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- Although the Occidental Grand includes a children's club, the principal attractions swimup bar, casino, disco, fine dining appeal primarily to celebrating couples and other adults seeking beach holidays in the center of the Palm Beach scene.
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- This all-inclusive resort faces Palm Beach, where white sands are dotted with thatched shades. A vast lagoon-style pool includes a swimup bar and a rock-waterfall island with two spa tubs. A disco/piano bar offers live or DJ music nightly. The resort's casino is open until 3 AM (schedule subject to change).
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The Occidental Grand Aruba offers 391 guestrooms in two nine-story buildings with red-tile roofs. Furnished balconies and patios face the pool, garden, or sea. Two-poster beds are topped with white damask comforters, blue-tone throws, and blue throw pillows. Mahogany-stained furniture includes desks. Rattan-paddle ceiling fans supplement air conditioning. Rooms have upholstered chaise longues. Marble bathrooms include glassed-in shower/tub combinations. TVs offer U.S./international cable channels. DVD and CD players are also provided. Compact refrigerators contain water, soft drinks, and beer. Wireless Internet access is available (surcharge, except in Royal Club rooms). Royal Club rooms are located on the top three floors (7–9). Guests of these rooms enjoy access to an exclusive 9th-floor, panoramic-sea-view concierge/check-in lounge serving buffet and à la carte breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. These rooms also include complimentary wireless Internet access, 24-hour room service, bathrobes, and turndown service. Royal Club guests receive a fruit basket and bottle of wine upon arrival. This room type cannot accommodate a rollaway bed.
Room Amenities:
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathroom scale
- Bathroom telephone
- Blackout drapes
- Bottled water in room (complimentary)
- Cable/satellite TV
- Cassette player
- CD player
- Ceiling fan
- Child care (in room, surcharge)
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- DVD player
- Electronic check-out
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- Internet access - complimentary
- Internet access - high speed
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- Non-smoking rooms
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- Television
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The majority of amenities, activities, and gratuities at this resort are included in the room rate; guests will not be charged extra for the majority of amenities and activities.
A 24,000-square-foot casino opens at noon for slot machines, with blackjack, craps, roulette, Caribbean stud poker, and three-card poker available from 5 PM until the casino closes at 3 AM (schedule subject to change). The casino bar hosts live music nightly.Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the Occidental Grand Resort. A business center contains five computers with complimentary high-speed Internet access.
Ground transportation: Shuttle vans and private cars of varying prices are available.
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The PalmBuffet restaurant. Deck seating available. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
El OlividoTex-Mex restaurant serving à la carte dinner. Reservations required. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
Zen - Oriental RestaurantAsian restaurant serving à la carte dinner. Reservations required. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
L'Olio - Italian RestaurantItalian cuisine; à la carte dinner. Deck seating available. Reservations required. Dress code: long pants, collared shirts for men.
Royal ClubTop-floor restaurant reserved for guests of Royal Club rooms. (See Rooms & Rates section.) À la carte breakfast, lunch, dinner service. Panoramic sea views.
DesireCaribbean fusion cuisine.
Pizzas La PlazaInternational-style and create-your-own pizzas. Casual outdoor dining. Dinner only.
The Beach ClubCasual open-air beachfront spot serving à la carte lunch and dinner. Snack food for lunch. Contemporary Caribbean fare for dinner. Dinner reservations required.
BikiniBeach bar with sunset view. Open mid-morning to early evening.
SplashPool bar with swimup side. Open mid-morning to late night.
CocktailLobby lounge. Open early evening to late night.
SoundDisco/piano bar open early evening to late night. Adults-only after 11 PM. Live or DJ music.
The majority of recreational activities and facilities described below are included in the room rate for this resort (scroll up to the All-Inclusive details section for more information).The Occidental Grand Aruba faces a 137-m (50-yard) stretch of Palm Beach along the turquoise Caribbean Sea. A 137-m (50-yard) lagoon-style pool includes a swimup bar and a rock-waterfall island with two spa tubs.The resort supplies snorkeling gear, windsurfers, small sailboats, pedal boats, and kayaks. Water-sports centers on the beach rent personal watercraft and offer parasailing, banana-boating, waterskiing, tubing, kneeboarding, wakeboarding, snorkeling, scuba, and sailing adventures.Land sports include tennis on two lighted courts, beach volleyball, and basketball.
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How to Conduct Research for Writing Children's Books
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Being around children at school is the perfect research venue. You can make the experience active by leading a project or volunteering for an arts and crafts activity or game, or you can simply lurk passively in a corner and watch and listen.

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What is the source for the "Key Challah" Segulah (charm) that is said to bring Parnassah (prosperity)? And which is it: do you put the key in the Challah or do you make the Challah in the shape of a key? I've heard of it both ways.
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E. Fink has an amusing post on DovBear's blog about this.
Until recently I had no source for you other than a mimetic one: My mother (who is of Galician extraction) bakes the Challah on top of the house key.
Now I see in Ta'amei HaMinhagim that the custom is to make an indentation of the key in the Challah (ostensibly by pushing it into the dough and baking it that way).
The next page will also show some reasons.
Ultimately you will see there that the source is sefer Ohev Yisrael.
In my quick Google search on the same topic yesterday, I came across this article with sources: http://asimplejew.blogspot.com/2007/04/guest-posting-by-talmid-shlissel.html
And then this article that argued against the minhag: http://www.alfassa.com/shlissel_challah.pdf
The more common version I have heard is that you put the key of your house in the challah. I have no idea of the source for this (my Litvishe ancestors and I view this custom with a mixture of bemusement and scorn). I found the following article that may shed some light on it:


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What are some of the biggest - and better yet: insidious and unexpected - mistakes that indie game developers make? Especially when making the transition from hobbyist to full-time indie?
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One of the major pitfalls is focusing too much on developing the framework / tools / engine, and too little about making the actual game.
You risk to get all entangled up into that and to lost focus. Never forget you are first and foremost making a game not making a middle-ware component.
i.e. You should not start by coding the math library but instead by figuring out how to make the game entertaining.
Don't burnout early.
You don't want to get started an awesome game idea and then burnout after a couple of weeks because of poor planning. Games take a long time to make, so make small, realistic goals.
Biggest indie mistakes:
Two things... The first one being the most critical
Don't Ignore Marketing
Nothing sucks worse than spending a year making something and you don't meet a fraction of your expectations or even reach anything close to your potential.
Don't Sacrifice Quality
Take note of the reply above about not spending too much time on a framework / tools/ engine.
Then remove the word 'tools' from it!
While it may be easy to spend way too much time on a well-engineered engine or over-ambitious tech-for-techs-sake, you really don't want to underestimate the importance of decent tools.
They don't have to be high-tech or optimized - but they need to be stable and very usable. Especially if you're making a game that needs a decent amount of content, or where level design is key.
And especially if you're working on a team of more than one. If your level-building tool sucks, even the best artists/designers out there will struggle to build good levels.
Give up. Don't ever.
Over-attention on polish early on. If a game concept isn't fun with blue and red boxes for characters, chances are it won't be fun with 6 weeks of art time.
Never steal code from another indie developer.
Sure, it applies to non-indie developers as well, but the indie development community is already a very collaborative and sharing environment for a creative individual. It's easier to ask nicely, and more often than not, folks will be quite happy to tell you how it's done. You might even find a teammate in the process.
Even if you're using code that other developers have made available on their websites, be sure to credit them, and send them an email to let them know you appreciate the resource.
Most important thing you can do if you're going from hobbyist to full-time indie: have a business plan. Seriously. What are your revenue streams? Do you have any right now, and if so, realistically how long will they be viable? What's your burn rate, and what are your cash reserves? In other words, how long can you be in development before you have to ship something to pay the bills... and how much do you have to make when that happens? Realistically, how long will it take you to develop your first game, and does that fit within your parameters? If you know these answers, and you're honest about it, then "do I go full-time or not?" should be a no-brainer decision.
Don't settle for programmer art. If you aren't artistically endowed, but there's no way around doing it yourself, work within your limitations for the art direction. Doodle Jump and Desktop Tower Defense are great examples of this.
Do Build Your Community, Don't Be a Jerk
Indie games, being small, have small but often fanatically loyal fan bases. No matter how your fans act, there's value in catering to your hardcore community and keeping them happy. Keep a dev blog and twitter account, personally visit the forums and respond to issues. The community loves a developer who gives them personal attention. Sometimes keeping a public list of bugs to fix or features to develop can be good too. ToadyOne (Dwarf Fortress) and Notch (Minecraft) both do this to some degree and the community really loves knowing when they can expect X feature or bug fix.
As an Indie, your community is your boss and you should keep them informed and invested in your project as such.
On a similar note, though, don't be a jerk, don't bad mouth other game devs. That's just unprofessional, and it makes you look petty. Sometimes big game developers talk too much and the gaming press usually annihilates them if the fans don't do it first. As an indie, you want friends, lots of them. You want other indie devs to go "Wow, that guy is a class act, I want to work with him, maybe do a bundle release of our games so we'll both sell more."
EDIT: Caveat, Hardcore
I forgot to mention one little clarification on "no matter how your fans act." Obviously you don't want to be a jerk, but you don't want your fans to be a jerk by proxy for you either. This is a serious problem in the fighting game scene, where the fans of some games are seen as so generally unpleasant that those games are banned just so their fans won't show up at tournaments. See also: No Mutants Allowed and Fallout.
If your game can sustain itself on a hardcore group, that's fine. But if you want broad appeal, take care not to encourage a community of elitism that scares away newbies. One big appeal of games like Minecraft or Dwarf Fortress is that both have active community wikis and forums that make the game more inviting to new players.
Finish stuff. Even if you end up hating the thing, finish what you intended to. Nothing is ever going to be perfect so be realistic and take incremental steps in your game career.
To know that you've finished something is positive feedback for yourself, so you won't end with self-nagging thoughts about never finishing anything.
There's a lot of work in actually finishing the programming of a game, much of which isn't as exciting as the initial work on a game.
By finishing something, you increase your portfolio and you end up with valuable lessons learned along the way.
There were lots of people about when I did games (back in the 80's) that never finished anything - most of the time this happened when the least exciting bits of the game needed doing - at which point they moved onto a new idea. Essentially, they were just demo writers instead of game producers (not that there's anything wrong with that, just sayin').
Do what you know best
Don't make a strategy game if you have been into action games all your life. Pick a genre you know well and stick to it.
Follow your instinct
There are too many different opinions and good advices out there. You will be ripped in parts if follow every complain you will encounter by feedback. That does not mean feedback is worthless. Write everything down and sort it by importance (e.g. occurance in your feedback stream). Then go through it and fix real issues. Forget the rest.
Don't get browbeaten
Every day brings a new load of game releases. Some of them are similar to your project and just look so good that you can't compete. Should you give up? NO! Brainstorm and make a list of uncommon USPs (unique selling points - features other titles don't have) and add some of them to your game. Differentiation will save your game from drowning in obscurity.
There have been some great answers, specifically: concentrate on making a fun game instead of working forever on your own developer tools (like an engine) and focusing on marketing.
However in regards to, "when making the transition from hobbyist to full-time indie?", here's what I think is the biggest mistake:
-- Do not go fulltime indie unless you have enough money to keep you afloat for years. --
You should hope for the best (selling tons of games) and prepare for the worst (losing money every single month for a long time). You don't need the additional stress of not knowing if you'll be able to afford rent when trying to make it on your own. Just find the money somehow; be responsible with your dreams.
Never Underestimate the time and effort it takes to get a game from a prototype to a full-fledged production-quality game. The last "5%" can easily take half of the production time.
Don't forget where you came from: from doing things yourself and keeping it simple. Don't try to imitate the broken "AAA" model of being the idea guy and hire others to do and manage your work; that will slow you down, and first you have to get something out there that is successful enough so that it can make you some money.
There's nothing wrong with bootstrapping; be proud of it!
Well the first thing I would say from transiting from hobbyist to indie game developer also means to are a different kind of developer now.
Before you were making games for demonstration or because you just want to play it, or try a new idea.
If you are a professional, which indies are (indie doesn't mean you are just only free from any editor telling you what to do), you are not doing the game for you anymore, you want it to please to people so they could buy it, and that means your game has to have quality content.
Being independent is quite risky, you try to have the advantages of a having an editor to support you, but staying free of doing what you wish, and you can't totally have both.
I think the most important is believing in your project, its ideas etc, meaning being ambitious, but knowing how it scales to your workload.
Do milestones ! Most project use alpha-beta-gold, but it's better to slice it more, for example with 5 different milestone, so you can implement features homogeneously, starting with core features which you feel are important and will make your game look like a game, and adding features one by one, so you won't work on several features at the same time.
Chrome is at its 8th version already, while firefox has not released 4 and IE is there since what, 15 years ? but only at its 8 version.
Don't forget that independent games are very important right now, so think well about the features, since they are the only games that can be really different than blockbusters games which will always sell but be much less innovative.


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|Associated Press A KFC restaurant is being remodeled on Wednesday in Louisville, Ky. The KFC restaurant is a new test restaurant, called KFC eleven. The sign will include no pictures of Colonel Sanders. It will serve flatbread sandwiches, rice bowls and boneless chicken.
KFC is tossing out the bones and the quaint image of founder Col. Harland Sanders as it gets ready to test a slightly more upmarket restaurant.
The fried chicken chain says it's opening a location called "KFC eleven" early next month near its headquarters in Louisville, Ky., that will serve flatbread sandwiches, rice bowls, salads and only boneless pieces of its Original Recipe chicken.
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Salvation Army Kicks Off Campaign
The Salvation Army of Moundsville is excited to launch its Christmas campaign in conjunction with the Moundsville Christmas Parade on Saturday.
A float will feature the iconic Salvation Army Red Kettle, bell ringer and Angel Tree, and following the parade the Salvation Army's Christmas Campaign will officially start serving the Moundsville community.
The Angel Tree program connects caring members of the public with children in need of assistance this holiday season. People are invited to visit Wal-Mart stores in Moundsville and New Martinsville, BB&T Bank and the Salvation Army's main office on Seventh Street and Jefferson Avenue through Dec. 10 to select an angel ornament from Angel Trees.
Each angel ornament represents an actual local child in need of Christmas toys and everyday essentials, such as clothing. Once a child has been chosen, people can shop for the requested gifts and return the new items to the Salvation Army, 700 Jefferson, by Dec. 13. Gifts also can be returned to the service desk at participating Wal-Marts.
All gifts will be distributed to the families of the children in need prior to Christmas morning.
More than 500 children from Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel counties are expected to benefit from the Angel Tree this year.
Capt. Janna Torgerson said, "The Angel Tree program is a wonderful way to spread Christmas cheer with those who might otherwise go without this season."
The community is also asked to help support The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign. The money raised with support social services, financial assistance and many more life-changing services in the coming year in the three counties.
Torgerson said, "So, please, when you pass a Red Kettle consider making a donation."
Interested parties are also asked to serve as volunteer bell ringers.
"Your efforts will bring joy, hope and a helping hand to so many in need," Torgerson said.
The Red Kettle Campaign will begin Saturday in Moundsville, Benwood and New Martinsville.
"The Salvation Army is incredibly thankful for the generous support of the people in the three counties served by the Moundsville headquarters," Torgerson added. "Thank you for serving your friends, family and neighbors in need this Christmas season."
Additional information concerning the Salvation Army is available at 304-845-0510 or online at www.onlineredkettle.org/mtw.


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What to Expect in a C-Section
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For six weeks, you should watch for all of the above (fever, vaginal bleeding, and pain), but precautions also should include not placing anything inside the vagina (this means no tampons, douching, or sexual intercourse). Some doctors recommend driving restrictions (meaning don't drive) from three to four weeks or longer.
Don't forget to make a follow-up appointment with the OB who delivered your baby. Make the appointment within four to six weeks after the delivery (that means you'll have to call for an appointment as soon as you get home you know how these doctors are with their schedules). If you have any questions regarding your recovery, however, always call your doctor ASAP.
As far as wound care goes, you can take a shower, but don't rub the incision while showering. Let the water run over it and take a bar of antibacterial soap, make a dollop of suds in your hands and apply it gently to the incision, let the suds sit for a minute, and then rinse them off. Use a clean towel and pat the incision dry, don't rub it. If you want to use Bacitracin or Neosporin ointment and rub it on, it might reduce scarring. (But, first make sure you're not allergic to either of those products.) Taking a bath is acceptable once your bleeding has decreased significantly. Be careful not to slip while getting out of the tub. For the first couple of weeks, a shower is preferable.
For painkillers, the majority of women can take Motrin or Ibuprofen. Make sure you take any medicine with food or milk, assuming that there are no contraindications to that. Take medicine regularly for the first couple of days after surgery. Most doctors will also provide a narcotic-based medicine as well. Dr. John recommends trying the Ibuprofen first and then the narcotics the reason being, Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory, which will address the cause of the problem, whereas the narcotic simply masks the pain. Be aware that the Ibuprofen might have gastro-intestinal side effects. The narcotics also have side effects, including drowsiness, which could increase your chances for clotting and constipation if you're sleeping and not walking (unless, of course, you sleepwalk). Instead, try taking the narcotic at night if you're going to take it.
For the six weeks after surgery, use walking as your main source of exercise. Avoid setups or crunches or anything that could weaken or tear the incision.
The Unexpected C-Section
Obviously, if you have an unexpected c-section, then it is probably an emergency situation. Many of the same procedures will be followed, but probably faster OK, possibly at lightning or warp speed on the part of the hospital staff. The father or significant other may or may not be allowed in the operating room. It will depend on the severity of the situation.
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There is no getting around the fact that a c-section is an operation that requires cutting, and as such, it can be dangerous. Fortunately, with the advent of antibiotics and improvements in surgical techniques, it is a relatively normal procedure that is performed routinely and successfully every day around the world. Still, be aware of what it entails and ask questions before you get to the point where you need a c-section.
- If you can avoid a c-section, do so. Vaginal deliveries are always preferable in terms of safety, unless there is a medical contraindication.
- Most c-sections are safe, and you shouldn't worry too much about the outcome for you or your baby.
- Follow your doctor's advice carefully both pre-op and post-op. Your wellness depends on your attention to detail.
- Make sure you have plenty of help after the baby is born. You will be sore for quite a while and will need some help getting around.
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Resolve OpenSolaris 2008.11 shutdown too long time
By Jerome Blanchet on déc. 20, 2008
There is a bug in OpenSolaris 2008.11, that make SMF hang for a few minutes before put SMF gdm into the maintance mode when shutdow OpenSolaris.
The fix will be available in the next OpenSolaris Release, but you can simply resolve it now by yourself. (fix is now available in snv 105)
As a root user, make a bakup of gmd script file
# cp -p /usr/sbin/gdm /usr/sbin/gdm-BUG-4887
And then edit /usr/sbin/gdm script file with your best editor (vim) and then remove all the following lines:
# GConf now needs D-Bus, so to launch AT programs it is necessary for D-Bus to
# be started with gdm. We start D-Bus as the "gdm" user. We do not do not
# need root privilege for this since the GUI and AT programs all run as the
# "gdm" user.
eval `/usr/bin/su - gdm -c /usr/bin/dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session`
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID
Then restart OpenSolaris


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Hundreds gathered to sing, march and reflect on what Martin Luther King Day means to them.
"It's an honor for me to be here to see all the festivities that are going on," says Faye Roberson.
"For freedom. Freedom for all people to come together," says Mildred Church.
"It means a lot for everybody because it's history," says Daedreana Ramsey
Monday was Mildred Church's first time marching. The spirit could be seen in her eyes with each step. She hopes others will also keep that same spirit alive for years to come.
"Those who do not know about Martin Luther King should look it up in the library and know about the roots. Not just anybody but they should know about their freedom," says Church.
For many, this MLK day has more meaning. The second inauguration of President Barack Obama and the 50th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Some say the "dream" of Martin Luther King, Jr. has now come true.
"If he was here to celebrate with us he would be excited as he would ever be," says Roberson.
While there is agreement America has changed since the days of segregation, Daedreana Ramsey believes there is always room for more improvement.
"This is still something that we struggle with day to day and it's not anything that is resolved already," says Ramsey.
With each step taken Monday, those who marched hope it's a sign for continued change for generations down the road.


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Hagerman Fundraiser - High on the Hawg BBQ Dinner
November 5 & 19 2011 Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM http://www.friendsofhagerman.comEvent Description BBQ and all the trimmings served at the Refuge, $10/person; $5/ children 12 and under. 6465 Refuge Rd, Sherman Hagerman Nature Programs November 12, 2011 Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM http://www.friendsofhagerman.comEvent Guided Nature Walk8 am, Sat., Nov. 12 Meet at FOH Center at Refuge, wear sturdy shoes, bring binoculars or use ours for this walk on one of the Refuge trails, led by Dr. Jason Luscier. Return in time for Second Saturday program. 10 am - Noon, Sat., Nov. 12, Second Saturday Nature ProgramMeet in Multipurpose Meeting room, Visitor Center for talk on Swallows by Ross Anderson. Three species of this migratory bird can be found at the Refuge - Cliff, Bank and Barn Swallows, here's your chance to learn more about these aerial feeders!. 10 - 11:30 am, Sat. Nov. 12, Second Saturday for Youth, for ages 4 - 10 (for children 6 and under, must be accompanied by parent or other responsible adult); Meet in A/V Classroom, FOH Center. Topic - Turkey Talk". Reservation required to insure adequate supplies for each child, call 903 786 2826.


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The Economic Impact of Colorado's Renewable Portfolio Standard
Executive Summary:
In November 2004 Colorado passed Amendment 37, the first voter-approved ballot initiative to create a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in the United States. In 2007 this law was expanded in House Bill 1281 and its current iteration was detailed in House Bill 1001 in 2010. HB 1001 accelerated the timeline such that by 2020, 30 percent of all retail electricity in Colorado must be derived from a renewable source, including energy from solar, wind, geothermal, hydrogen derived from renewable sources, biomass and small hydroelectric facilities.
Specifically the Act requires that Colorado's Investor-Owned Utilities increase the percentage of electricity generated from new renewable energy sources. The RPS mandates that renewable sources account for 5 percent of all power generated by 2010; 12 percent by 2011-2014; 20 percent by 2015-2019 and 30 percent for 2020 and thereafter.
The Bill also contains a measure to control costs for retail customers, by limiting the RPS costs that utilities can pass to customers to "two percent of the total electric bill annually for each customer." But this provision only covers the incremental costs, referred to as the Renewable Energy Standard Adjustment on utility bills. The Electric Commodity Adjustment (ECA) fee is not subject to the 2 percent cap and will absorb the rest of the costs, such as backup energy and capital construction. As a result the cap has no effect on containment of cost increases due to the RPS.
Another component of the Bill – the banking of unused renewable energy credits – helps defray costs initially. By producing more renewable energy then required by law in the first few years of the 5 percent RPS requirement, producers can 'bank' these extra units, to reduce the required number of units required in the future, when the mandate increases.
Since renewable energy generally costs more than conventional energy, many have voiced concerns about higher electric rates. In addition some renewable energy sources – wind and solar power in particular – require the installation of conventional backup generation capacity for cloudy, windless days. The need for this backup further boosts the cost of renewable energy.
The American Tradition Institute commissioned the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University (BHI) to estimate the costs of these House Bills and their impact on the state's economy. To that end, BHI applied its STAMP® (State Tax Analysis Modeling Program) to estimate the economic effects of the state RPS mandate.
There exists a wide variety of cost estimates for renewable electricity sources. The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), a division of the Department of Energy, provides estimates for the cost of conventional and renewable electricity generating technologies. However the EIA's assumptions are optimistic regarding the cost and capacity of renewable electricity generating sources to produce reliable energy.
A review of the literature shows that in most cases the EIA's projected costs can be found at the low end of the range of estimates while the EIA's capacity factor for wind to be at the high end of the range. The EIA does not take into account the actual experience of existing renewable electricity power plants. Therefore we provide three estimates of the cost of Colorado's RPS mandate: low, average and high, using different cost and capacity factors estimates for electricity-generating technologies from the academic literature.
In the aggregate, the state's electricity consumers will pay $1.371 billion in 2015 – within a range of $841 million and $2.122 billion – due to the RPS. Over the period of 2011 to 2020, the state RPS will cost $11.778 billion, within a range of $6.412 billion and $18.520 billion. Colorado's electricity prices will increase in 2015 by an average of 3.75 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), or by 40 percent, within a range of 1.23 cents per kWh, or by 13 percent, and 5.97 cents per kWh, or by 64 percent.
These higher energy prices will hurt Colorado's households and businesses and, in turn, inflict significant harm on the state economy. The BHI model suggests that by 2015 the Colorado economy will lose an average of 18,380 jobs, within a range of between 6,043 jobs under our low cost scenario and 29,242 jobs under our high cost scenario. We report net employment losses that include jobs that would be created to build out renewable electricity power plants and infrastructure under each cost scenario. The lower portion of Table 1 presents our estimates of the effects of the RPS in 2010 Net Present Value dollars (NPV).
The decrease in labor demand – as seen in the job losses – will trigger gross wages to fall. In 2015 the RPS mandate will reduce annual wages by an average of $1,269 per worker, within a range of between $417 per worker and $2,019 per worker. The job losses and price increases will reduce real incomes as firms, households and governments spend more of their budgets on electricity and less on other goods and services such as groceries, entertainment, dining out and personal services such as haircuts. In 2015 annual real disposable income will fall by $1.873 billion, within a range of $616 million and $2.981 billion.
Annual investment will fall by $235 million, within a range of $77 million and $373 million under our low and high cost cases respectively. As with employment, the investment losses will be tempered by the investments required in building renewable power plants, transmission lines and reconfigurations to the electricity grid.
In 2020 the RPS will cost families an average of $337 per year; commercial businesses an average of $2,360 per year; and industrial businesses on average $43,367 per year. Over the next 10 years the average household ratepayer will pay $1,474 in higher electricity costs; the average commercial ratepayer will spend an extra $10,332; and the average industrial ratepayer an extra $189,879.
One could justify the higher electricity costs if the environmental benefits, in terms of reduced GHG emissions, outweighed the costs. But it is unclear that the use of renewable energy resources – especially wind and solar – significantly reduces GHG emissions. Due to their intermittency, wind and solar require significant backup power sources that are cycled up and down to accommodate the variability in the production. As a result, a recent study found that wind power actually increases pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Thus there are, in fact, no benefits of implementing RPS policies based on heavy uses of wind.
Also firms with high electricity usage will likely move their production and emissions out of Colorado to locations with lower electricity prices. Therefore the Colorado policy will not reduce global emissions, but rather send jobs and capital investment outside the state. As a first step, Colorado policymakers should repeal the expansions to the voter mandated RPS before electricity costs spiral out of control. In addition legislators should demand that future environmental policies be subject to a process of regular and rigorous analysis of their environmental effects, costs, benefits, and economic impacts.


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All Rise...
Editor's Note
Our review of Conan the Destroyer (Blu-ray), published August 8th, 2011, is also available.
The Charge
Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the rise of the sons of Aryas, there was an age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world. Hither came Conan to tread the jeweled thrones of earth under his sandaled feet. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!
Opening Statement
In this sequel to Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard's proud Cimmerian sets forth on a heroic quest to recover a magical treasure and restore the life of his beloved Valeria. Along the way he gets bogged down in lame humor, poor plotting, and bad special effects.
Facts of the Case
Since we last saw Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall, The Terminator, The Running Man) he has made quite an impression as a thief. Indeed, his skill and success has attracted the attention of Queen Taramis of Shadizar. She sends a squad of her finest troops to capture Conan and his cowardly sidekick Malak (Tracey Walter, Erin Brockovich, Drowning Mona, Man on the Moon) so that she can present them with a proposal. Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas, Solar Babies, Beastmaster 2,Meatballs 4) needs an expert thief to steal a gem that will unlock an ancient, magical treasure. This treasure, a jewel-encrusted horn, will allow Dagoth, "the dreaming god," to awaken. In return for Conan's services, the Queen will use her powers to bring his beloved Valeria back to life. The princess Jehnna (Olivia D'Abo—"The Wonder Years," Live Nude Girls, Wayne's World 2) will accompany Conan; she is the chosen one, the only person who can find the treasure and the only one who can touch it. Jehnna will be escorted by Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain), the captain of the queen's guard. His duty will be to make sure that Jehnna completes the journey with the treasure and her virginity intact. This last is important, for as it turns out the queen intends to sacrifice Jehnna to Dagoth as soon as he is reawakened. If she does not, the ancient prophecies foretell doom and destruction over all the earth. Bombaata's other charge is to kill Conan as soon as the treasure has been secured, as the queen really doesn't care to allow such a skilled thief to continue to practice his profession.
The party sets out on their quest. Their first goal is to steal the gem that will unlock the treasure, which is guarded by Toth-Amon (Pat Roach, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Willow), an ancient and powerful sorcerer. Along the way they stop to pick up Akiro (Mako, The Sand Pebbles, Tucker: A Man and his Dream, Robocop 3) the wizard. Conan doesn't much care for wizards or magic, but if he has to fight one he wants one he can trust on his side. They also meet Zula (Grace Jones, Deadly Vengeance, A View to a Kill, Boomerang), a wild woman warrior who swears her loyalty to Conan. Finally the party reaches the shore of a great lake. In the center of the lake is a great crystal castle, which Jehnna's sense tells her is the location of the sorcerer and the gem. They make camp for the night. While they sleep, Jehnna is stolen away by Toth-Amon who visits the camp in the form of a dragon made of mist. In the morning Conan and the others discover she is gone, and head to the crystal castle to rescue her. In doing so Conan is forced to fight Toth-Amon in a hall of mirrors. He succeeds, they rescue Jehnna, and obtain the magical gem.
After an attack by the queen's soldiers and a night of drunkenness, the party sets out to find the jeweled horn. They find it, pausing to fight a wizard and a group of warriors whose allegiance and plot significance is hazy. Bombaata does his best along the way to dispose of Conan and the others, and sets out to return to Queen Taramis with Jehnna and the jeweled horn. Conan returns to the palace as well, hot on Bombaata's heels. This sets up the final confrontation between Conan and a demonic creature unleashed by the Queen's lust for power.
The Evidence
Conan the Destroyer comes to us from Universal in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The transfer is non-anamorphic, but looks very good nevertheless. I could detect no dirt or scratches on the print itself. The transfer is very good, with excellent clarity and no trace of edge enhanced haloing or other digital flaws. Color levels overall are on the mark, although occasional scenes may be a little too red or a little too black; it is hard to tell if this is a fault of the DVD or the source material. As far as I could tell, colors did not bloom or bleed at all. Flesh tones are mostly accurate, but do run to the pink side a bit in some instances.
The original mono audio track is presented in Dolby 2.0. For a mono track it sounds great. Dialogue and sound effects are well balanced, and the great musical score by Basil Poledouris comes through loud and clear.
Extra content consists of a theatrical trailer, production notes, and cast/crew filmographies. The trailer is much the worse for wear, and gives a mix of spoilers and outright disinformation. It is presented in letterbox, in a non-standard aspect ratio, probably pretty close to 1.66:1. Universal has done their usual thorough job on the production notes and biographical information. The production notes are probably too long and cover a lot of minutiae. The cast and crew information is very thorough and informative. For example, I found it interesting that director Richard Fleischer is the son of Max Fleischer, the animator who created such characters as Popeye and Betty Boop.
The Rebuttal Witnesses
As I watched Conan the Destroyer, I tried to figure out just where it all went off the rails. The plot, while in need of some fine-tuning, is not all that bad and could have made for a lot better movie than this. Jack Cardiff's cinematography manages to capture some impressive visuals when Fleischer lets him. Still, some ominous signs were present from the beginning. The annoying Malak character was a huge red flag, but did not seem like enough to sink the movie. Later on, as the rest of the cast was introduced and the plot was set up, there still seemed to be a lot of hope. The addition of Wilt Chamberlain to the mix was an interesting bit of casting, and he seemed about perfect for the part of Bombaata; all he had to be was an intimidating physical opponent for Conan. The painfully beautiful Olivia D'Abo seemed a welcome presence at first, but it soon became clear that she was off making a different movie altogether, perhaps a teen romance directed by one of John Hughes' lesser imitators. Things took a serious turn for the worse with the arrival of Grace Jones. While physically suited to the part, she goes beyond "over the top" and seems to exist in a parallel universe all her own. A large portion of the movie's failings can be attributed to this unwieldy and mismatched ensemble cast.
There is also far too much camp humor, and this is perhaps the movie's central downfall. Conan the Barbarian was not without humorous moments, but they were used sparingly. The inclusion of Malak as a comic relief sidekick constantly draws attention away from the plot and action around him. Conan himself is written quite differently in this second outing as well, becoming more of the comical muscle-bound buffoon than the noble, savage warrior that he was in the first film. Two scenes in particular play Conan for cheap, unfunny laughs that are completely untrue to the character. The first occurs when Conan first encounters Zula and is apparently unable to count any higher than three. The second comes later in the movie, the drunken scene after the defeat of the wizard Toth-Amon.
Ultmately the blame for failure must lie with director Fleischer. His direction is competent but feels static and conventional. Overall the movie somehow feels flat and lifeless, even in the midst of action scenes that should be exciting. Fleischer simply fails to capture the energy and sense of wonder that John Milius was able to harness in the first film.
The special effects in Conan the Destroyer also leave a lot to be desired. It becomes hard to take Conan's struggle seriously when he has to fight a guy in a really cheap-looking rubber mask. Also, the fight scenes seem contrived and badly choreographed, with lots of pauses so that Conan can swing his sword around like a drum majorette's baton or freeze into cool action poses. Another problem is that by 1984 the legend of Schwarzenegger was spreading throughout Hollywood. Conan is allowed to perform superhuman feats of strength that just don't look convincing; this was a common failing of Schwarzenegger's movies of this period.
Even the Basil Poledouris score seems like a bit of a disappointment. It draws heavily from his incomparable Conan the Barbarian score, but it seems that a lot of the harsh edges have been smoothed out for a smoother, more melodic, and ultimately tamer sound. Come to think of it, that pretty well describes the larger problem with Conan the Destroyer as a whole when compared with its predecessor; some concepts just don't lend themselves to "kinder, gentler" interpretations.
Closing Statement
While it doesn't hold a candle to the original, and it bears almost no resemblance to Robert E. Howard's vision, Conan the Destroyer is still better than most of what passes for sword-and-sorcery fantasy. On a certain mindless level, I enjoyed it. While it lacks the epic scope and strong human connection of the first film, I will probably watch it again and may even add it to my collection.
The Verdict
This court finds Conan the Destroyer to be modestly entertaining but unworthy to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor. Universal is acquitted on all charges, although an anamorphic transfer would clearly have been preferable.
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B2B Commerce Best Practice Round Table
By Jeri Kelley - Commerce Product Strategy-Oracle on Sep 21, 2012
Are you struggling with delivering customers a consistent B2B multi-channel commerce experience?
If yes, then you will want to join us for a panel discussion featuring Oracle customers and B2B commerce experts on Thursday, September 27th to learn how leading B2B companies are succeeding in the new age of commerce.
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maybe i'm too stupid, but what's the command to format my external 2.5tb usb hdd to ext3? using
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1 works, but only gives me 300gb of space allocated... where am i failing?
thanks in advance.
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This question came from our site for system and network administrators.
parted /dev/sdc
and do the following in it:
mklabel gpt mkpart primary ext3 4MiB -1MiB quit
Only then try to format it:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1
As a side note: fsck on a 2.5TB partition will take a long long time, use ext4 if you can, jfs or xfs otherwise.
Are you using a master boot record partition table? If so, that could be the problem. MBR partition tables are only good up to 2 TB. Use GPT instead (GUID Partition Table, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table).


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Car Trailer Safety - Mr. Trailer SafetyWritten by on December 1, 2009 What To Know Before You Tow
The story you are about to read on car trailer safety is one that I have wanted to write for a long time. During my on-the-job research years, I'm here to tell you there's nothing quite like a good brush with death to accelerate one's learning curve. There are definitely two schools of thought when it comes to the subject of car trailers. There are the folks who like to live by the "no trailer queens" motto and then there are the guys with drop-dead gorgeous show trucks that wouldn't make it through a show season unscathed if it weren't for a car trailer. Either way, at one time or another every one of us is going to have to load their truck onto the flat deck of a tandem car trailer. This might be because of a mechanical failure or dragging home a new project that doesn't run.
As tech stories go there aren't too many topics that deal with life-and-death situations. Sure, you might kill a brand-new engine if you don't get the oil pump primed properly or smoke a high-dollar alternator because you hooked it up wrong, but at the end of the day you get to go home and watch TV. Get it wrong while hauling your truck on a car trailer and you can end up dead.
I think gory stories are a great mnemonic device to get this across. One year while a bunch of my friends and I were riding our motorcycles to Sturgis, South Dakota, we rolled up on an accident that just happened. The driver that caused the wreck had loaded his trailer improperly and it got away from him. He reached a high enough speed that the trailer started to wag the tow vehicle violently until it swapped ends and came to a crashing backwards halt. The errant driver was left with the back of his skull missing and his brains dripping out; he died in his seat. It was a bad scene.
It was many years before when I learned that a car trailer with the weight of the load biased too far towards the rear can shake violently. I was a passenger in the cab of a '59 Chevy 3/4-ton Fleetside. My friend Woody, the co-owner of a custom paint and engine building shop we operated in Irwindale, California, had bought a '66 Chrysler four-door hardtop station wagon than didn't run. We grabbed the shop's tandem car trailer we used to haul our '66 Chevelle roundy-rounder to race at Speedway 605 with, and headed out to Simi Valley. The Chrysler wagon was a lot longer than a '66 Chevelle and would only fit on our short trailer backwards. Woody didn't seem too happy about it, but decided we'd give her a go. Leaving the former Chrysler owner's house on the side streets the truck and trailer seemed to track alright. On the freeway about the time Woody hit California's 55-mph towing speed limit the '59 tow-rig broke into a violent tail-shaking that had us darting from lane-to-lane uncontrollably.
Simultaneously, Woody swore out loud and drop-shifted the '59's compound four-speed into Third gear and stuck his foot right through the four-bolt 355's carburetor. Within seconds we were up to 65 mph and the wagging started to subside. With the problem somewhat in hand, Woody's next task was to drop the speed below the magic number of 55 mph. It was a cat-and-mouse game that took several attempts, but eventually the truck and trailer were at calm running down the road at 45 mph. Without experiencing this I would have never guessed accelerating was the right way to get out of a mess like that.
Before we get much further into this story, I'd like to explain that as a child I was dyslexic to the point that I was what they call a "mirror reader," and this condition seemed to be compounded by being ambidextrous as well. Eventually, around the time I entered the Third grade, I outgrew the mirror reading problem and didn't have to hold a schoolbook funny to be able to read it. These days, for the most part, my vision is normal but sometimes I have to really concentrate on what I'm doing.
The reason I'm mentioning my vision handicap is to inform readers that learning how to back up a trailer is something anyone can learn to do if they study the basics and practice. Step one to backing a tandem car trailer up in a straight line is to start with the trailer positioned in a straight line directly behind the tow vehicle. The way to do this is to pull forward and the trailer will automatically fall directly in line behind the tow vehicle. Turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction of where you want the trailer to head works for controlling the trailer's destination. Beyond being able to back a car trailer up, one has to know how to load it, so it will go down the road without swapping ends with the tow vehicle. A good rule of thumb is to make sure the front of the tow vehicle isn't sitting higher than the rear and the trailer is sitting flat. A more precise way to do this is to determine tongue weight. In the last 40 years I've had pretty good luck with hauling trucks safely on car trailers, but wouldn't you know it, in the last couple of months while I was putting this story together I had a series of freak accidents. Well, like I've always said, "we make the mistakes so that our readers don't have to," so I have included some photos of what I have learned should and shouldn't be done while setting up a car trailer and towing with it.
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The dent in this tailgate (mine) was caused when I had assumed a friend had made sure the tongue was latched properly, I should have double-checked it.Typically, car trailers have the license plate mounted underneath one of the taillights. After getting smashed a couple of times I relocated the plate forward and it hasn't been smashed since.Notice the front wheel is missing a grease cap from the hub. The bearings should repacked and a new cap installed. Heavy brake dust on the rear wheels indicates wear, which means the brakes should be inspected.It's a poor substitute for an electric winch, but a come-along like this will work in a pinch when one person tries to load a non-runner. Summit Racing and Harbor Freight both sell electric winches.A floor jack placed under the trailer prevents the weight of the vehicle being loaded from lifting the tail of the tow vehicle into the air. This baby from Harbor Freight weighs 24 pounds and only cost $59 with a coupon CCT ran a few issues back.
For most situations a 45 percent setting will work fine, and in a panic stop the controller can be cranked up to 99.Loading a lowered truck requires paying extra attention to the details. I didn't notice this sharp edge, and ran into a minor problem.


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i'm curious about the size & weight difference between the new gear & NN5, i pretty much only shoot panos with one body (upgraded every few years) & lens configuration, and i like to travel light...
are there any pics of the new head & NN5 side by side ?
is there a weight estimate on the new head in a simple configuration similar to NN5 ? (i know there will be many possible set ups w the new system)
im sure i'm gonna want one anyway, but i don't think this will kill the market for NN5 if the NN5 is still smaller, lighter & cheaper
congrats on the new gear, cant wait to see it in person
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does the ultimate line stay the same or will it be made modular for all those who want to use it on poles as well as be used on regular tripods
or would the new system be configured to sit on poles as well?
Here is the Nadir Adapter Nick designed and developed. This is for use with NN5 and fits on lower rail.
It's easy to use - first attach to lower end of vertical rail then attach to lower rail of NN5 using the standard vertical rail mounting knob. After you shot your sequence of shots and ready to shoot the nadir simply loosen the nadir adapter using locking lever and rotate the vertical rail 180 degrees then tighten. It is good to use a reference point on ground as you will need to move the tripod assembly slightly so the lens is pointed directly over the original point of rotation.
Not sure yet exact date of availability or pricing.
Can't wait for the Nadir Adapter. Excellent product.
when did you say would that be available,
Also can't wait for the modular R1 and the extra poles.
worthy update to a great product
It would appear that the distance from the center of the lens to the center of the pivot is about 4.625 inches. Double that and you get 9.25 inches. That would be the distance you would need to shift your rig over in order to get the camera back over the original centerline. I set two small rulers on the ground to help with the shift. Maybe Nick can make plastic spacers that can easily be carried? No sharp edges otherwise airport security might get overly excited. Prior to using the Nadir patch shot, you will need to rotate the image 180 degrees in Photoshop (or your favorite image editing software) in order to get it oriented correctly with the rest of the images. Instructions for applying the patch can be found here: http://www.dlsphoto.net/Tutorials/NadirPatch2/index.htm Nice product with an even nicer price point. Every NN5 owner should get one of these. Can't wait to see how Nick implimented the swivel for the modular system.
Hi DennisS,
thx a lot for your thread and your brainstorming a year ago.
Before I move my tripod for the nadir shot, I usually place a coin directly under the center column of the tripod. Either I use this coin to focus to with the viewpoint correction version of the nadir, or I place my lens directly on top of the coin to do it -90°.
Or you could make yourself a string with this specific distance, easily to be put away besides the camera.
I'm pretty sure to have the solution to the moving of the tripod in a perfect, easy and fast way. Both on floors and level ground. I will initially try to make some real life tests (will be crude, since I do not have access to good materials or machinery)... if it turns out well, I will share the concept with Bill.
I started out doing the coin thing. Actually, I just used my lens cap. It does require you spending more time adjusting the tripod, looking through the viewer, moving the tripod, repeat until lined up. the problem becomes not rotating the tripod when you move it. Alignment does not have to be perfect, but it does need to be as close as you can get it. Using string as a gage sounds like a very low tech solution that would work very well. I will have to give it a try. I will probably use some stiffer cord. Anything to speed up the process without carrying more things.
With the Nadir Adapter I just use my foot as marker- putting my toe at the center point of rotation then moving back the tripod so the lens is now over my toe . You don't need to be spot on as the software will allow you to tweak a bit left or right up or down. The more important concern addressed is in keeping the height the same as well as maintaining stability as with HDR.
You are absolutly correct that the most important part is keeping the camera level and at the same height. Positioning errors can be more easily corrected than height errors.


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To get the Conquest Ending you need to view 3 "demon sword rumor" events in 3 of the towns. From what I've heard these locations are:
Slayer in Lastation, Magicom Mama in Lowee, and Big Adventurer in Leanbox)
I've heard mixed reports of whether they show up before or during Chapter 5 (unfortunately my current save is chapter 5 but I have a backup in chapter 4), but I haven't been able to reliably find these characters before or after chapter 5. I've seen Magicom Mama before (I'd swear it was during chapter 5 actually) but now that I want to get this ending I can't find any of them in either chapter 4 or 5.
Is there some trick to getting these NPCs to appear on the Chirper or is it just random chance? If it's random, do I just exit/enter town until I see the NPCs or what?


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I've created a Visual Studio 08 Active X - MXCommands dll for a VBA button within ArcMap 9.3.1. I'm able to load and use the .tlb on my computer; however when I try it on my test computer the .tlb file is not visible. The MXCommand is not listed in the Component Category Manager under ESRI MXCommands on the test computer. I used RegAsm (e.g. C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe C:\Temp\Mydll.dll) to try and register it on the test computer, but this did not help. Both computers are running MS XP professional. Any suggestions of what I could do or try next would be greatly appreciated.
I also tried this command to register it:
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe C:\Temp\Mydll.dll/tlb: Mytlb.tlb/codebase
And received a RegAsm Error - RA0000 The given path's format is not supported.
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I have a water pump at a distance of x meters from a water tower located h meters above the pump through a pipe with diameter d. I am not concerned with the exact value just want to make sure my pump is strong enough.
As far as I can remember the pressure required is equivalent to the weight of the water in the pump in kg multiplied by the height in meters of the tower.
What is the formula for pressure required in kg as a function of x, h and d? All units metric.


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Três exposições trazem design e arquitetura da América Latina para Nova York
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Latin American Design and Architecture Through the Years
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Sebastião Salgado's Journey From Brazil to the World
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March 23, 2015, Monday
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March 22, 2015, Sunday
Samuel Charters, Foundational Scholar of the Blues, Dies at 85
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Is there a way to set Sublime Text 2 (running under OSX) so that it can identify MATLAB (.m) files and Objective-C (.m) files automatically? Meaning that ST2 would be able to differentiate between each one and apply it's special syntax highlighting rules. I have already seen this behavior in the all mighty VIM and Emacs.
You may want to have a look at /Users//Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Matlab.sublime-package. It's a simple ZIP file containing a bunch of XML (Plist) files.
In the Sublime Doc for syntax definitions you'd be able to find a documentation of how to create (and edit) syntax definitions.
For an example have a look at the perl syntax definition, it contains a key named "firstLineMatch" which is not used in the Matlab syntax definition. But you could add one and create a file magic for/in your Matlab files.
Update : I just gave it a go and it doesn't seem to work. Do be fair TextMate can't do it either.
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Mrs. Grace Forte
Loving mother, grandmother
WATERBURY — Mrs. Grace (Niro) Forte, age 95, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in the VITAS Unit of St. Mary's Hospital. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph Forte.
Mrs. Forte was born on Feb. 25, 1917, in Waterbury, daughter of the late Antonio and Antoinetta (Venditti) Niro. In her early years, she began as a timekeeper for Scovill Manufacturing before beginning her 30-year career at Uniroyal until her retirement.
Grace was completely devoted to her faith and to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church where she was a parishioner for more than 70 years. She was involved in the Waterbury Girls Club in her younger years. A very intelligent lady, Grace loved to read and was a wealth of information. Grace was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed sewing and ceramics, and her passion was working in her flower and vegetable gardens. She was a great cook and loved entertaining and was known by family and friends as hosting the best Christmas Eve party throughout most of her life up until a few years ago.
Grace is survived by her son, Joseph A. Forte and his wife, Joan, of Wolcott, and her grandchildren, Joseph A. Forte, Jr. and his wife, Diane, Cherie Boutot and her husband, David, Ed Forte and his wife, Tricia, and Suzanne Sanchez; all of Wolcott. She also leaves her sisters, Rosemarie Fagan of Pennsylvania, Lorraine Hayward of Illinois, Roberta Desormeaux of Oakville, and Antoinette Vastola of Florida, and a step-granddaughter, Debra Michaud of Wolcott as well as ten great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter, Joan Theriault, her brother, William Niro, her sisters, Victoria Spiotti and Margaret Stauffer, and her great-grandson, David Joseph Boutot.
The Forte family would like to thank the staff at Mulberry Assisted Living in Plantsville, where Grace enjoyed her years living there, and to the doctors, nurses and staff of Obrien 4 in Saint Mary's Hospital for the excellent care and compassion shown to Grace and the family.
The funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 785 Highland Ave., Waterbury. Family and friends are asked to meet directly at the church. Burial will be private. There are no calling hours. Maiorano Funeral Home has been entrusted with all arrangements. For more information and online condolences, visit www.maioranofuneralhome.com.
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We are on the road again.
The other night after receiving many many emails and texts from our friends at the Jack we decided on a spur of the moment – can we get there on time for the awards – oh goodness my husband is giving me the shes off her rocker look – road trips. I just could not reconcile sitting at home another moment.
It was worth it.
So that was Friday night. Now fast forward 19.5 hours of driving and with 15 minutes to spare to awards we made it in time. It rocked.
One of the first people to spot us was team Belgium. LOL they were shocked. Then next was Kelly Wertz and he was shocked then on to our friends at House of Q. IT was awesome surprising our friends and worth every minute. And so on and so on. Fun as heck.
You know the Jack is just something special. Truly though the place is just one part. The friends are whats worth it. Its all about the BBQ. But its also all about the people.
Ill post more as we continue on our journey. Right now we have made it to Chattanooga Tennessee and we are trying some local BBQ joints tomorrow. Then on to a few other spots before we end up this week at some point in Douglas Georgia for the Best of the Best.
Its been a blast so far. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by so many people we love to be with.
Choo Choo BBQ
So we ended up checking out 3 places in the Chattanooga area. The first was Choo Choo BBQ. We had an assortment of everything they have on the menu. We were really disappointed with the quality. The brisket was closer to an overdone pot roast. The chicken had good flavor but it was seriously dry. The pork was ok. IT was tender and flavorful and was moist. The worst however by far were the ribs. They were vile. There was so much oil dripping off of them it just turned your stomach. They were near impossible to pick up as well being mushy. No flavour at all. Now I understand there is a huge difference in comp BBQ vs. Commercial BBQ usually but this was just bad. We went right at lunch time so there should have been some decent quality. There seemed to be a constant stream of customers as well.
Porkers Bar-B-Que
We stopped by Porkers Bar-B-Que. Sadly they were not open. However I was really lucky when I went up to the door to check the hours and the owner was there. We got to talking about BBQ and then he took me and showed me his new pit (Southern Pride) and his restaurant. It was terrific. Great feel to the place. Its somewhere you want to have BBQ. They have fed presidents in the past as well. Then he handed me a rack of ribs all wrapped up for us to take home and enjoy. They were terrific. I wish I had the opportunity to try more of his BBQ. I was impressed. I would recommend this great place any time you are in the area.
Sugars Ribs
The last place was Sugars Ribs. Their billboards claim they were voted best in 2008. Hmm. Gotta wonder about that.
Tried their brisket, pulled pork, banana pudding, chicken, ribs, Texas pinto beans, cornbread, grilled corn and sausage rounds. We went right at dinner time. Once again the brisket tasted like pot roast. It was mushy pot roast. The pulled pork was decent, the chicken was really dry. Sahara desert dry. The ribs were so overdone and mushy you could not even pick them up and had to use a fork. The bones were cracking apart. I enjoyed the Texas Pinto beans a lot. The sausage rounds had really good flavour. However they are precooking them and reheating them on the grill and its drying them out. If they held them in a cambro or even an alto sham they would be terrific. The banana pudding looked really pretty with the nilla wafer and lots of whipped cream. It was a disappointment when you put the spoon in it and the pudding was not a pudding but the consistency of yellow banana milk. Ugh.. The worst though was the burnt cornbread we were served. I don't mean burnt around the edges I mean blacker than a lodge cast iron pan on the bottoms and some of the sides.
The highlight was their Carolina red sauce. It was terrific. Great balance of flavours. Good taste I enjoyed it a lot.
They have this thing at the restaurant. They have three goats in the back and ask any customers who eat their corn on the cob, or cornbread if they have any leftover to go feed it t the goats.
Lets just say the goats get a lot of food and are a happy lot of animals.
I would not go back unless it was just to order their Carolina red sauce.
Tennessee Aquarium Imax Ruby Falls and some kick a$$ pizza.
Having our two girls with us makes it an interesting trip. We decided to head over to Ruby Falls to check out the mountain and the Lookout Mountain cave system.
I found out just how claustrophobic I am. Not good. It was a fascinating trip going down in a packed elevator 1200 FT down. Then you get to walk for 1/2 mile to the Falls. I will say it is absolutely beautiful. Gorgeous. Incredible limestone, stalactites and stalagmites . But for the love of all things good and decent why does the tour guide have to tell you in the middle of the tour that you are directly under the earthquake fault line. I just about passed out when she said this. The most important thing was that the girls and my husband Vlado really loved it. I think next time I will just stay above ground.
The Tennessee Aquarium is awesome. If you ever get the chance and have your family with you please go. It is terrific from the penguins and the sharks to the operators it was a great experience. Lots and lots of information. We could have spent a couple of days easily.
The IMAX was another terrific venue to take the kids too. This is a true IMAX theatre. We thought the movie was great and so vivid. Another one to take the family to if you are ever in the area.
After the Aquarium and theatre we headed around the corner and went to a great pizze place. Mellow Mushroom. They hand toss all their pies. The crust is fantastic and their salads are terrific.
We had a capri salad with the most flavorful mozzarella and tomatoes. The Mighty Meaty did indeed live up to their name and expectations – fantastic pie with a wicked good crust.. The chicken and cheese calzone was enough to feed 3 people on its own.
They had an excellent selection of beers on tap and bottled. I had a Seadog Wild Blueberry- it was a really nice light and flavorfule pale ale.
If you get the chance go and visit this terrific pizza place. It was wonderful.
We headed on to Macon after Chattanooga. Did a bit of shopping and looking around. Just a nice relaxing evening. We stayed at the Country Inn & Suites. It was a great hotel. Ate at a place called sonic burger for a change of pace. They have this drink I think I now have an addiction to – Limeade. Its nice and tart and seriously refreshing.
Jasper Georgia Bub-Ba-Que
It was a very exciting day to be able to go to a BBQ joint I have wanted to go to for the last few years Bub-Ba-Que
It did not disappoint at all.
Anyone who reads this blog knows I dont mince words when it comes to BBQ joints.
This has to be in my top 5 places of all time.
It is exceptional.
The ribs were some of the best I have ever had (and cut beautifully), the pork was tender but still had texture, the brisket was fantastic (so much so our 5 yr old turned to me and said Mommy I wish your brisket tasted like this and then ate 1/4 lb of it. I have to agree with her I wish I did too!). The sides are great too. The Mac n Cheese is creamy goodness. Then of course they had to deep fry it and as well their corn fritters and collard greens are awesome.
However the one that stood out was their deep fried pickles with a side of chipotle ranch. What a nice texture or crunchiness and sourness.
If you are within 2000 (yes I seriously mean 2000) miles of this place GO. Don't pass go, don't stop to do anything else just GO!
Sitting here in Douglas is fantastic. We are having a great time with all of the Canadian Teams (house of Q, Smoke and Bones, the BBQ effect) and all of the USA teams. There is even the team from Austria and Poland here.