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I am building a Windows 8 app which allow sharing Image and text to Facebook and Twitter.
Can anyone tell me where to start or what the easiest way to do this is?
until facebook and twitter launch their win8 app. there is no easy way to do it except by using the api as per what you would do for other OS.
i am sure facebook app will arrive shortly.
i always imagine that microsoft would do something like windows phone which is to build fb capability into the OS.
The 'official' way would be to implement an event handler to the page's DataTransferManager's DataRequested event and fill in the DataPackage to respond to the user clicking the charm bar's share button.
This will let you share via Facebook/Twitter/email/message or whatever else you have linked to your People hub or to any other app that receives shares.
I have a short guide at http://coderwall.com/p/aeihvw
The easiest way is to use the share charm where user has the ability to decide which app to use to share the data, however there is no Facebook or Twitter app that I know of for Windows 8. You can also use the APIs directly - there are open-source libraries that make it fairly simple to post stuff to these services - you just need to get the libraries, apply for an application id from each service provider and integrate it with your apps. I am not sure if these libraries fully support Windows 8 though, so you might need to update them first.
Sample twitter use article about using twitter in WinRT (note - it's based on previous, Developer Preview build of Windows 8): http://advertboy.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/heres-my-twitter-library-to-get-you-quickly-building-winrt-xaml-net-apps-twitterwinrt/
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The 30-year-old, US-based company specializes in the management of construction and commissioning of pharmaceutical and biotech facilities, with capabilities to also manage the full EPCm (engineering, procurement and construction management) of such facilities.
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8 Jul 2008 12:23 PM #1
[CLOSED] Field markInvalid not make invalid the formPanel
Hi all,
when I use the method markInvalid() on a field of a form panel it don't invalid the formPanel neither itself. Infact if I execute:
TextField field = new TextField(); field.setFieldLabel("Field"); username.markInvalid("Invalid field"); System.out.println("Field is valid:" +username.isValid());
9 Jul 2008 6:28 PM #2
A field is not valid as determined by the isValid method. Typically, markInvalid is not called directly, rather by the fields themselves when validation fails. Calling markInvalid will have no effect on what is returned by isValid.
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Hi darrellmeyer,
thanks for your replay. So which is the correct method to invalidate a field if I want to execute a particular validation only when I decide to make it? (for example only when I press the submit button)
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Hi, do you find the solution to invalidate the field ?


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I've been reading through the Malbim Esther and have found it fascinating reading, and I was wondering whether there are any other notable seforim with divrei Torah about Purim. I am going through the Pachad Yitzchok on Purim, and I was wondering whether there are any other notable recommended sforim. Thanks!
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There are quite a few interesting ones - most pretty lengthy, but they can be mined for shorter nuggets too - in Yaaros Devash, by R. Yonasan Eibeschutz, and Derashos Chasam Sofer.
There is a Sefer called Otzros HaTorah - Purim that is a Likut of many interesting and notable Divrei Torah. It is available on Purim as well as all the other Yomim Tovim.
The VBM has published a few new Divrei Torah on each holiday, including Purim, every year. The Divrei Torah are collected and available online in their Holiday Journals (the Purim section is here).


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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Society of Illustrators
I was very honored to receive a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators, an award that was also given this year to Alice and Martin Provensen. Alice was a recipient of a Carle Honors Award in 2009. I was delighted to attend the ceremony in New York last week and to see the 30th Annual Exhibition of Original Illustration. And to have a chance to meet some of the award winners at the event.
My editors Ann Beneduce and Pat Gauch were there with me, which made the night even more special.
Here is Anelle Miller, director of the Society of Illustrators introducing me. I hope you will enjoy these photos!
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congratulations! That is wonderful!
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congratulations! :)
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Congratulations! It is a well deserved honor indeed!
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Well deserved!!! You set the bar high and that's what we all need. Our family has always loved your books!
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Hooray! Good Job! :)
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Congratulations! Well deserved.
Actually, I've just learnt about your blog and I'm so happy to find it! I'm a big fan of your work. My 4 and 6 year old kids adore your books and they keep bringing them home from their library trips.
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Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans
From EatingWell: January/February 2009
In this one-skillet supper, we toss dark leafy greens, diced tomatoes and white beans with gnocchi and top it all with gooey mozzarella. Serve with a mixed green salad with vinaigrette.
419 Reviews for Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans
Like other reviewers, I was surprised how good this recipe actually is, given the low reviews. I can't understand why some gave it lower ratings. This recipe pulls together quick and my family is thrilled when I make it. I added a little white wine for a variation. I could see this recipe on the menu in a fine restaurant. Don't be afraid to try this!!
I used spinach instead of chard and added ground chicken. It was delicious! I live with a picky adult and a four year old; both agreed it was delicious. They even said it was so good it was like they were eating at a restaurant. This is a big win!
I had not previously considered pan-frying gnocchi, but have now made several variations of this recipe using chopped fresh chard, whole baby spinach or whole baby kale leaves. Once I replaced the beans/cheese with extra-lean hot Italian sausage meat - that was my favourite. I prefer the tiny gnocchetti, and make it truly one-skillet by sauteeing the veggies first (peppers are great!) then browning the gnocchetti, then adding the tomatoes and allowing to simmer with the lid on until most of the liquid has been absorbed. Done!
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Is it cheaper to fly to Naples and take the train from there? How is the Euro rail experience from London to Italy? Would there be a lot of train transfers? Also, if anyone has a recommendation for what we should do in either area please let us know!
A good resource for checking train connections is http://www.bahn.de/. There are often good deals on Europe's high speed trains, though you might only get a good deal to the south of France, not all the way into Italy.
It will be hard to beat a budget flight. Obviously on journey time but also on cost. Book in time and your return journey can be as little as 40 pounds with Easyjet. Still, on http://www.seat61.com/Italy.htm you can see that, apparently, you can get a roundtrip by train from London to Italy for as little as 115 pounds. It's a long journey, but it's a good price.
I would personally recommend taking the train - it means you can see the landscape change as you travel south, rather than bypassing it in the plane (also taking the train is lower carbon so better for the environment).
You can take a train from London to Paris, Paris to Milan, and then a night train from Milan to Naples, arriving at Naples in the morning:
(Disclaimer - I run loco2.com)
Unfortunately this option is likely to be much more expensive than flying. This makes me very sad, but is something that unfortunately we don't have much control over at Loco2.
You might be able to find cheaper options than Loco2 for the Paris-Milan leg of the journey at Thello.com (this site is only in French), and for the Milan-Naples leg of the journey at TrenItalia.com (this site is in English but can be quite confusing unfortunately).
You could also consider splitting the journey and stopping off in Paris and Milan. This is unlikely to affect the price much, and would make for a great adventure, but obviously you'd need more time.
I think it's worth adding detail for the Naples - Amalfi coast part of the journey. I'm assuming you're going to Sorrento, as that is the route I am familiar with.
If you do get the train to Naples, you'll want to change at Napoli Centrale station for the Circumvesuviana train to Sorrento, which is the end of the line. Pompeii (Pompei Scavi station for the Roman rather than modern town) is on the way, but you'll want most of a day for that.
If you fly to Naples airport, you can either:
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Known for its stunning graphics, Uncharted 2 is better visually and is more dynamic than Drake's Fortune. Each level is fully destructible, perfect if you have a lot of extra weaponry at bay.
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If nothing can cure your addiction to RPG, then you might as well just get introduced to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. This is far better than its sequel, Uncharted Drake's Fortune. This is no ordinary RPG. It is a game exclusive only for PlayStation3 and created by award-winning game developer Naughty Dog, whose hero is fortune hunter, Nathan Drake.
When a mysterious artifact impelled Drake to find the legendary Himalayan valley of Shambhala, he had to go back into the deceitful world of thieves and mercenary treasure-seekers and found himself meshed in a place filled with conspiracies and treachery. Drake was then involved in a life threatening expedition game against a fugitive war criminal. Will Drake be able to survive and come back home alive in one piece?
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has been noted as one of the best games ever made in the year 2009. Different graphic designs were developed for players to provide the thrill and excitement you expect in this kind of game. The graphics are just superbly amazing. You can see a wide range of different scene displays from jungles to the snowy mountain places of Tibet.
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Cork Drop
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- Towel, old sheet, or plastic tablecloth (optional)
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- Place a glass or bowl full of water on the floor. If you like, place a towel, old sheet, or plastic tablecloth under it to catch splashes.
- Have the players take turns. Standing over the bowl or glass with his arm extended at shoulder level, each player drops the corks one at a time into the water.
- Award points for successful drops. The player with the most points after each player has dropped ten corks is the winner.
- A child playing alone can see how many corks he drops successfully in a designated time.
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Just out today: the U.S. News & World Report's Best Diets 2012, a rating of 25 different diet plans.
And the winner is?
The DASH Diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension), a plan to prevent high blood pressure, took the top spot in the best diets overall category.
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- Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC), a diet that's high in fiber and low in fat, developed by the National Institutes of Health, took second place.
- The Mayo Clinic Diet, the Mediterranean diet, and Weight Watchers tied for third place overall.
- The Mayo Clinic Diet includes foods with low energy density, such as fruits and vegetables, and allows dieters to eat more while eating fewer calories.
- The Mediterranean diet includes whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy fats such as olive oil, and red wine in moderation.
- Weight Watchers focuses on portion control and encourages plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy.
A panel of 22 experts also rated the plans six other ways, such as best diabetes diet, best commercial plan, and easiest diets to follow.
The entire list can be found at health.usnews.com/best-diet.
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"The diets near the top of the lists are sensible," says David Katz, MD, MPH, founding director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center and a panel member.
Those on the bottom? "Frankly, we are saying we wouldn't recommend you choose one of those," Katz says.
Diets on the bottom of the overall list include the Dukan Diet, a high-protein, low-fat, low-carbohydrate plan, and the Paleo Diet, which encourages eating like ancient hunter-gatherers, with fruits, vegetables, and animal proteins. Those diets tied for last place.
Still, if a patient asked him how to pick from the lists, Katz would say: "You're the boss. You're in the driver's seat. You can go shopping. I like the idea of empowerment."
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How can I reliably and accurately identify the passive voice in writing or speech? I'm not interested in advice about whether or not to use it yet... I just want to know for sure what it is, so that I don't look as stupid as these people.
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If a clause has all of the following, then it is in the passive voice:
Example: The documents were printed.
Optionally, the agent is expressed in a prepositional phrase with by: The documents were printed by the printer.
There are some exceptions; though, generally speaking, if a given clause meets all the above conditions, then it is certainly passive voice. The Wikipedia article about the English passive voice has a pretty complete coverage, detailing all cases of English passive voice, but the major exceptions are these:
Passive voice is a construction where the object of a transitive verb is moved into the subject position, and the subject is optionally moved into a prepositional phrase. In English, the passive can always be identified by to be + past participle. Some examples:
Note the following:
Now, to clear up some common misconceptions.
Intransitive verbs are never passive, even if the subject of the verb isn't doing anything. For example, none of the following are passive:
All of these sentences have intransitive verbs, which are verbs that do not take an object. The fact that the subject of the verb isn't really "active" in any of these cases does not make these examples of "passive voice". All of the previous are in fact active voice.
Second, passive voice has hardly anything to do with the "focus" of the sentence. For example, the following is not passive:
The "focus" of the action here is John, but that's irrelevant to the question of active voice and passive voice. The main verb watched is in the active voice, and John is the object of watched. The passive version of this sentence would be:
(Which is an extremely awkward sentence.)
Finally, there are two other constructions sometimes misidentified as passive because they share some syntactic features with the passive voice, but which emphatically are not passive.
The first is the progressive, which consists of to be + present participle. (The present participle always ends in -ing.) For example, none of the following are passive:
Although these contain a form of to be, they aren't passive since they don't contain the past participle.
The second is the perfect, which consists of to have + past participle. For example, none of the following are passive:
Although these contain the past participle, they aren't passive since the participle doesn't follow a form of to be.
Grammar Girl had a good podcast on this very topic recently: "Active Voice Versus Passive Voice"
She had a really good definition for passive voice:
I really like her debunking the myth that a sentence is automatically in passive voice if the verb is a "to be" verb. For example the following sentence is definitely in active voice despite what Strunk & White think.
Mass insanity over passive UFOs continues, the Language Log article linked to in the OP, is one of a series by Professor Pullum, co-author of the monumental Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, in which Pullum derides comments in the "news media and political blogosphere" that misattribute the term passive to any construction in which the speaker or writer appears to be attempting to conceal the agent.
Thus, for example, the grammatically-clueless political commentator detects the attempt to avoid agency in both There were mistakes in the planning of the operation and Mistakes were made in the planning of the operation, and assumes that the term passive can be applied to the former because it is correctly applied to the latter.
Of course, there is no reason why the term passive should not evolve to denote any utterance that obfuscates the agent, but for the purpose of this answer I shall stick to a discussion of what grammarians understand by the term.
Before we can identify something, we have to define it. Since dictionaries are the usual place to look for definitions, it is helpful to cite from the entry for passive in the Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar (ODEG), p294-296:
So to test whether any given construction is a canonical passive construction, we need to ask:
In most cases these tests will be sufficient to determine whether a construction is passive or not. For example, the first test will immediately rule out the There were mistakes construction since it does not contain a past participle. Conversely, Mistakes were made contains a form of the be auxiliary together with the past participle, and the grammatical subject, mistakes, can be said to undergo the action of the verb, to make, so it is passive.
Of course, it is the nature of language that there will be edge or non-canonical cases. @Nohat's answer includes some examples such as bare passives, and links to Wikipedia's article on the passive, which in my opinion is a good overview of the topic.
The Wikipedia article also deals with the issue that appears to be most exercising the setter of the bounty for this question - namely, how to classify constructions such as I am surprised by you, Mary.
For a discussion of this point, it is useful to cite the ODEG once more:
So, finally, how do we determine whether constructions such as I am surprised by you are actional passives or statal passives? Well, a reliable classification of decontextualised constructions is not possible since we don't have access to the speaker's communicative intention. But we can speculate, in which case it is useful to return to the second test:
If the speaker means something like Everyday I am surprised by you creeping up behind me while doing the dishes, then we have an actional passive because the I is receiving the action of the verb to surprise.
If, conversely, the speaker is making a general statement that he is in a constant state of surprise caused by Mary and the various things she does and says, then we have a statal passive.
Since writing the Mass insanity over passive UFOs on Language Log, Pullum has added another article, whose explicit intention is to teach the grammatically clueless what constitutes a passive construction, and what doesn't: The passive in English.
In simple terms:
The boy kicked the ball. Active. The ball was kicked by the boy. Passive.
There are lots of related constructions, but you will need to consult a good grammar such as the "Cambridge Grammar of English" if you need a detailed analysis.
The English passive structure to be + past participle is theoretically ambiguous. It can describe a passive action (1 The bridge was destroyed) or it can describe a state/condition (2 The bridge was destroyed).
You decide which of the two possibilities is meant either by context or logical judgement.
English can avoid this ambiguity by adding a passive agent (3 The bridge was destroyed by soldiers) or by using the continuous form (4 The bridge was being destroyed when we arrived) or the get-passive (5 The bridge got destroyed).
Look for a form of the verb "to be" followed by the past participle of an active, transitive verb. Next, determine if the participle is describing the action or the subject. Many adjectives use the same form as the past participle when they are describing a state of being. In the passive voice, the verb "to be" must be acting as an auxiliary (helper) verb and not as a copula (linking verb). Using the cake example, the word "baked" can be either an adjective, where "the cake was baked" describes the state of the cake, or as a passive verb, where "was baked" describes the action that was done to the cake by an unidentified agent. You have to look at the context of the sentence. Most of the time, if you can add the phrase "by someone or something" to the main clause without changing the meaning of the sentence, you are using the passive voice. (Note that in the sentence "We ate the cake baked by Grandma," the main clause is "we ate the cake" and "baked by Grandma" is a defining relative clause describing the cake. See http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/defining-relative-clauses/ for more information on defining relative clauses.)
There are several instances where a writer might choose to use the passive voice. Some examples are: The actor(s) is unknown, but implied. The actor(s) is irrelevant. You want to be vague about who is responsible, often to avoid placing blame (or giving credit). You want to emphasize the recipient of the action by making it the subject of your sentence. You are writing in a scientific genre that traditionally relies on passive voice (less common). (http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/passive-voice)
Meaning is not always a clear indicator; but grammatically it should be easy to spot: look out for a form of 'to be' followed by a past tense form, such as
The ball WAS KICKED.
The questions IS ANSWERED in the next section.
The film HAS BEEN SHOWN before.
And if there is an actor present, it would be in a BY-phrase, but that can be omitted (as in the examples here).
The simplest rule that I can suggest here is that the subject of the sentence is not 'Actively' doing something. He/She/It is 'Passive' i.e. it is being acted upon. the subject here is the recipient of action, rather than the doer.
"The child was struck by the car." " The fruit was eaten"
Here,The child was acted upon by the car. Likewise for the fruit here.
A passive construction occurs when you make the object of an action into the subject of a sentence. That is, whoever or whatever is performing the action is not the grammatical subject of the sentence.
If you can add "by zombies" to the end of the phrase, and it makes sense, the phrase is passive.
John was eaten (by zombies). Thus, this is the passive tense.
Zombies ate John (by zombies). That doesn't seem to make sense, so this is in the active tense.
When I'm teaching passive vs. active voice, I use this rule of thumb:
Look at the sentence. Can you find the person or thing doing the action? If you can't find it in the sentence, that's usually the first tip that the sentence is passive. And if you can find it - is the thing doing the action coming before or after the verb? If it's before the verb - active. If it's after the verb - passive.
The popcorn was made. (passive - the person making popcorn isn't in the sentence)
The popcorn was made by me. (passive - "me" comes after the verb, "was made")
I made the popcorn. (active - "I" comes before "made")
There are of course exceptions, but this sends to be simple and easy.
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Many people feel called to help others and change the world, but they just don't know how to fulfill their potential. They have the creativity and passion, but often get lost, not knowing how to direct their energies. Now, popular life coach Martha Beck shows how readers can find their calling in service and healing - while realizing their destiny.
With a sparkling, compassionate, and often irreverent style, Beck draws from a combination of ancient wisdom and modern science to help readers consciously embrace vital skills that may be embedded in our DNA and are now made accessible again. Beck shows how to put together an "inner team" and an external "tribe" of people with the same aims and outlines four simple Steps for Transformation: Wordlessness, Oneness, Imagination, and Creation. With step-by-step instructions and guided reflections, Martha shows readers how to drop into the wordless state of communion with nature and self, how to connect with the oneness between self and the universe, how to be empowered by the spark of inspiration, and finally, how to take action and realize their creative potential to make a lasting impact in their own lives and the world around them.
Heartfelt, inspirational, and filled with "a-ha" moments, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World provides the map for the unconventional life path that leads to miraculous change.
©2011 Martha Beck (P)2011 HighBridge Company
"In a world that seems more and more chaotic, this book gives readers new tools - tools that bridge the gap between science and magic - for steering a clear path to joyful lives." (Marci Shimoff, author of Love for No Reason)
Martha Beck has some interesting ideas to share.
The Rhino!
She was very detailed about different characters. Her voice is easy to listen to and keep you entertained.
Taking the time to stay quiet and connect with something greater than yourself, the universe. Learning to recognize everything and everybody are connected.
On my search for peace, direction, spiritual enlightenment, whatever you would like to call it, this book offers some new ideas. The practice of meditation can be a challenge.
"Wow! This is a fun book!"
I'll let you know after I read the print version. I liked the audio version enough to order it.
This was told by the author. Not really a character book.
I really felt like Martha Beck was having a conversation with me.
Expeditions into finding the Wild True You!
I had read a few Martha Beck articles in O'Magazine. I read the reviews of her book here in Audibles.com and thought, what the heck, I'll try it. Talk about feeling like Destiny dropped this in my lap. Wow! If you are reading this review, then there is probably something drawing you to listen to this audiobook. Beck's unconventional approach is simple and profound. It quickly brings you to a clear way to find and follow your path to your true self.
Practicing Idealist, Dabbling Realist ;)
"Delightful and fun learning experience"
Joyful Mind Teachings
Well, obviously the author since she is sharing her thoughts and experiences.
No - and this was a lot of fun to listen to. The various accents she used as part of the narrative were done well (at least they fit their stereotypes) and the delivery was good for the funny parts, with good comedic timing. There were some smile inducing sections, and a couple of laughs.
Bend it Like Beck-I-AM (under some twisted cutlery)
"Beyond Surprised and Changed Forever"
Yes, especially those friends who you have a deep connection with. The kind of friend you share your most intimate thoughts and never questions them.
I found so much more about a the world of healers, way-finders, meanders and ME!
Inflections were great
Already have tried and practiced the techniques of WORDLESSNESS
This book is a must read if you have ever had a psychic thought or experience. If your profession is in the service industry and work like hell and didn't know why listening to this will bring you closer to the answer. Lastly, if you want to discover about the connections of wild animals. their teachings and affects on the human mind this book is for you!
"Best Martha Beck book yet!"
I tend to listen to Martha Beck's books over and over. I like them best when she reads them, but this narrator is wonderful!!!!!!!!
The beginning of the book grabbed me and I was hooked from them on.
Heather's voices and accents bring a depth to the audio book that is rich and rewarding.
I listen to this book over and over on a two-hour commute between my home in the mountains and the city a couple times a month. I hear new things each time I listen.
"Pure Magic"
I really want both the audio version (which was captivating) and the print version (for reference)
I love all the stories, I couldn't pick just one to talk about. The interactions with animals are just amazing.
Heather's performance of this book is a true performance, she elegantly weaves in the perfect amount of accents to help create a real sense of place and character.
In the course of this book there were SO many moments of bing. Light bulbs going off all over the place for me, bringing together so many things that I've learned in other places.
"I believe in magic"
Just finished the audiobook and am deciding whether to go back and read it again right now. I'll definitely be getting the ebook for quick reference and exercises.
Terry Lynne Hale
"Insightful and Amazing"
Yes and I have at least twice. There are so many fresh insights - too many to absorb and consider in one reading. The story about the safari coming upon a family of giraffes and the author's witnessing the horrifying experience really moved me. I learned so much from this example. While I won't spoil the story by giving too much detail, I truly identified with Martha's delayed reaction at the airport and am sure she was correct in thinking those who witnessed that thought she was a madwoman!
I've read many fine books but this one is in a class by itself. I'm blown away by the differing perspectives of the reviewers I read but diversity is what makes the wild, wild, world go round!
Not that I know of but she is a phenomenal narrator and my delight in this book was greatly enhanced by her expressive delivery.
Too many to divulge here and since I know I will listen again, I'm sure new insights will unfold.
"Not good as an audible"
This is one of those books that you start listening to and realize that you should have gotten the paper version. There are too many spots that I would want to re-read, especially when she gives you different exercises to do.
"excellent book well-read"
The reader's voice sounds a lot like Martha Beck's! This is a great audiobook and it has really entertained and enlightened me.
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TORONTO - Several topics pending before the city school board were discussed during its Thursday meeting.
Work is proceeding on the new district building to house grades six through 12, and the project is on time and on budget, according to Superintendent Fred Burns.
"(Contractors) are finishing the roof and pouring the (concrete) floors. Three of the four sections are completed," said Burns.
Board members also discussed parent-teacher conferences, said Burns.
"The number of parents participating (in the conferences) was up this year," Burns said. "We were very happy about that."
Burns also said funds from the federal government's stimulus were being used to purchase additional study aids.
"We are going to be able to buy some laptop computers for students and pupils with the funds," said Burns. "We also are going to be able to fund ACT testing for some high school students with the stimulus funds."
George Komar, president of the Toronto Coalition for Revitalization, gave board members an update on the walking and hiking pathway through the city. Komar asked board members for permission to use the new district building and to-be-constructed parking lot on the site of the current high school as stopping and starting points for the trail, according to Burns.
"We are giving him an answer next week," said Burns. "No (school district) funds would be used for that."
More high school students are interested in attending Close Up this year, a program that includes a visit to Washington, D.C., to study how government works, Burns said.
"At this point, we have 17 students interested in attending Close Up this year," he said, adding the cost will be shared among the school district, the Jefferson County Educational Service Center and students. "They all want to go, so we're going to try to send them all."
Burns said three current high school sports coaches would be returning next year including Eric Meek as head football coach; Mark Ferrell as head golf coach; and Chelsey Fletcher as girls' volleyball coach.
The district also recognized Herald-Star reporter Mark Miller during Thursday's meeting for reporting on school district activities.
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How many ways of giving out 6 pieces of candy to 3 children if each child must receive at-least one piece ?
I think, $ 5 \choose 2$ is the answer,consistent to $ n-1 \choose r $ as this is similar to finding the number of non-zero positive integer solution of the equation $X_1 + X_2 + X_3 = 6$ ,but the correct answer (as given in my module) is $540$.
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- The Second Triannual NOISE JAM
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- Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, 8 pm
- Location: in the Hackatorium, front room at Noisebridge, facing Mission Street.
- Duration: about 15 minutes
The Noise Orchestra is an open ensemble of handmade, hand-wired, and hand-coded instruments. Anyone in the hacker community (which means, everyone on planet Earth) can be a member of the orchestra. Music experience not required.
The Noise Jam is a participatory ritual. A way for the community to come together, away from the dramas, the mailing lists, the meetings, the talk. A way to bring together disparate, solo hacks into a unified collaboration.
When we give shape and meaning to chaos, we transform it into something which is not chaos. Hence, noise is a path to creativity. A bridge. A noise bridge.
Some ask for a moment of silence; I ask for a moment of noise.
To help to set up chairs, work with the PA, Recordist, Welcomer, Snack Wrangler, Videographer, Photographer. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
This performance is a conceptual piece. There is no notated sheet-music, only descriptive instructions. The composer will conduct the performance.
- Bedlam: During this movement, all instruments are encouraged to play loudly and raucously. Players should play with no regard for the other instruments, and should step on each other's sounds with gusto. Wake the audience up! 5 min.
- Whisper: This movement will begin with the quietest instruments in the Orchestra. Throughout the movement, players are asked to play as quietly as possible, and to listen carefully to the other instruments. Lull the audience into a dreamlike state. 5 min.
- Pulse: Players will play on and around a slow, steady pulse, increasing in tempo during the movement, until it ends in high-speed frenzy. Give the audience a heart attack. 5 min.
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Kasich signs $62 billion budget
July 1, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov....
Kasich easily wins reelection next year and wins over 50 percent of the female vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The GOP war on women continues. Shameful.
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My opinion is these people have long avoided doing their jobs properly. They have also written and passed an extreme amount of laws that WE THE PEOPLE do not like. I think it is time to strip them of their power to make laws. They can write them, vote on which ones can go on a ballot and once per year every state will have an election to vote on the proposed laws. all new federal laws would also be on each state ballot. This is the only was we can take our country back. i would also like to citizens by petition be allowed to add laws that they seem fit to be added to the ballot.
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Wolfgang Puck 1400-Watt 3-Tier Heavy Duty Rapid Food Steamer (Refurbished) for $44.99 + shipping
Steam some broccoli AND get the wrinkles out of your tie at the same time!
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These steamers are absolutely amazing. Great for veggies, meats, rice, and a ton more. I use mine almost every day.
Not sure how much shipping is on this site, but you can typically find refurb (mine looked brand new) models of this on ebay for $40 shipped.
Actually this one is $30 and its from the same person I bought mine from.
$30 at Loco buy. New and free shipping. X
thanks for the info! bought one via locobuy @ 30$ total!
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Although I had viewed both film renditions of Nabokov's Lolita - the 1962 with James Mason and the 14 year old Sue Lyon, and the 1997 with Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain - I have only recently read the original text. And how fortunate to have the Peakian dyad from which to view this strange text.
I was struck by Daemonic and Itladian references: Quilty as the "double" of Humbert Humbert, who shadows him, and even uses "daemon speak" in the hotel; the synchronicities which haunt Lolita and Humbert in their travels ( hotel number is same as house number; a man appears who looks like Humbert's Uncle); the premonitions which Humbert has, and the "inner guidance" from "Annabel Leigh" (a play on words for Edgar Allen Poe's lost muse). There is even the sense of "falling out of time" which haunts Humbert as he confuses Lolita with Annabel:
The spiritual and the physical had been blended in us with a perfection that must remain incomprehensible to the matter-of-fact, crude, standard-brained youngsters of today. Long after her death I felt her thoughts floating through mine. Long before we met we had had the same dreams. We compared notes. We found strange affinities. The same June of the same year (1919) a stray canary had fluttered into her house and mine, in two widely separated countries. Oh, Lolita, you loved me thus!
What strikes me as well, is the similarities in the faces of the stunning 13 year old Dominique Swain, as Lolita (1997), and Tony's unique gaze. As you can see in the pics on my blog, it is the same beautiful face, on both! Daemon eyes: http://musingsinobamasamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/viewing-nabokovs-lolita-thru-lens-of.html
Anthony Peake has given such a rich treasure with his dyad. What a powerful tool, Tony, you have given mankind! I thank you, as always.


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Napa's La Toque Gets Sued for Serving Foie Gras
Chef Ken Frank maintains he serves the stuff spontaneously, and always as a "gift."
Chef Ken Frank maintains he serves the stuff spontaneously, and always as a "gift."
Wouldn't you know it, CA foie fans are paying top dollar for the stuff across the border.
That doesn't mean they won't still be serving it...
That doesn't mean they won't still be serving it...
A Los Angeles judge was unmoved by several foie producers' claims of financial harm, but the lawsuit challenging the law will proceed.
See our regularly updated blind-item list, in re: where to find 'complimentary' foie.
S.F.'s Presidio Social Club's lawyers believe they are exempt from the ban.
Chefs like Hubert Keller and Thomas Keller are finding equally expensive ingredients to tout on menus.
One day after the ban took effect, a coalition that includes Hudson Valley Foie Gras is looking to overturn the law, and may be seeking an immediate injunction to freeze it.
Sounds like the anti-foie brigade is going to try to do their own policing. Good luck.
It's happening Saturday, just before midnight and the start of the ban, which will barely be a ban at all.
A state senator says she's considering authoring the legislation to overturn the ban.
The foie gras ban in California kind of got us thinking ...
26-year-old Sonoma Artisan Foie Gras is closing at the end of the month.
You've got 25 days. Get to it. After that, this slideshow will only be good for mourning purposes.
Burton's words, Pastore argues, could incite more violent action from extremists.
The CA State Senate says they've got budget problems to deal with that are bigger than the right to eat foie gras.


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- Let $M$ be a smooth (pseudo-)Riemannian manifold and let $T(M)$ be the smooth tensor bundle on it. Is there a subspace $S \subset T(M)$ closed under (possibly infinitely many) finitary (possibly partially-defined) algebraic operations and finitely generated containing exactly the tensor fields on $M$ which are invariant under some fixed subgroup $G \le \mathrm{Diff}(M)$?
- In particular, the above is an open question because e.g. the $G$-invariant tensor fields have not been classified for general $G$, how about asking that $S$ contains only isometry-invariant tensor fields and in particular contains the metric tensor, inverse metric tensor, the Riemann tensor, the Ricci tensor, and the Ricci scalar?
- Suppose there is such an algebraic structure, and I adjoin an arbitrary tensor field to it. Will there be a non-trivial subgroup of $\mathrm{Diff}(M)$ under which the extended structure is invariant? Conversely, suppose I fix a non-trivial subgroup of $H < G$. Is there an algebraic structure of the same signature invariant under $H$ containing $S$?
We can detect, using purely algebraic means in a certain sense, whether an arbitrary complex number $\alpha \in \mathbb{C}$ is an algebraic number: Look for the smallest subfield $\mathbb{Q}(\alpha) \le \mathbb{C}$ containing both $\mathbb{Q}$ and $\alpha$. It is a vector space over $\mathbb{Q}$, and $\alpha$ is algebraic if and only if this vector space is finite-dimensional. Moreover, we can even detect whether $\alpha$ can be expressed in terms of radicals simply by examining the automorphism group of the field extension $\mathbb{Q}(\alpha) / \mathbb{Q}$.
Here, I'm interested in whether or not something similar can be done for tensor fields on a manifold. The first question is analogous the inverse Galois problem — we have a symmetry group, and we are looking for an algebraic structure which is invariant under it. Having found such an algebraic structure, we can ask whether or not there is an analogue of the fundamental theorem of Galois theory, which establishes a bijective correspondence between subextensions of a Galois field extension and the subgroups of its automorphism group.
I'm aware of at least one result in this area, broadly interpreted as an algebraic approach to differential geometry — namely Lovelock's theorem, which classifies all the symmetric divergence-free second-order natural (0, 2)-tensors on a manifold. A corollary of this theorem, I'm told, tells us that the Einstein field equations are essentially unique (in 4 dimensions).


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These fascinating reptiles slither and slink in cool colors and fun formations. Sewn in a mix of cotton fabrics with wool felt appliqués, each design features artful embroidery for added texture.
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- Woolen snake appliqués feature embroidered detailing.
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Pitchfork have premiered the video for Dirty Three's 'Rising Below' a highlight from their recent album Toward the Low Sun.
The video, directed by Emma Watts, complements the imagery on the album's cover, featuring people dancing and dueling dressed as dragons, donkeys, and kings.
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St. Louis, MO- Behind a goal by Donnie Smith and another stout defensive effort, the 14th-ranked Charlotte 49ers (11-2-3, A-10: 5-1-1) shutout 13th-ranked Saint Louis (11-4-0, A-10: 5-2-0), 1-0, on the road. With the win, the 49ers moved into a tie for first place in the Atlantic 10 standings with VCU with only two games left in the regular-season.
"This was a quality college soccer game between two very good teams," Charlotte coach Kevin Langan said. "The game went back and forth with both teams controlling the run of play at different times. Donnie Smith scored a beautiful goal. I am very pleased that we recorded another clean sheet."
Giuseppe Gentile sent a beautiful pass across the field toward the 49ers goal. Then, Smith corralled the ball and sent a shot into the back of the net from nine yards out in the 48th minute for the game's only goal.
Saint Louis had a great chance to score in the sixth minute but Alex Sweetin's penalty kick went wide of the goal.
In the first four minutes of the game, Smith and Will Mayhew both had shots but their shots were either wide or blocked. In the 24th minute, Owen Darby placed a shot on goal but it was stopped by Saint Louis' goalkeeper Nick Shackelford. Then, with just under a minute and half left in the first half, Gentile sent a beautiful shot toward the goal but it was stopped by Saint Louis' Shackelford.
After Smith's goal the 49ers had shots taken by Tyler Gibson and Gentile but their shots were either blocked or stopped by Saint Louis' Shackelford.
The 49ers defense was stout behind the play of goalkeeper Klay Davis and defenders Aaron Weldon, Biko Bradnock-Brennan, Thomas Allen, Anthony Perez and David Mayer. Charlotte recorded their eighth shutout of the season.
The 49ers finished the game with seven shots. Smith and Gentile led the 49ers with two shots apiece. The 49ers finished the game with a 10-3 advantage in corner kicks.
Charlotte returns to action when they face Butler on the road, Sunday, October 28 at 1 pm.


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Unveiled Monday night, the heavy-duty, max cube collapsible HDMC4845 BulkPak container from Orbis Corporation (Booth 1803) is designed to fit 84 full bins per inbound truckload, and 252 collapsed bins per return truckload.
"The containers come in a 48 x 44.5 inch footprint and in two heights, 26.5 and 34 inches," said Scott Krebs, product manager. "That small size difference accommodates 28 positions in a truck versus the standard 26, but we engineered the container to still meet the standard interior dimensions for automotive parts handling—44.3 x 41.5 inches."
The containers hold 1,800 pounds and also feature an easy-to-replace bottom stringer to lower ownership costs, and two-piece spring-loaded latches that securely anchor the sidewalls for load handling safety, added Krebs.
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Nothing is more basic to human well-being than having enough nutritious food to eat. Yet one in every eight people in the world — 842 million — are trapped in a cycle of hunger and poverty.
The reality is that most of the world doesn't have the benefit of picking up food from the corner store — they grow it themselves. Hunger is a crisis when disaster ruins the harvest. It is a cycle when families cannot grow or buy enough to lead healthy, productive lives, and when the effects of malnutrition are passed on to the next generation.
When food shortages occur due to drought and conflict, Mercy Corps helps prevent hunger and treat malnutrition in the most vulnerable — children, pregnant women, the elderly and the displaced. We distribute vouchers, cash or emergency rations, working with local suppliers to speed delivery, save money and boost local economies.
In addition to emergency responses, we focus on long-term solutions that build future food security.
Mercy Corps helps farmers manage their land, increase their harvests and diversify crops to produce a larger, more nutritious, and stable food supply. By teaching nutrition and hygiene, we ensure families can utilize their resources to boost their health. And we connect farmers with new markets and introduce more efficient methods of tending productive livestock and processing and storing crops to increase incomes for years to come.
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How do you help the hungry eat now and have enough food for the future? Lessons from our food voucher program in Yemen.
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In the two years since famine ravaged East Africa, our mobile health teams have helped feed more than 70,000 malnourished mothers and children.
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Asthma Drugs in Pregnancy Linked to Slight Risk of Rare Birth Defects
Jan. 17, 2012 -- New research provides some reassuring news for many pregnant women who have asthma.
Treating your asthma during pregnancy most likely does not increase your baby's risk for most major birth defects, a new study shows. There was, however, a small increased risk for certain rare birth defects seen among women who took asthma medication during the month before they conceived through the third month of their pregnancy.
However, the study authors report that it was difficult to discern whether it was the medications or the severity of the asthma that led to these rare defects.
These rare birth defects may include:
- Incomplete development of the esophagus (esophageal atresia)
- Missing or blocked opening of the anus (anorectal atresia)
- Intestines or other organs sticking out of the belly button (omphalocele)
These birth defects are considered extremely rare. The use of asthma drugs such as a bronchodilator or anti-inflammatory drugs such as steroids around the time of conception and during the first trimester increased their risk only slightly.
What's more, these birth defects could be a result of the asthma, not its treatment.
The new findings study appears in Pediatrics.
Treating the Asthma Is Important
As many as 12% of pregnant women have asthma. The new findings should be seen as reassuring and not alarming for these women, experts tell WebMD.
Researchers analyzed data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, including 2,853 infants with one or more select birth defects and 6,726 infants without any birth defects, to see if there was any connection between asthma drugs and risk.
"Many pregnant women with asthma or other diseases fixate on their medications and forget that being sick with the disease can be worse for the fetus," says Manisha Gandhi, MD. She is a high-risk obstetrician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Gandhi's patients often ask about medication risks, she says.
"The study shows that there are some mild increases in these very rare birth defects," she tells WebMD.
Do not stop taking your asthma medications because you found out you are pregnant, Gandhi says. "Ideally, if you are thinking about becoming pregnant, talk to your doctor before getting pregnant to make sure your asthma is well-controlled."
Asthma affects each pregnancy differently, she says. "A third of women get better, a third get worse, and a third stay the same," she says. There is no way to predict how you will react.


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5 Horrific Ways Your Brain Can Turn On You Without Warning
#2. Sleep Paralysis
What Is It?
Ah, another morning. You open your eyes and stare at the ceiling. Time to toss those covers aside and start the d-
Wait... what's this? Your arms don't seem to be moving. Or your feet. And... HOLY SHIT! There's a monster in the room! And that bastard glued your entire body to your bed!
"You'd think a monster would have more sophisticated methods of terrorizing, but I don't, at all."
Well, that or you're suffering from sleep paralysis. Also referred to as "devil on your back" by Africans, "the dark presser/assailer" in Turkey and "on the pig's back" by the Irish.
Wait, What's Going On?
As you fall asleep, several things happen. First, your conscious mind is set to low-level functioning. Next, your body is immobilized so that you can dream of doing things like running, without actually running into your bedroom wall like the dog in that YouTube video.
Then, your brain cycles in and out of REM. Occasionally, your conscious mind wakes up, but forgets to include other parts of your brain, usually just seconds before the REM is phased completely out. The result is that for the next few moments, you get to watch the dream, or rather nightmare in most cases, played out as a vivid hallucination right before your very much awakened eyes.
Oh, and that part about you being immobilized? That's still there, hence the "paralysis" half of "sleep paralysis." Not only do get to watch the demonized spider-crabs on your ceiling eat a tiny kitten just above your immobile body, you are completely helpless to do anything about it when they come for you.
But, you can tell the difference between real life and some stupid waking dream, right? Apparently not, since as we have mentioned before, this condition seems to explain the whole "alien abduction" phenomenon, and several thousand years worth of ghost stories and demon encounters.
So yeah, pretty fucking real.
Can it Happen to You?
It's already happened to some of you reading this. Surveys show that about one out of four people have experienced it, though who knows how many more A) had it but didn't know what it was or B) forgot about it or wrote the whole thing off as a dream.
Then again we don't know how many of the ones who claimed to have had it were actually abducted by aliens instead, so it probably balances out.
#1. Random Hallucinations
What Is It?
You're not crazy. You never have been. You're not taking any medications, or narcotics. You're not sleepy. You haven't taken a blow to the head. You're not stressed out. Everything is fine.
Still, one day you're sitting in your car, driving down the highway, alone. It's dark, the radio is off and you're listening the sound of pavement humming under the wheels. Then, a leprechaun appears in the passenger seat and calls you an asshole.
What an asshole.
Wait, What's Going On?
We think of hallucinations as the hallmark of mental illness and they are--but they are also shockingly common in people with absolutely no mental problems at all. It may happen once, and never happen again. And once more, some of you who are reading this have experienced it, whether you know it or not.
For instance, about 15 percent of people surveyed say they've had auditory hallucinations, the most common being the sound of voices (often your name, spoken aloud) right as you're falling asleep.
It's not known how common visual hallucinations are, since they so often get reported as ghost/alien/angel/etc. sightings. But it is known that such hallucinations can include seeing animals or even inanimate objects. In other words, there's a chance you have had a hallucination and to this day don't realize the object was never actually there.
Oh, it gets creepier.
Ever had that eerie experience when you feel someone or something is in the room with you? Particularly in the dark? Or maybe you just feel like you're "being watched." That "sense of presence," the normal feeling you get when near another person, only felt while alone, is another type of hallucination.
Can it Happen to You?
Probably half of you have experienced some type of hallucination, whether you remember it or not. The auditory hallucinations are so common there is a support group now specifically for these people who hear voices but who are not schizophrenic and who don't have any other crazy symptoms.
Now, if you're thinking it would be hilarious to have your ventriloquist friend sit in on one of those meetings, well... be sure to get us video.
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Unfriend Facebook now -- you are its product, not its customer.
Don't use Facebook. Facebook permanently records everything you do, even what you look at, even items that are "deleted". And presumably gives them to the CIA. A timeline shows how Facebook has increasingly shown contempt for privacy.
EFF says that "the answer" is to complain to Facebook. I suggest another answer: don't put your personal information in Facebook. If you use Facebook at all, just tell people how to contact you in other ways.
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Your next free Xbox LIVE 'Games With Gold' offering is 2009's Defense Grid: Awakening [Update]Written by: / / 12 Comments
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The next free game available to Xbox LIVE Gold members with the 'Games With Gold' promotion in July has been revealed to be Assassin's Creed II – details here.
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[Update 1]
It appears as though Defense Grid: Awakening isn't available on the South African Xbox LIVE Marketplace, while some Xbox LIVE Gold members are reporting that the price hasn't yet been reduced from 800 MS Points to zero.
Is this offering available in your region yet?
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Microsoft is continuing its 'Games With Gold' free game incentive on Xbox LIVE today with the offering of 2009's Xbox LIVE Arcade tower defence game, Defense Grid: Awakening, following on from the gift of Fable III last month.
Announced at E3 2013, the Games With Gold initiative aims to give Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers two free games every month – one available on the 1st of the month, and the second on the 16th of the month – available to download and keep for the delectable price of zero currency.
July's first Games With Gold offering may have released way back at the tail-end of 2009 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, but Lisa's review of the title on El33tonline will help you wipe away the cobwebs and enjoy what was (and probably still is) a very enjoyable game, which would otherwise cost you 800 MS Points.
What do you think of the latest free game available as a Games With Gold incentive? We can expect Halo 3 and Assassin's Creed II to show up on the service in the near future, too.
Here are a few reactions to the news on Twitter:
@El33tonline rubbish
— gary brown (@garybrown1701) July 1, 2013
@El33tonline very dissapointed, we were all promised actual games, like retail full length games, so yet another reason to jump over to sony
— Zack Welsh (@CaptainOatz) July 1, 2013
@El33tonline It is a free game so I won't complain. I bet we will have a massive game for the second one. Think they start small then go BIG
— Pieter POI de Bruyn (@thepoizone) July 1, 2013
@El33tonline Bit of a joke, isn't it? Defense Grid is a good game but it is a 4 year old XBLA title. Is this supposed to compete with PS+?
— BeAttitudeForGains (@AttitudeForGain) July 1, 2013
@thepoizone @El33tonline Their announcement now sounds like Halo 3 and AC2 are as big as they're going to get. And we've all played those.
— BeAttitudeForGains (@AttitudeForGain) July 1, 2013
Your thoughts?
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$6 for one? I'm pretty sure the practical joke is on whoever falls for buying this.
Looks like it's a 5-pack from the small "Click to enlarge" pic on the site but still... I agree that $6 doesn't seem like much of a deal.
@sybrwookie: This is actually a pack of 5 tickets
@gearxs: Sorry, still a pretty horrible deal. A pack of 10, 20 or 25 might be enticing but a dollar a piece? I agree with the earlier poster- the prank is on the one who pays for it, not the one who receives the gag gift.
One of the offenses is "Driving a Kia or Hyundai"... whats so wrong with a Hyundai? Stupid tickets
@menudude: Obvious hyundai driver =P
@gearxs - That should be made clearer, in the post as well as on your site.
They have two separate violations for: 1) Not driving an American car; and 2)Driving a Hyundai or a Kia. I believe the latter would fall under the former and who would cite someone for driving a Honda. Dumb.
I've seen PDFs online of the same thing for free.
1. What car is American? Toyota has plants in the states and Ford has plants in Mexico. This isn't the 80s anymore.
2. Kia and Hyundai are good cars, this isn't the 90s anymore either.
I do see 10 year old Hyundais on the road for the first time. The subcompacts seem to be made to last.
@adesio: ha ha yup!
@mstislavski: Thats what im saying! But why do Hyundai drivers have to be singled out? Pathetic....
@javyn: AMEN
@ocnomad: Yea they make solid cars
@javyn: Where do profits from said car companies end up?
djenkins: In the hands of shareholders around the world. Don't mistake salaries (costs) with profits.
Friends dont let friends drive korean cars.
There's a reason they offer you a 100k mi warranty on it. Think about it.
You get what you pay for.
@briandrea: Please explain supporting research behind your statement proving Hyundai vehicles are of poor quality.
My favorite part of this post? The fact that everyone is getting upset about the Hyundai statement.... but only one person mentioned anything about Kia lol... My future in-laws drive Hyundais and I like them. My sister had a Kia Sportage 9 years ago... it was a piece of trash... the new ones are much better though...
I drive a Nubira Daewoo. I'm the joke here :'(
Funny, but not a deal. I live downtown Washington DC. People park like complete Jackasses here. Making up spots... taking up 2 spots just to keep anyone from scratching their BMW... I would love to screw with those folks, but not at just over a buck per person. I would need hundreds of these.
Post the actual text of both sides in real size format for, uh, review.
Also keep in mind your in America, the land of lawsuits and security camera's. I can just see it now..... Such a sad nation that we think and treat each other that way.
I used to think these were funny, but then I moved to the city. Parking tickets are a real threat every second that you're not watching your car!
@briandrea: That is pretty dumb logic. How would a manufacturer stay in business offering a 100k mile warranty if the vehicles couldn't hold up for it? It's obviously because the vehicle will require minimal maintinence over this period, and so they can both sell the item at a lower price, and guarantee it for longer. The only alternative is that they are in business to lose money, which is plainly not the case.
Wish we still had companies that were willing to back up their products with that kind of confidence.
Once something that looks like a ticket is on the windscreen in Portland the parking cops are programmed to add another ticket every few hours.
The local auto salvage charity put flyers that looked like tickets on cars in a residential neighborhood. The parking cops drove through the neighborhood and have daily added parking tickets to where the value of the tickets are greater than the value of the cars so many of these cars are being towed next week.
It turns out you have to park you car in another block every 3 days so you can't park in front of your house.
@mikeknight01: +1 I agree
@jheppner: You wouldn't happen to have a place I could stay at for 8 weeks during the summer for my internship do you?
And why not just take a parking ticket meant for one car off of it and put it on another? Or print one out like someone suggested?
Or take a dump on the person's car while they're backing out? That would be amazing.
Hyundai owns Kia. Most Kias use Hyundai parts/platforms.
Either way, great cars. They're inexpensive because Hyundai is a HUUUUUUUGE company in Korea, and is able to do more of the manufacturing in-house (they make their own steel, for example)


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My First Dotee Doll
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OMG! So sweet!
- Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:20:00 PM
- Jennie said...
That doll is so cute, when I get a bit of time I may have to have a go at making one!
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This is a real sweetie! Made me smile immediately!!
I might give one a go if I get some free time.
Your creations are always so warm and loveable!
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Bettsi I love your newest cutie, I will have to try this one..Love her..Also;
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I have never heard of these before.
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Hi Bettsi, thanks for the kind words about our Zoe (pug). I love the little comfort doll, I see you have been busy! I was just looking at fabric on line and once the final details of the kitchen are finished I want to make an EFA, I have already started another "old raggedy ann" and want to finish her as well. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for stopping by!
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| Huchler, L. A., MarTech Systems, Inc., Lawrenceville, New Jersey
[capital project]
[water management]
[water treatment]
[ion exchanger]
[well water]
Last month, we discussed the need for project engineers to
talk to process engineers about the water systems as a capital
project takes shape. This months column discusses
additional ways to bridge the communication gap between these
two groups.
Some industrial plants, such as refineries, have stringent
engineering guidelines and sourcing for components and
materials of construction. In the absence of
clear guidance from the customer, the engineering design firm
will follow its own internal design guidelines. A major
constraint is a cost-competitive procurement process for
equipment that selects lower cost materials, lower quality
components and, sometimes, violates good design guidelines.
Consider the plant owner who agreed with the engineering
firms recommendation to select a demineralizer system
design sized for 150% of the maximum service flowrate because
it reduced the capital cost in the competitive bid. The
industry standard is 200% of the maximum service flowrate.
After several years of operation, the plant replaced one unit
with a larger-sized unit, resulting in a miss-matched set of
demineralizer trains that have a common regeneration system
programmaking it is impossible to optimize the
regeneration sequence.
Process engineers are experts on this subject and are
responsible for solving the daily issues of operating and
maintaining plant equipment.
Some design issues involve proper specification of online
monitoring equipment and water storage tanks with sufficiently
large working volumes to accommodate the dynamic treated-water
demand profile. Project engineers should consult
process engineers regarding location of sample points, chemical
feed points and online analyzers. Process engineers know the
application guidelines and the reliability and maintainability of
these instruments.
Other problems are design issues. For example, the absence
of a variable-speed drive on the recirculation pump on a
reverse osmosis (RO) cleaning skid, compromises cleaning
procedure for a multi-stage RO unit.
There is a tension when choosing new technologies. Process
engineers vote no because they are unfamiliar with
the operability and reliability of the new technologies
and the cost is higher than conventional technologies.
Conversely, project engineers will vote
yes because the higher capital cost is amortized over the
service life of the plant. The right way to evaluate new technology is suitability for
service. For example, membrane filtration is a perfect
pretreatment strategy to ensure reliable operation of RO units
and packed-bed demineralizers. However, the capital cost is
several time higher than the conventional multi-media
filtration systems. But this incremental cost for new
technology is a very small percentage of the total capital
cost of the project. Conversely, specifying this technology in retrofit projects to
replace conventional filtration is impossible because the
hurdle for return-on-investment is too high.
The most common site-specific limitations are environmental and plot-plan issues.
These operating issues may be forgotten or dismissed as
unimportant. For example, a Canadian plant considered replacing
its aging demineralizers with RO units until experiencing a
rare shutdown of the entire plant on a cold winters day.
I asked the question, Are we going to size the RO unit to
operate on a cold start or are we going to install
a supplemental bootstrap boiler to supply steam to heat the
water and resize the RO for 25°C? The simpler,
cheaper and more reliable option is demineralizers that are not
so sensitive to water temperatures.
There is always a risk of cuts in project budgets.
Discussion of the negotiable issues by process engineers during
the project design is an excellent idea. A good example is the
installation of a cleaning skid for RO units that uses flexible
transfer hoses instead of permanently installed connections
and, even worse, lacks quick-disconnect flanges. This
configuration makes the cleaning process an onerous and
time-consuming task. Consequently, the operators are unlikely
to clean the RO at the right frequencynot a good choice
to cut costs.
Project engineers must manage a huge number of technical
issues for capital projects. Process engineers can add
significant value to the design process by providing insights
to operability and maintainability of various process designs
and water treatment technologies. To have a successful plant project, both sets of engineers must
talk to each other.
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