friday's game in the Dubie Dome. The Crusaders won, 61-37.
The Crusaders were only up by two points at halftime, but won the game going away, 61-37.
The defense was so intense in the second half that the Blue Dons (1-3) scored just one field goal and 10 points.
"When we came in at halftime, I noted that we weren't playing as aggressive as we wanted to," said Tucker. "We practiced extremely hard on being aggressive defensively leading up to this game because it seems like every time we come here it is a very, very tough environment no matter what skill level we have as a team.
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Catholic Central 61, Madonna 37
Catholi Central 15 14 18 14 - 61
Madonna 12 15 6 4 - 37
CATHOLIC CENTRAL (6-0): M. Barber 8 6-7 25, Colabella 9 4-6 4, T. Barber 1 0-0 2, Carapellotti 1 0-0 2, Manfresca 0 0-2 0, Fletcher 2 1-2 6, Herrington 3 3-3 9, Martello 2 2-2 7, Porreca 1 1-2 3, Dombroski 1 1-2 3. Totals: 19 18-26 61. Three-pointers: Barber (3), Fletcher, Martello; Rebounds: 23 (Fletcher, 7); Turnovers: 8.
MADONNA (1-3): Guio 3 2-2 8, Jeter 1 1-5 3, Ewusiak 4 2-4 10, Bowser 2 2-2 7, Carnes 2 0-0 6, Stakias 0 1-2 1, Martin 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 8-15 37. Three-pointers: Carnes (2), Bowser; Rebounds: 20 (Jeter, 5); Turnovers: 21.
"We weren't aggressive in the first half as we needed to be. At halftime we talked to them about it, explained it to them and they answered it for themselves. And that's what this group does. That's what I love about this group. They know what they are capable of doing."
The Blue Dons, on the other hand, struggled with ball control committing 21 turnovers. Madonna coach George Vargo was expecting to have junior Ross Comis, who was a starter a year ago, as his point guard, but Comis broke a bone in his hand playing for the Blue Don football team.
That means Vargo will have to go deep into the season without his services while using inexperienced guards.
"It was a combination of their defense and our lack of guard play," veteran Madonna coach, George Vargo, explained. "We have inexperienced guards, who are learning the game and until they learn the game, they can't play the game.
"We have three guards that we tried today. We just have to be patient. They are sophomores. The future looks bright, but the present doesn't look so good."
Vargo has started different guards thus far in the young season and Friday night it was sophomore Marquis Jeter getting his first varsity start. Jeter scored three points, but led the Blue Don rebounders with five.
He had a tough assignment keeping up with Barber, the diminutive point guard who hit three from behind the arc, drove the lane several times tossing up floaters and topped it off with five steals.
"There were a lot of open lanes tonight because they were in a zone," said Barber, who came off the bench last season. "They were giving me a lot of shots. They were giving a lot of people shots. We didn't make a lot of them in the first half, but in the second half we starting making them.
"It felt pretty good to get 25 points for the first time."
Barber scored 10 of his points and got three of his steals in the first quarter.
Madonna held a slim 12-10 lead when 6-11 junior, Josh Martin, got his only field goal of the game with 2:20 left in the opening stanza.
But Barber stole the ball in the Blue Don end of the court and drove all the way to the basket for a goal at the 1:06 mark. He was fouled on the shot and made the free throw giving the Crusaders the lead. Barber, who hit 6 of 7 from the charity stripe, tacked on two more free throws before the period ended giving Central the lead at 15-12.
"Our point guard did a fantastic job of being patient, running the offense and seeing the floor," Tucker explained. "We had minimal mistakes and that's what we need out of a leader, and that's what he showed tonight.
The second period was nip and tuck with Madonna outscoring the Crusaders 15-14 and narrowing the margin to 29-27 at the half.
Central senior Zach Herrington opened the second half scoring as he was fouled going to the basket. He made the layup, then cashed in the free throw to give his team a 32-27 lead.
Madonna junior Nate Guio answered with a short jumper with 6:37 left in the third quarter, and that was the only field goal the Blue Dons would get in the second half. The Dons scored six points in the third period and four in the fourth.
As both teams head into the Christmas break, coach Tucker felt his ball club gave him the best Christmas present he could get.
"This is a great, great win going into Christmas," he said. "This is one of the greatest Christmas gifts a coach could ever have is this victory tonight because they (Madonna) are a well coached ball club. To be able to hold a team to 10 points in one half of a basketball game, especially a team as good a Madonna, that says something about our kids."
The Crusaders displayed a balanced scoring attack with 10 players getting into the act. Senior Herrington scored nine points to back up Barber.
Madonna junior, Tyler Ewusiak, was the only Blue Don in double figures with 10 points. Guio followed with eight.
Both teams are off until Friday when Madonna hosts cross town rival, Weir High, in the annual city championship game, and Central goes to the Undos Tournament in Wheeling to play Cincinnati Arch Bishop McNicholas at 5:30 p.m.


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0.25 mile or 0.25 miles?
When writing out a quantity and then a noun what is the correct form for decimals?
1 day
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It seems that if you were to say "half day" then the singular is reasonable but if you were to day "point five days" that also seems correct.


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A curious cow looks over a fence in a paddock near Trittau, northern Germany, on Tuesday Nov. 28, 2000. Mad cow disease is a topic after a cow was found infected by it for the first time in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
One of our biggest food staples could be in jeopardy.
Some dairy farms are closing and others are struggling to stay open.
Only half the amount of cattle that used to be on some dairies are left.
This is what's happening at several dairy farms in New Mexico and Texas.
"We can't turn the cows off, they keep running and producing milk. So, we as dairy farmers have to sell our milk everyday. We are price takers and not price makers, says Art Schaap.
Conditions for dairy farmers have been extremely tough.
"You can't produce crops and you have to haul in the feed, so we are hauling feed out as far as Canada, and as you know the fuel costs, we can't just afford those," says Art Schaap.
Plus, the drought and the ethanol subsidy on corn has caused them to suffer even more...but, what's tougher is finding ways for them to manage.
"We move our cattle to other states to feed them, to Colorado, Nebraska, and to Missouri so that they can graze. We are also selling cattle so that we can reduce our debts," says Art Schaap.
Several farms in the western states have been forced to close.
"I know of at least five here and have heard of at least 6 or 7 in the Texas panhandle. I've heard of as many as 8 to 10 in the middle part of Texas," says art Schaap.
Milk production is already taking a hard hit
"There are 40 less semis going to the market with milk right now than last year, "says Art Schaap.
Which is nearly two million pounds less per day. That's why they are asking the government to be on their side.
"I think the new AG bill that is coming on, we are going to control the supply of milk so that we don't overproduce," says Art Schaap.
We're told a shortage is expected this fall and prices are anticipated to go up for consumers.


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Americans Face Tough Draws as Open Begins
The first day of the U.S. Open, which begins on Monday in Flushing, N.Y., could be, well, rather un-American. Many of the homegrown players in action have difficult first-round matches. Take Venus Williams, the former champion who has struggled with her health. She'll play No. 12 seed Kirsten Flipkens, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals this year. Madison Keys, a promising 18-year-old from Illinois, will face No. 9 seed Jelena Jankovic. Even top seed Serena Williams, who won this tournament last year, has a trickier-than-usual first-round opponent: Francesca Schiavone, the former French Open champion.
On the men's side, 21-year-old Ryan Harrison will play No. 2 seed and tournament favorite Rafael Nadal. And the latest chapter in the rivalry between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will begin. Both play on Monday and they could meet in the quarterfinals next week. It would be their first ever meeting at the U.S. Open.
—Tom Perrotta
Top High School Recruit Commits to SMU
A coveted high-school basketball prospect committed on Saturday to play his college hoops for a Hall of Fame coach. If that sounds totally unsurprising, the decision counted as a major upset in college basketball's off-season.
Emmanuel Mudiay, a 6-foot-5 point guard out of Arlington, Texas, and the No. 3 recruit in the country according to scout.com, announced this weekend that he would attend Southern Methodist University in Dallas, choosing to play for Larry Brown and remain in his home state rather than accept offers from Kentucky's John Calipari and Kansas's Bill Self, among others.
Mudiay's decision was noteworthy not just because it was Brown's first recruiting coup since taking over at SMU last year, but also because SMU hasn't made an appearance in the NCAA tournament in 20 years, making Mudiay the rare blue-chipper on a team with such meager history.
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The 6 Most Baffling Things Every TV Ad Assumes Are True
Commercials are duplicitous. They are designed to elicit the same response from us as a burning fire; our interest level is minimal at best yet we can't tear ourselves from a constantly shifting image. Advertisers do this to protect the absurdity in every commercial, encouraging viewers to watch, but not too intently that reason might step in and say, "What the fuck is going on here?" And ordinarily, we accept it without argument the same way we accept blue raspberry as a legitimate flavor.
This Cracked writer humbly cries bullshit. Commercials have gotten away with this ridiculousness for too long. Their history of deceit is responsible for an entire alternate reality specific only to advertising, one where your friends know more than doctors and pollen genuinely wants to hurt you. The following six are the most egregious.
#6. Only Women Eat Yogurt
In a shocking display of arrogance, yogurt companies determined at some point that half the population on the planet was no longer a suitable audience for their product. In the commercial universe, men don't eat yogurt, and in some cases, can't even see it.
"I don't understand! Where is food?"
Take a look at this.
Women on the other hand, use the curdled milk as an excuse to get together in the afternoons wearing their hooded sweatshirts and cardigans to talk about how much they fucking love yogurt. They eat it partially because it tastes like Boston cream pie and apple turnovers, and mostly because it makes them shit.
In fact, it turns out women can't defecate without yogurt. The yellow digestion balls in every woman's stomach is directionless before the cultures organize them into an arrow pointing toward the ass.
The yellow balls tasked with shit regulation have forgotten evolution! Does poop escape through the pores?
Women literally need yogurt to live.
Oh, right, the butt. Thanks, Activia.
#5. One Car on the Road Per Night
At some point auto manufacturers realized that most cars look kick-ass at night. They also must have realized that showing any other cars on the road in a commercial would only confuse the viewer, because we are, after all, retarded. The solution: pretending only one car can exist on the road at a time.
The consequence is darker than advertisers may have anticipated. The only time I drive completely empty city streets is at 4:00 in the morning after a night of bad decisions. These commercials unintentionally beg the question, why are these people up?
"'Let's meet at 4am,' you said. 'I'll be the one sitting in a parking lot, alone, doing the robot. Also there are no more cars.' And I thought you were crazy."
Logic would suggest alcohol was involved and they certainly display some of the classic symptoms, like stopping in the middle of a bridge and impulsively opening every door on the car.
Nothing weird about this.
You see it everywhere.
There's a general hint of unhappiness in every one of these ads, some aspect of these drivers' lives is still lacking and each of them is trying to fill the void with a night of driving around aimlessly. Yet they continue to make these commercials. Thanks Cadillac, but I've already got plenty of sadness saved up, I don't need to purchase yours.
#4. Dog and Cat Food Is Delicious
Fancy Feast saves you the shame of serving your cat the same chili on a paper plate you'll be eating for dinner. Cats are fickle and refuse to eat meals that don't include at least three types of slow roasted animals. In fact, advertisers want you to know that you're kind of a jackass for not eating cat food too. There's even garnish in the meal. Garnish. A cat would be more thrilled by a severed bird head accenting the dish.
Based on the ad, I would order Fancy Feast at a restaurant if they would serve it to me. And cat food isn't the only one playing this bizarre game. Wet dog food looks like it's just some corn and carrots shy of the best stew you've ever had.
I don't want to brag, but I've seen a lot of dogs eat shit, enough to know they don't care what it looks like. Advertisers are just hoping you're stupid enough to think your pet wants to eat what you want to eat, or maybe that you're desperate enough to eat dog food. Either way, they are developing food for some weird hybrid between human and animal that doesn't exist yet.
Sick of your dog's unrefined tastes and dog-like behavior? Feed it Alpo and he'll learn to walk upright and dance like an almost-human.
Case in point: