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K yeah, inspired by this song: YouTube - Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance (HQ) If you watch the music video, you'll sorta get the angle I was going for. Please tell me what you think. I'm rather proud of this one, feel free to crush my feelings for it. xDD This is just a simple one-shot for my OTP AmericaxIndia.
It was cold and raining, that was the simplest way to describe the morning. Though the world outside was gray, there was still a bit of light that seemed to make its way through the windows. The man stuffed his hands into his pockets as he slowly ambled throughout the living room, something he hadnt exactly paid attention to the night before. As he silently glanced about the room, he couldnt help but stop in front of the dimly lit fireplace. He spotted a brightly colored lily sitting in an antique vase on the mantel and a lone slipper setting on the floor. He couldnt help but smile at this single slipper, knowing just how it got there. As he turned to move on, his eyes set upon a Cello lying silently in its case. His smile had shrunk in size but the sincerity seemed to multiply. The night before, he was graced with the privilege of hearing the woman play. It was so strange to him to see the instrument poised in its home, not making a sound, when last night graceful, meaningful, passionate music poured from its strings.
That was amazing, he mused, clearly taking note of her blush in the yellow light from the old lamp on the bed stand. How long did you say youve been playing?
Since I was about seven. The woman smiled proudly, pushing her dark hair that had fallen from her ponytail back. She fought to keep her gaze locked on the man but occasionally found herself looking away in embarrassment. Eventually, she just gave in and set herself deep into the gaze that had been looking back at her for some time now.
Play another one, Mira! he chirped with sheer enthusiasm. No one had ever been this eager to hear her play, except maybe her mother; it was a real treat.
A few minutes later, she came walking down the stairs. Alfred stood by and watched her, as if the world around him had set itself in slow motion. He observed everything about her and the morning elegance she wore: the way her robe flew behind her, the way her hair fell over her shoulders everything. He caught himself smiling once more as she looked up to where he was standing as she stepped off the last step.
Good morning, she called out. He immediately answered and soon found himself by her side. The two walked into the kitchen where they sat, deep in a silent conversation, where Alfred studied her closely and noticed many things about her. Like how easily the sound of water could send her off into a day dream, how quickly she could snap out of it when a cloud of steam from her cup of tea wafted in front of her face. He slid his hand over her free one that rested out across the table, practically calling out to him, and smiled. He barely knew this woman yet he felt he had known her for so long. He knew she was tough to crack, reclusive to say the least, and she had never risked telling her life story to anyone. But Alfred wasnt just anybody. His mind slowly began to wander across a time line as he took in her presence.
This was the same woman he had seen on the train countless times. The blank, lonely expression was a familiar one though he always wondered what sort of beautiful creature was hidden under all that misery. He knew he would never find out until he summoned up the nerve to talk to her. Every time he saw her, she seemed to be fighting an endless battle; fighting for her life even. As she slowly walked up to the cash register, with a loaf of bread in hand, she seemed to shoot a small smile at everyone who looked at her but never once looked up at them. Instead, her head hung the entire time until she finally set the bread on the counter. She looked up at the cashier with bright blue, curious eyes and quickly looked away, blinking madly. Alfreds mouth opened to say something, but she only paid for the bread and left before anything could be exchanged and counted her change her entire way out of the store. Nobody could ever have the privilege of knowing her, he said to himself as he watched her walk away. Nobody could possibly know what shes like nobody knows.
Alfred had earned the privilege no one else had, and he wasnt going to let go of it any time soon. He loved how easily distracted she had become by watching it pour outside her kitchen window and how each time it thundered, a new quizzical look appeared on her face. He could only wonder what was going on inside that magnificent brain of hers. After about the fourth clap of thunder Amira looked back at Alfred and they both simultaneously were lost in each others eyes.
Amira looked up from her flower garden as she heard the noise of the gate being messed with. She grinned at the blonde who seemed to be having troubles getting it open. In truth, she had thought he wouldnt show up but then again, the man had persistence. For weeks, he begged her on the train just to go get a cup of coffee with him. Of course, she was a little reluctant but there was just something about the guy, something that she just couldnt let slip by her. Perhaps there was something about this stranger she could love.
That was how the night began. Neither of them expected to fall so quickly for the other, but they did. Alfred left late that evening with promises to return the next day. And before he left, he kissed her, which seemed to make her melt. When he didnt show up like he said he would, waves of betrayal began to crash over Amira. For hours she hugged her pillow wondering just why he had done this to her. She knew she could never forgive him for this, until she opened the news paper the next morning and found his name in the obituary.
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I work with Mindomo, a mind mapping software.
If you ever heard or even used mind mapping, what features should a software like this "must have"?
If you want to play around with it, I can give away some free premium accounts :)
I work with Mindomo, a mind mapping software.
If you ever heard or even used mind mapping, what features should a software like this "must have"?
If you want to play around with it, I can give away some free premium accounts :)
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Necessary/useful features of a MindMapping software?
Some ideas:
"Full navigation and editing" possible with keyboard shortcuts (without the mouse!!) is for me the most important thing for brainstorming, etc., that means:
Customizable style sheets for nodes are really helpful to create consistent layout. Adding icons or images to a node can help making the mindmap nicer and more "brain-compatible".
For my work, it was also useful to be able to add LaTeX formulae to a node.
Further interesting features are * import to add information from other sources (e. g. a list of words/lines to create a new node for each one) * export to create the structure of a document or presentation based on the mindmap or maybe a html page
I am embarked upon a quest for a concept/mind mapping program even as I type this. The holy grail of my quest:
For me most essential features are: keyboard-friendly input and navigation, auto align and ability to export in different formats (image, pdf, text).
First of all, I agree with the features Martin is suggesting, and being able to do (just about) everything with the keyboard is critical for me as well.
I think the most important things for me that I would like to see in mind mapping software are things that make it as much like doing mind mapping on paper as possible. For example, the following:
Here is a picture of how my use of mind mapping has progressed since I started using the technique to take notes in my classes. Give me software that lets me do things like the rightmost page, and I will throw money at you.

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This might only reflect my poor knowledge of programming but it seems like a lot of the questions will never be relevant to me since they are extremely specific.
I love SO and I am basically looking for gems since it is now the holiday season in Israel which means more time to waste :D
So what is the best way to find gems that are interesting to me?
Is there some kind of advanced search which offers question with more than 14 votes && 7 answers && accepted?


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Emerging technologies helping seaports stay green
August 04, 2010 - LM Editorial
The Port of Los Angeles has been awarded a $731,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to purchase and test new technology that could significantly reduce diesel emissions and greenhouse gases from rubber tired gantry cranes, which are used for stacking containers.
The technology, called the EcoCrane, is on the U.S. EPA's list of emerging technologies aimed at advancing clean diesel technology and expertise.
The EcoCrane technology involves replacing a conventional 685-horsepower diesel engine on a rubber tired gantry crane with a downsized 105-horsepower diesel engine that charges a battery pack. The battery pack drives an electric motor that powers the gantry operation. Because the engine runs only periodically to maintain the battery charge, the EcoCrane can reduce particulate matter (PM) up to 85 percent and greenhouse gases up to 70 percent.
The Port of Los Angeles is partnering on the project with West Basin Container Terminal at the Port, as well as Ports America, the largest terminal operator and stevedore company in the Americas.
Produced by EcoPower Hybrid Systems, the EcoCrane will be tested over the next 12 months by Ports America at the West Basin Container Terminal to verify the projected emission reductions by the U.S. EPA. If the test is a success, the Port will consider requiring the EcoCrane technology when future terminal leases are renewed.
The grant was awarded under the U.S. EPA's emerging technologies program to promote diesel emission reductions. The program focuses on advancing new, cutting-edge technologies not yet certified by the U.S. EPA, but that show promise and warrant further evaluation.
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Japanese liquefied natural gas buyers see US government approval on export projects to non-FTA countries as a step forward in the creation of an LNG spot market in Asia.
By MARI IWATA
TOKYO -- Japanese liquefied natural gas buyers see US
government approval for an LNG facility in Texas to export gas
to countries with which it doesn't have free-trade agreements
as a step forward in the creation of a spot market for the
clean-burning fuel in Asia.
Cargoes from the Freeport LNG export terminal "will help
bring about structural changes to the Asian LNG market," a
Chubu Electric Power Co. spokesman said Monday by
Freeport LNG has signed preliminary 20-year contracts to
sell the supercooled gas to two Japanese buyers -- Chubu
Electric and Osaka Gas. The deal was contingent on government
approval for non-FTA countries, including Japan.
Optimism in the US over
the prospect of energy self-sufficiency after domestic natural
gas production surged in recent years thanks to new drilling
techniques quickly gave way to concerns about a glut that was
driving prices lower, then hopes that new markets could be
tapped in Asia, where the price of gas is a multiple of the
fuel's price in the US.
But the future of exports hinges on government approval of
around a score of applications from projects eager to export to non-FTA
countries, and the Freeport approval is being interpreted as a
sign of further openness.
For Asian buyers, the shift could mean an end to reliance on
inflexible long-term contracts that commit them to receive
practically all the cargoes they have agreed upon, with no
reselling permitted.
Freeport LNG doesn't commit importers to resell unneeded
volumes, which could be a game-changer in Asia, where
traditional contract terms have restrained the development of a
spot market.
The viability of the Freeport deal "will give us more
bargaining power in talks with other producers," an Osaka Gas
spokesman told The Wall Street Journal.
Chubu Electric and Osaka Gas signed contracts last summer to
use Freeport's liquefaction facility, with each committed to
use of 2.2 million tpy of its LNG capacity to process
natural gas they buy in the North American market. Osaka Gas
also has a 10% stake in Freeport LNG Development, the
facility's operator.
Freeport is the second LNG project the Obama administration has
approved for exports to non-FTA countries after the Sabine
Pass, La., which it approved in May 2011 and is slated to start
exporting in 2015.
The $10 billion Freeport LNG project is scheduled to start
commercial operations in 2017.
Japan Research Institute Senior Economist Mitsuo Fujiyama
said the Freeport approval augurs well for a spot market with
sufficient liquidity to sustain itself.
"For it to come to pass, participation from existing LNG
sellers such as Qatar, Russia and Australia will be necessary,"
he said.
Other Japanese LNG buyers have contracted with separate LNG
projects -- subject to US government
approval -- on terms similar to those agreed upon between
Freeport and its Japanese customers.
Japan is the largest Asian importer of LNG, but by no means
the only energy-hungry country in the region with an interest
in a spot LNG market.
Singapore received its first commercial delivery of LNG
early this month and plans to nearly double its throughput
capacity to 6 million tpy by the end of this year -- and
add an additional 3 million tpy in an unspecified time
Recently, the International Energy Agency pointed to
Singapore, Japan and South Korea as places in Asia well-suited
to become gas trading centers.
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LNG available to low prices pushes many other prices down, but mainly USA LNG market ouput has derrived taken out the Rusia LNG suply into the far East market mainly Japan fuel consume.Therefore, energy from utility production must be price lowered into the inner market in all countries; and such realm must be reflected into the chaine linked products prices really. and it should be reflected into the family and domestic economy everywhere ...
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I've just removed a big memory issue for me, I used to merge our "Themes" resource dictionary in every xaml file instead of just in the app.cs.xaml.
However, after removing the merging in every file except the App.cs.xaml I've lost the design time styles/templates.
Please note: This only applies to the styles merged into our Themes.xaml (e.g. Color.xaml, Brushes.xaml - we have one for each type of style). Stuff defined directly in Themes.xaml (which we have none of..) works.
I see two solutions,
1) Have the merging commented out in XAML and just un-comment it when I want to work with the designs.
2) Have this in the default ctor of every control: (perhaps only works in Blend)
#if DEBUG
new ResourceDictionary()
Source = new System.Uri(@"RD.xml")
There has to be a better way to get design time editing of pages and controls, anyone know?
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I'm trying to get Ember running with BPM based on these instructions:
Everything seems to work fine until I try to add an expression to the Handlebars template:
Congratulations! You are running HelloWorld v{{MyApp.VERSION}}
Then I get the following error:
TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'a.charAt(0)')
If I remove the expression, everything works fine.
The source is here: https://github.com/nicholasjhenry/bpm_ember
Can anyone provide determine why this error is occurring?
Edit: The line that is throwing the error is:
function normalizePath(path) {
ember_assert('must pass non-empty string to normalizePath()', path && path!=='');
if (path==='*') return path; //special case...
var first = path.charAt(0); // <======
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What is the correct pronunciation of the word processes because in my company some say it as "process-eez" and some say it "process-ess"?
I am confused, because my mother tongue is not English.
What is the correct pronunciation of the word processes because in my company some say it as "process-eez" and some say it "process-ess"?
I am confused, because my mother tongue is not English.
Even in the dictionary, this word has several recognized pronunciations:
All four of these pronunciations can be heard by clicking on the speaker icons at the M-W website.
There are words derived from Greek that end with "-is" in the singular and "-es" in the plural. Thus
In these words, the final "-es" is pronounced "eez". "Bases", when it is the plural of "base", is pronounced differently from "bases" used as the plural of "basis". Likewise when "axes" is the plural of "axe", it's not pronounced the way it is when it's the plural of "axis".
My guess is that those who say "processeez" inadvertently borrowed that pronunciation from the class of words of which the above are examples.
In addition to the pronunciations mentioned in the other answers, there are different stresses put on it depending on whether you're using it as a noun or a verb.
I would say the latter is correct, but you may have hit a regional variation. Generally speaking, if lots of people are doing it, it becomes dialect, and thus "correct". An "ess" sound at the end is more usual, however, at least where I'm from - I've never heard it pronounced the other way.
I find it odd that, based on your perception, some pronounce the noun "processes" as process-ess.
In English, when a noun ends in [s], its plural form in Standard English is [sɪz] or [səz], sometimes [si:z] (esp. in AmE), but never [sVs], where V stands for any vowel.
Please note the standard for plural endings for "ess" words as noted above. We would not refer to the Disney princesses as "princesseez" or home addresses as adresseez. I am all American and must agree with Mr. Campbell that this new pronunciation of processes is simply a snobbism created with no etymological basis. I sit in meetings with energy industry executives and consultants and I cringe every time someone describes their technical "processeez" which are clearly too innovative and intellectual to be simple processes. Oh pleez.
Words derived from Greek which end in -is have plural ending -es pronounced "eez", i.e. basis, stasis, proboscis, thesis. The plural of the word "process"(not being Greek) is pronounced "process's", that is with a short e sound at the end - just as in the plural of "dress, stress, tress, address" and so on. French words ending in -ee have an acute accent on the first e and it is pronounced as a flat "ay" sound.
Neil Edwards
This is pure hunch on why an increasing number of my fellow Filipinos say /pro-se-seeez/ with a really long E and a hissing Z in the final syllable. They know that the second syllable is a short E (as in hen, beg, said), but the final syllable is something close to the short I (as in pit, his, lid). Many Filipino speakers find the short I sound difficult to pronounce, simply because we don't have this vowel sound in our phonetics. The Tagalog /i/ resembles the /ee/ sound, only that it is clipped or shorter in duration. Thus, when they pronounce the last syllable, it tends to sound more like /seez/ than /siz/. I wonder though why they don't say /ma-seez/, /kar-ka-seez/, /mo-la-seez/, and /prin-se-seez/.
Either pronunciation is acceptable.
From my limited understanding of English - being a UK citizen born and bred, I have formed this perhaps somewhat biased opinion. The reason processes ending in - 'eez' sounds idiosyncratic in the UK is because of the association with objects. Such as divorce versus divorcee. Divorce being the subject and divorcee being the person.
Therefore, the psychological confusion with the pronunciation 'process- eez' suggests that this is some other category beyond 'the process', to include several subjects as 'candidates' for the process, 'eez', rather than the action of processing. To my mind this is a peculiar Americanism which has become contagious in the last 40 odd years.
I doubt if you will find it in 1950's or even early 1960's scientific documentaries, such as the American atom and hydrogen bomb tests, which pepper You Tube.
It is a relatively recent American scientific or technocratic affectation and it feels like a kind of elitist pronunciation snobbery rather than a real 'word'. What I call 'an Americanism'.
As George Bernard Shaw said, "Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language".
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The World Food Program (WFP) awarded its "Champion in the Battle Against Hunger" for 2008 Prize to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz at a ceremony held last night in Davos, Switzerland.
The prize was presented by WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran, who expressed great thanks to King Abdullah for his support. She described King Abdullah's recent $500 million donation to the WFP as a beacon of hope for the poorest and neediest in the world.
Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Alireza accepted the award on behalf of King Abdullah. During his remarks, Minister Alireza declared, "I am honored to receive this distinguished award on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who, by accepting it, dispatches a broad message to the world that we have to bear a shared responsibility to combat hunger, which is of urgent importance in the light of the current economic crisis and its impacts."
A number of dignitaries attended the ceremony, including former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and Saudi Ambassador to Switzerland Hazem bin Mohammed Kriqtly.


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Deputy Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz chaired the weekly Cabinet session at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today. Prince Sultan began the meeting by congratulating the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and the people of Saudi Arabia on his safe arrival in Morocco to complete his physical therapy and recuperation. Crown Prince Sultan also expressed the Kingdom's appreciation to King Mohammed VI and the people of Morocco for the warm reception they have accorded King Abdullah.
Crown Prince Sultan briefed the Cabinet on the contacts and consultations that took place during the last week, including telephone calls King Abdullah received from Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. Prince Sultan also briefed the Cabinet on the meetings he held with the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Khalid Shameem Wynne, and British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Sir Tom Phillips.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja said the Cabinet listened to reports on the latest regional and international developments, lauding in this regard the decisions taken by the Second Economic, Developmental and Social Summit held in Egypt. The Cabinet expressed pleasure on hosting the Third Economic, Developmental and Social Summit in Riyadh in January 2013.
The Cabinet renewed the Kingdom's call on the international community, the United Nations, and especially the Quartet Committee, to follow a comprehensive strategic approach towards an immediate halt of all settlement projects in the Occupied Territories. The settlement are the greatest obstacles placed by Israel on the peace process. The Cabinet warned that such practices would stop peace initiatives and surround most West Bank cities and make it virtually impossible for the existence of a viable state of Palestine.
The Cabinet condemned the terrorist bombings in Iraq over the past few days which resulted in loss of life and injuries of many innocent people, and expressed the condolences of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Iraqi leadership and people, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.
The Cabinet discussed a number of economic, scientific and cultural activities currently held in the Kingdom, including the Fifth Global Competitiveness Forum. The Cabinet highlighted the security and stability as well as the economic, regulatory and investment reforms witnessed by Saudi Arabia that earned the Kingdom high levels in international reports on investment.
Minister Khoja said the Cabinet issued a number of decisions as follows:
It approved a convention for transfer of convicted persons with deprivation of freedom sentences between Saudi Arabia and the Government of the Republic of the Sudan, signed in Tunis on 17/03/2010; approved a memorandum on scientific and educational cooperation between the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education and the Turkish Ministry of Higher Education, signed in Ankara on 10/03/2010; approved the final account of the Saudi Development Fund for the Fiscal Year 1427/1428H; approved an agreement on news cooperation between the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) and the Indian Trust Press of India, signed in Riyadh on 28 February 2010.
After reviewing the report submitted by the President of Saudi Capital Commission on the nominations for the memberships in Saudi Capital Market Company, TADAWUL. board, the Cabinet approved the reformation of the Saudi Capital Market Company for a three-year term with immediate effect:
1. Mansour Al-Maiman, as a representative of the Ministry of Finance
2. Abdullah A. Al Hamoudi, as a representative of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
3. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, as a representative of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
4. Abdulrahman Yahya Al-Yahya, representatives of licensed stock-brokerage companies
5. Basheer bin Muhammad Bakhit
6. Ahmed Al-Khateeb
7. Eng. Saud M. Al-Daweesh
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Family fishing days return June 7 to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Outdoor Wildlife Learning Site. The catch-and-release only OWLS Pond is stocked with trout, bluegill, largemouth bass, catfish and other species.
Family fishing days will run Saturdays and Wednesdays through the end of August. Fishing equipment can be checked out at the OWLS Pond, located adjacent to the Department's Bismarck office, on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fishing rods and basic tackle are available for use free of charge.
North Dakota deer hunters are reminded the deadline for submitting applications for the 2014 gun season is June 4. Hunters are encouraged to apply online at the State Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov.
The deadline applies to muzzleloader, regular gun, gratis and nonresident landowner, and youth antlered mule deer applications (specifically for antlered mule deer in units 3B1, 3B2, and 4A-4F).
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds anglers and others taking carp and other nongame fish that a license is required, and hook-and-line, archery equipment and spears are the only legal methods of take. Snagging nongame fish is illegal.
In addition, enforcement chief Robert Timian said anglers must properly dispose of the fish. "Leaving dead fish on the shoreline or in the water is considered a littering violation," Timian said.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries biologists said despite colder-than-average winter temperatures, not many lakes experienced a fish kill.
Fisheries management section leader Scott Gangl said biologists investigated winterkills at 11 lakes so far this spring, with only a few considered significant enough to affect the quality of fishing this spring.
Lakes that appear to have suffered a significant kill include Leland Dam (McKenzie County), Island Lake (Rolette County) and the State Fair Pond (Ward County).
North Dakota anglers are reminded they can fish for free June 7-8.
That is the weekend North Dakota residents may fish without a license. All other fishing regulations apply.
Refer to the 2014-16 North Dakota Fishing Guide for season information.
The State Game and Fish Department is lifting the Tuesday-Wednesday camping restriction on many wildlife management areas in the western and central part of the state for the week of Memorial Day, May 26-30.
This same waiver will allow camping on those WMAs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during all state-recognized holiday weeks throughout the year, including 4th of July week (June 30-July 4), and Labor Day (Sept. 1-5).
All other public use regulations for state wildlife management areas still apply.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program has openings for "Hike the Maah Daah Hey Trail" June 21-22.
This workshop is designed for women with previous hiking or backpacking skills, or who are in good physical condition. Participants will hike a 13-mile portion of the trail near the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Activity is strenuous due to rough terrain. The $30 fee includes group gear and transportation to and from the CCC Campground. Each participant must provide their own personal gear and meals.
The MacLean shooting range located 15 miles southeast of Bismarck will be closed this summer for reconstruction and expansion. A closed sign will be posted at the entrance.
Improvements will include a shotgun range, handgun range, and a 100- and 200-yard rifle range. Construction is scheduled for June, July and August, with the range slated to open late summer.
MacLean Bottoms is 2 miles south of ND Highway 1804.
Two alternate public ranges that are open are Schmidt Bottoms and Wilton Mine Wildlife Management Area.
Outdoor water recreationists are once again reminded to help prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species in North Dakota.
State Game and Fish Department ANS Coordinator Fred Ryckman said there are more than 400 recreational fishing waters across the state, making it imperative for watercraft owners to obey regulations.
Boaters are reminded to exercise patience and plan accordingly when heading to a lake or river this summer.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department receives a number of complaints every year about overly aggressive behavior at boat ramps. A few simple reminders will help ensure a fluent transition when launching and loading a boat.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced today that the state's 2014 regular paddlefish snagging season will close at 10 p.m. Central Daylight Time, Sunday, May 18, to protect the population level of the fish. However, snaggers are reminded that Sunday is a snag-and-release only day.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has set its summer schedule of conservation workshops for educators.
National Archery in the Schools – June 3-4, Bismarck. Workshop participants are provided the fundamentals to teach archery in grades 4-12, either indoors or outdoors, and will be able to implement an archery unit in the classroom, and as an after-school activity. A preregistration fee of $10 is required. Register by calling Jeff Long at 701-328-6322.


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Great map great detail. Leaving in March to FL to do this section and then across FL back to St Augustine.
Starting in St. Augustine, the route is urban/suburban most of the way down the coast through Miami. SR A1A along the ocean is adjacent to multiple aquatic preserves and wildlife refuges. Opportunities to enjoy the beach are plentiful and the county parks often include such amenities as picnic tables, cold water, showers and toilets. South of Jupiter, campgrounds for tenting are almost nonexistent until south of Miami. On the road to Key West the roadways have generous shoulders, though we recommend using the bike paths. Bahia Honda State Park, north of Key West, offers multiple opportunities to enjoy and learn about the reef environment of the Keys. Choose from activities such as snorkeling, windsurfing and visiting the museum exhibits. To create a loop route from Key West, a ferry is available to Fort Myers where it is possible to join the Florida Connector map route and return to Fort Lauderdale. Space is limited on the ferries, so when you make your reservations, be sure to let them know in advance that you have a bike. Click on enlargement for detail.
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Reviewed By: A customer from Lascassas Tn USA on 12/25/06
Great map great detail. Leaving in March to FL to do this section and then across FL back to St Augustine.
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They are as described. I am using them to plan my route. They look very good but are limited to following the route as planned. For roaming,additional local maps will have to be consulted. Still wouldn't go anywhere without them!
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Gnomeaggedon is a Gnome – No Surprises there!
Why did I pick a Gnome?
For 2 reasons.
- I wanted to be a member of a "concept" guild of a friend's called Little League.
- I had tried a (male) Human Mage, and, quite simply I couldn't stand the way he ran. I didn't want to to watch him for 60… 70… (soon) 80 levels.
Anyway, here's the Pro's & Con's of playing a Gnome Mage (or any ranged Gnome).
- Cute.
- Extra Intellect
- Hard to Target
- Escape Artist
- Pick of Mounts
- Fireballs et al
- /silly
Cons… mmm nothing… Ohhh OK.. one or two…
- Movement
- Taurens – KoS
- Targeting (read Healing)
- Jumping
- LoS
In Detail:
The Pro's
- Hey, I'm a guy and I think they are cute!
- They do look good and people love to pat them!
- You get lots of "Look after the little Gnome" and "Who didn't heal the Poor lil bugger?"
Extra Intellect.
Well, let's not get too excited, but you can't complain. I expect that Arcane Mages love it, but I'm fire all the way!
Hard to Target:
Only a bonus in PvP, but you try to follow the bouncing ball… errrr Gnome. OK, there is tab-targeting, but that split second (or 5) of Horde trying to target you maybe their last!
Escape Artist:
- Damn I wish I hot-keyed this, I wished it worked more often, I WISH I REMEMBERED TO USE IT.
- That said, One more escape route, especially in PvP means little man goes large! (Fireball that is!)
On a side note: Anyone know if you can combine Escape Artist, PvP Trinket & Blink in a Macro that works? Or does it blow all the cooldowns? Got a macro to share? Must work on this….
Choice of Mounts:
- Gnomes & Dwarves get their pick of all Alliance Mounts – No Mount too big, but Big folk can't ride our mounts!
- Plus Gnomes look good on any mount!
- Plus Gnomes get rear-view mirrors and thrusters on their mounts (Good for styling hair on the move)
I only wish that Engineering mounts were available to non-Engineering Gnomes… I mean, Gnomes have engineering in their blood, regardless of whether they do it for a living (Make it like the Warlock or Pally mount.. just give us the Gyrocopter!)
Fireballs et al
- Hell, any spell looks truly awesome when it comes out of a player 1/2 the size of the animation!
- Looks good.. Is good (mmm… Sounds like a Gnome in general!)
On a side note, I tend to be 1st or 2nd on nearly all damage metres… My Reasoning: "it's all that suppressed fury at the short jokes.. bottled up and redirected at boss mobs (or Tauren's). I mean, seriously, when was the last time you saw a short boss mob (Apart from SteamVaults)?
I do want to plant a few humans in my garden.. and not just in real life…
I "know" we move at the same speed as the long legged races, but it really, really feels like I am taking 20 steps for everyone else, and I have following Night Elves in Ghost form! (I'm the other glowing ball.. but slower and with feet)
Taurens – KoS
Kick-on-Sight that is! Need I say any more?
Targetting (read Healing).
A bonus in PvP, a nightmare in PvE (or for any healer).
Yes I know you can Ctrl-Tab, or portrait/raid frame heal, but in the heat of the moment, healers sometimes forget, and it's bloody hard to target that tiny jumping AoE machine that neglected Stamina for +Damage.
I expect it is the same dynamic for Gnomes as Taurens, but I will be buggered f I can jump a puddle, let alone an chasm.
LoS (Line of Sight)
OK, this is the big one… Rogues & warriors.. yeah whatever – up close & personal anyway.
Ranged.. what range? Is that a pebble I see before me? a twig? a bump in the road?
No Los, No Los, No Los… Damn…
How can you launch an earth shattering fireball from 41 yards, when you can't see over your own feet?
You can't just charge in and pretend you have the stamina and hope for the best…. /sigh
In Conclusion
OK, On balance Gnomes Rock!
Well, at least if they aren't standing behind one….
Gnomer and Out!


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Well hello. Does anyone ever get stage fright? Well I don't really….but I do get blog fright. So I'm just going to imagine that I'm just writing this as a letter to my mom. Actually now I'm more nervous. I guess I'l just imagine that I'm simply doing what I did in the old days, which is put my personal ad in the dating section of the weekly local newspaper, because no one ever read that (or at least that's what I tell myself).
So here we are. Workweek 1 in the studio is about to be wrapped up. That kind of feels weird to say. This "studio" experience as Twenty One Pilots or even as "Tyler and Josh" is a new one.


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The Golgi Apparatus is an organelle with a great number of functions, I am particularly intrigued in the role it plays in packaging macromolecules and sending them to their target organelle or to leave the cell in exocytosis. I would love to know more about how this process works. How does the Golgi Apparatus recognise which molecules are which and how does the vesicle it places the molecule into navigate to where it is needed?
This is actually is an awesome story: both how it happens and how it was discovered. This is one of those stories people get Nobel Prize, and this was Günter Blobel who was awarded this highest possible prize for his discovery, which is according to his Nobel prize certificate:
If you watch or read his Nobel prize lecture you will find answers to your question formulated much better than I can do it here. His Nobel lecture was opened with the following words which might already answer you question:
Still, I recommend you to read (or watch) to the end, there are some interesting points on how it was discovered and what experiments were done to do it.


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Ace Hardware's unique value proposition allowed it to withstand strong competition from Home Depot and Lowe's in 2013 and grow annual sales by a 8.2% to a record $4.2 billion.
TOLEDO, Ohio — Hickory Farms, a leading provider of specialty foods and holiday food gifts, has made changes to its executive team.
The company has promoted VP of brand marketing Michael Holton to CMO. VP of supply chain Joe Loch has been promoted to VP of franchise and retail sales. Director of logistics Ty Hanline has been promoted to VP of supply chain. The company has also hired Davenport, Hanf & Company executive Joe Herman to be its interim CFO.


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We have some raspberry canes growing in a space in our yard and while doing some work this summer I removed some thorn bushes and stunted trees that were taking up sun, which was great for the raspberries since they flourished in the past two months. With the space we ended up putting some blueberry bushes since I had the space, and its fairly sunny, but now I am wondering if the raspberry bushes will be ok. Our soil is slightly acidic so I figure the raspberries can handle it, but if I am watering the blueberries will any acidic fertilizer I give them cause problems for the raspberries?
Yes. I wouldn't plant them on top of each other, but they can be planted next to each other. I routinely have blackberry popping up like weeds in my blueberry stand.
There is a lot of misinformation concerning blueberries. Blueberries don't like Nitrates, as in Ammonium Nitrate. Blueberries prefer the Ammonium, but the Nitrate can kill fine roots. Blueberries should always be fertilized with Ammonium Sulfate. Many garden supply shops will recommend Aluminum Sulphate because it makes the soil acid. Do NOT use Aluminum anything on anything you want to live! Especially blueberries, which are sensitive to all sort of things (salt, moisture levels, ph due to iron availability).
Read http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/AGRS097h.pdf for more info.
Here is another article I thought applicable:
Ph is an indication of a proper nutrient balance, not the cause of it. There is only one proper nutrient combination, but there are many ways to change soil ph.
The main difference between raspberries and blueberries (nutritionally) is that blueberries prefer a little more magnesium in relation to potassium than raspberries. Otherwise, the N, P, Ca levels are the same between the two. If you should happen to splash some epsom salt or ammonium sulfate mix onto the raspberries, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt them.
Now if you start asking about pear and blueberry combinations, then we'll have a problem. Pear requires significantly more Ca than blueberry and the two just wouldn't get along. Your pears would taste like cardboard. Even the deer wouldn't eat them. And the pear trees would be very unhealthy, possibly having fire blight. Ask me how I know this :)
Yes, in short. These fruiting plants are not natural bedfellows: Raspberries prefer alkaline soil conditions, so the acidity required to grow blueberries successfully will not suit them. You could plant Blackberries instead of blueberries, they will thrive where raspberries do, and plant the blueberry elsewhere.
The two plants can be placed near each other, but you may want to place some barrier underground to keep the raspberries from expanding.
I have blueberries growing about 3 feet from my raspberries, with a small patch of grass between them. Both plants seem to be doing fine, but I regularly need to pull out little raspberry shoots that come up right next to blueberries.


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Is it permissible to wear women clothes in total privacy without anyone watching it. Not for sexual purpose but to release pressure?
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The Chinuch says in Mitzvah #443 in reference to the prohibition of men wearing women's clothing: "ונוהג איסור זה בכל מקום ובכל זמן-This prohibition applies in all places, and at all times."
So, it seems pretty clear that it's not allowed in any sort of setting.
In general, you should know, that the mitzvot apply equally in public and private. For example, no one would suggest that pig is permitted to be eaten when in private. This can be seen from what are Rabbis stated countless times: That a decree ("גזרה") that was put into force by the Sages is also prohibited "בחדרי חדרים-In the innermost rooms," even though it may seem that the decree was only enacted to ensure that people watching wouldn't become confused. This would apply all the more so for Torah prohibitions.
this forum is probably not the place to get into detailed halakhik dicussions, and I am certainly not qualified to engage in such discussion, but the tur in yoreh deah on the siman about crossdressing cites the gemara in nazir and both tanaic opinions are brought down by the tur and bet yosef. I do not have access to the sefarim right now, but it is easy to locate. one of the tanaim in masekhet nazir clearly says that crossdressing per se is not what the pasuk intended to prohibit because crossdressing itself is not a toavah, and rashi on chumash in ki tezeh brings this lenient opinion to explain the posuk and accordingly the prohibition is only if it is in a situation that can lead to a toevah which is a prohibited sexual intercourse. while the other tanna disagrees and prohibits a broader range of cross gender acts even if apparently there is no intent to commit any prohibited sexual act, in dire circumstances one can rely on a single tanna especially since it is 2 individual tannaim as opposed to a yachid and rabim. I discussed this with a major posek that agreed but only in dire circumstances. I am not, however, saying that anyone should rely on this, rather, look for an intelligent posek who knows about the realities of what crossdressers are really about. the classic poskim on this siman do not discuss the situation of shaat hadkhak - or psychological anxiety which can be significant for a crossdresser.
It is an absolute prohibition as stated in Deuteronomy 22:5. It is explicitly stated. It does not matter whether it is in public or private. The prohibition is not a fence to protect from possible sin, it is in itself a deoraita prohibition.
there is a heter in private - one tanna explicitely says cd per say is not the issur because it can't be considered toeva, only cd that is toeve, i e in the context of a prohibited sexula encounter is assur. this opinion may be relied on beshaas hadechak, but ask a smart rov.


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Ok..I received the remaining RS-1 parts today and once assembled, I'm not sure I have this mounted correctly.. The rig does not seem to rotate closely enough around the center, and there doesnt seem to be a way to adjust the positioning so it will go back farther. Could anyone eyeball this and let me knowif I'm crazy?
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WHEELING - An image out of America's past came to rest at the Wheeling-Ohio County Airport on Monday.
A B-25 bomber, designed by Wheeling native Howard "Dutch" Kindleberger, is on display on the runway for people to see. It is scheduled to be joined by a P-51 fighter plane Friday to kick off a weekend of aviation history.
"All the action will begin at the airport Thursday through Sunday," airport Manager Tom Tominack said Monday afternoon.
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HISTORIC FLIGHT — Wheeling-Ohio County Airport Director Tom Tominack stands by the B-25 bomber "Maid in the Shade" on Monday on the airport runway. -- Daniel Dorsch
Tominack said the B-25, dubbed "Maid in the Shade," is visiting the airport for the first time after years of restoration and reconstruction work. The P-51 will return to the airport after multiple visits in the past.
Tominack said vendors will be set up throughout the weekend, and the Warbird Rides Commemorative Air Force will be offering rides to interested parties for an admission fee.
Kindleberger's company, North American Aviation, designed the B-25 bomber during World War II especially for the Doolittle Tokyo Raid on April 18, 1942.
Local plane enthusiast and father Jack Sall brought his family to see the bomber Monday. He said he studied aviation with local pilot Denny Lawford and received authorization to fly by himself in 2002.
The love of flight was passed down through the generations on Monday. Jack Sall said he brought his daughter, Avalyn, to see the bomber because he said she inherited his love for airplanes.
"It's really great to be able to come see this," Sall said.
The airport, which has recently been restored to its historic appearance by the staff, also features tours of the air traffic control tower and a museum dedicated to aviation history, including Kindleberger's contributions to the U.S. Air Force.


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WEIRTON - The birth of West Virginia as a state was surrounded by complications and controversy, according to historian and educator David Javersak.
Javersak, dean emeritus of the School of Liberal Arts at West Liberty University, presented his thoughts on the Mountain State's creation Tuesday at the Weirton Museum and Cultural Center as part of a lecture series provided by the West Virginia Humanities Council Sesquicentennial Speakers Bureau.
"There was a lot amiss in how West Virginia was created," Javersak said.
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Following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president, many southern states began to secede. Eventually, Virginia would join the Confederacy, but only after putting it before the commonwealth's legislature twice. The second vote was 85 in favor of secession and 55 against.
"Almost all of those votes (against) came from counties either adjacent to the Ohio River or adjacent to Pennsylvania," he said.
Soon after, a movement among many of those western to create their own state began, and the First Wheeling Convention was held. Javersak noted out of the 150 counties in Virginia at the time, only 25 were represented, with 155 of the 425 delegates coming from the Northern Panhandle.
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GUEST SPEAKER — David Javersak, local historian and dean emeritus of the School of Liberal Arts at West Liberty University, spoke at the Weirton Museum and Cultural Center Tuesday about many of the issues surrounding West Virginia's creation. The event was made possible through the West Virginia Humanities Council Sesquicentennial Speakers Bureau. -- Craig Howell
"This is going to be led by the people from the north," he said.
Much of the effort toward the creation of what would become West Virginia took place during the Second Wheeling Convention, during which a declaration was drafted to reorganize the Virginia government, nullifying any decisions made by the legislature in Richmond and creating a governing body which was still loyal to the Union.
"This is where the species of legal fiction will be created," Javersak explained. "There was the U.S.A. Virginia and there was the C.S.A. Virginia."
Javersak noted, however, there was never a vote by the people to create the "Reorganized government" or elect any of its leaders.
Originally, the reorganized government's legislature decided to call the new state Kanawha, which was approved by a vote of the people. However, when the Constitutional Convention was started, also in Wheeling, delegates began arguing for a different name, with suggestions for Kanawha joined by Western Virginia, Allegheny and Augusta among others, before finally settling on West Virginia.
West Virginia's Constitution and application for statehood went before the U.S. Congress for approval, actually receiving a minority of the votes from the 48 seated members of the Senate - with 25 senators either voting no or not casting a vote - and a 96-65 approval from the House of Representatives. This was all contingent on the state including a gradual emancipation of slavery.
When the bill went before Lincoln, a poll of his cabinet ended in a 3-3 tie, with Lincoln then deciding to admit the state into the Union despite being told by his attorney general it was unconstitutional.
Javersak concluded if it had not been for the Civil War and the timing and location of the conventions, when few thought it would be possible, West Virginia would not have become a state.
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Yesterday, through working on a question Groups with only one element of order 2, Don antonio brought out a nice question within the comments:
The product of all the elements in an odd order group $G$ is always contained in the group's derived subgroup $G'$.
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A couple of days ago, I finally got a copy of the new R1 release of the Paul McGann "Doctor Who" movie. Oddly, though, the audio mix doesn't sound right; the pitch is too high. While the actors don't sound like Alvin, it's noticable compared to the copy I taped off of Sci-Fi channel a while back.
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Always and forever Elton Gallegly
By The Spotter 01/24/2013
Retired Ventura County Congressman Elton Gallegly, R-Simi Valley, never was known for putting the Republican Party ahead of his own interests. But now in retirement, he is rubbing salt in the open wound that county Republicans are still nursing.
A little history first: To begin with, Gallegly never was much of a campaigner for fellow local Republicans. He went to Washington and let them worry about themselves. Many congressmen show up locally and stump for fellow party members in local elections. Not Gallegly. Second, he was never one to share the credit with fellow Republicans on local successes either. Gallegly wanted the lion's share of the credit for any and all pork barrel projects. Third, he indicated he was grooming a replacement a time or two, only to have the replacement fall from grace for unknown reasons.
But the Republicans put up with it, until the 2006 "I'm in, I'm out, I'm in" routine in which he indicated he would run for re-election, pulled out for health reasons, and then got back in again. That stunt was the last straw with Republican leaders such as Mike Bradbury who just refused to deal with Gallegly after that.
Even in the 2012 election, when he finally decided not to run, he waited until January to make an announcement, thereby destroying the chance for any GOP candidate to get an early start on building a campaign war chest. The Republicans nominated then-Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, after a bitter primary, and he wound up losing to Democrat Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, Oak Park. Republicans are still bellyaching about that one, especially because Gallegly sat on his $800,000 campaign fund, which he directed but refused to spend. Federal election law allows candidates fairly broad discretion in determining how to spend leftover campaign money. Many politicians choose to direct all or some of it to the candidates trying to take their places. Not Gallegly.
Word out on the street now is that Gallegly is going to donate a lot of that money to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to build a center with his name on it.
So let's review. He refused to help the party during his time in office. He announced his retirement late. He wouldn't give a dime of his money to the person trying to replace him. But he is spending that money on a legacy for himself.
The Spotter wonders how many Republicans are going to show up for the dedication of the Elton Gallegly Whatever Center at the library.
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Council Plan Measures: The Performance Management Team creates Quarterly Reports for Cabinet to ensure the Council remains on track to achieve the vision for Birmingham set out in the Council Business Plan and the Sustainable Community Strategy. The Council reports on its Council Plan measures each quarter (June, September and December 2010) and at the end of the financial year (March 2011), a final report is produced looking back over the year.
National Indicators Set (NIS): We also report on the National Indicators Set (NIS) although in October 2010, changes to Local Authority Performance arrangements were announced by the Local Government Secretary, Eric Pickles. This included the ending of the NIS and a plan to develop a single comprehensive data list with the local sector by early 2011. More information on the transition from the NIS to the new single comprehensive data list will follow. In the interim, data collections for the NIS will continue (with the exception of deleted indicators, which can be found on the Audit Commission web site unless the Government makes specific announcements on individual indicators.
Sustainable Community Strategy and the Local Area Agreement (LAA): Our partner Be Birmingham (the Local Strategic Partnership) monitors performance against the Sustainable Community Strategy and the Local Area Agreement (LAA) performance indicators which the council contribute towards.
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The airport is situated 11km (7 miles) southwest of downtown Columbia.
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The airport is located 10km (6 miles) southwest from central Columbia, near I-20, I-26, I-77, and nearby I-95. From downtown, head west on US-378 and turn left (south) where US-378 meets US-1 and follow US-21 until the exit to Airport Boulevard to the right. Follow Airport Boulevard to the terminal.
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The taxi and shuttle pick-up area is located just outside baggage claim. The following taxi services provide transportation to and from the airport: Ard's Shuttle (tel: (803) 791 5767), Blue Ribbon Taxi (tel: (803) 754 8163), Capitol City Cab (tel: (803) 233 8294), Checker Yellow (tel: (803) 799 3311) and Classic Cab (tel: (803) 348 0662).
Earth Shuttle (tel: (803) 714 0080) and Shuttleways (tel: (803) 783 0265) provide shuttle services. Several hotels in the area provide free shuttle transport. A hotel courtesy phone is located in the baggage claim area.
Information desk
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10 Best Intranets of 2002
Summary: This year's winning intranet designs emphasized integrated support of international offices, long development times (two years on average), one-stop start-up screens and single sign-in, and usability testing of interfaces for content contributors.
In last year's Intranet Design Annual , we predicted that 2002 would be the year of the intranet , after a decade of neglect. Judging from the results of this year's design competition, we were right.
We received a huge increase in nominations, and, more importantly, most of the nominated designs in 2002 showed that many big companies are making great efforts to get their intranets under control. This year, 118 intranets were nominated for the design award; given the high quality of so many of the designs, it was hard to narrow down the field to only ten winners. The best of the best intranets designs in 2002 were (in alphabetical order):
- ABB (design agency: BEKK Consulting)
- BellSouth
- Credit Suisse Financial Services
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Australia (design agency: Eclipse Group)
- Lonely Planet Publications
- Mira Networks AB
- Northwestern Mutual
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Washington Mutual (design agency: Towers Perrin)
- The World Bank Group (design agency: Satyam Computer Services)
Background of the Winners
Washington Mutual won for an intranet application to manage executive compensation. The other nine winners were company-wide intranets. Most of the winners are huge corporations, such as Wal-Mart and ABB with 900,000 and 160,000 users, respectively. Indeed, one of the main trends this year was that major corporations are making major strides toward coordinating their intranet designs and improving usability.
Still, much smaller companies can also design great intranets. This year's winners, for example, included Lonely Planet Publications, with 450 users, and Mira Networks, which has only twelve employees. Of course, a smaller company will have fewer resources, but it also has a more focused mission for its intranet and can more easily involve all parties in the design process to ensure usability.
A disproportionate number of winners came from the financial services sector, which accounted for four of the top ten intranets in 2002. One possible explanation for this is that financial companies have a long tradition of professionally managed development projects to centralize and coordinate company-wide services. Such a tradition bodes well for establishing a well-functioning intranet with a consistent design. Because financial companies tend to be big and have much money at stake, they have also traditionally focused on productivity and usability in their software projects. This focus may have transferred to their intranet projects, giving them a further leg up on companies with less established usability traditions. Telephone companies also have a strong tradition of software development productivity and usability, and we have a winner from this industry as well.
The remaining winners covered a broad spectrum of industries, from consulting and publishing to retail and manufacturing.
In terms of management structure, the only trend we found was that there was no clear picture of who winning intranet teams report to within the organizations. The two most common organizational homes for the intranet teams were information technology departments and human resources (HR) departments, but we also found good intranet teams reporting to the corporate secretary and the corporate communications department. Finally, a few intranets belonged to broader e-solutions departments responsible for both the public Internet website and the private intranet within the firewall.
International Intranets
Great intranets are found in all parts of the world. The 2002 winners include five companies headquartered in the United States, three companies headquartered in Europe (ABB in Switzerland, but designed in Norway; Credit Suisse in Switzerland; and Mira Networks in Sweden), and two companies headquartered in Australia (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Lonely Planet Publications). And, while the World Bank Group is headquartered in the U.S., its design agency was in India (Satyam Computer Services).
The international scope of the top 2002 intranets is even wider than indicated by the winning companies' headquarter locations. Many of the companies cater to international operations, such as the World Bank, which has personnel on missions in countries with low-speed dial-up connections, and the much smaller Lonely Planet, which nonetheless operates branch offices in three countries outside Australia. The intranets enhance communication across borders and help multinational companies achieve a more integrated feel, as well as supporting more pragmatic features, such as document sharing between countries. Integrating a single intranet across multiple countries was a definite theme this year, whereas many companies in the past had separate intranets for each country in which they operate.
Overseas offices usually have their own pages in the local language to cover local content and interests. Unfortunately, some intranets are using content management systems that don't update the navigation features for international users, leaving them to read global menus in English. Multilingual search remains an unresolved problem. We hope that the underlying technology for intranets will evolve in the coming years to provide better support for international users.
Long Development Times, But No Big Bang
Most of the winning projects spent about two years on their intranet redesigns (note: this conclusion changed in 2003). This is an important lesson for companies and cautions against exaggerated hopes for instant gratification. For a big company, it's a big project to redesign an intranet and roll out a consistent design across all divisions. Great intranet usability and employee productivity require more work than just adding water to some portal software.
Even though the full process can take about two years, our winning projects did not hold off until everything was perfect before releasing the new intranets to an unsuspecting public. Some companies had been burned before by "big bang" development projects that took forever to create a hoped-for solution to all problems in a single, delayed release. Instead, all of the winning companies followed a staged approach, gradually releasing new templates, portals, search engines, personalization features, and other components of the full intranet. Also, the central design teams typically aimed at converting individual departments to the new design one at a time, rather than asking everyone to change all of their pages all at once. A big bang would be an impossible strategy considering the size of these intranets: BellSouth has 3 million pages across 1,000 subsites, Credit Suisse Financial Services has a million pages, and even a smaller company like Lonely Planet has 50,000 pages.
Some projects had very tight deadlines due to organizational restructuring or corporate mergers. Because we can not expect big companies to base their business strategy on the convenience of intranet designers, it follows that intranet teams need to be flexible enough to accommodate big, sudden changes. Intranet designers should enhance their readiness by continuously collecting usability data and insights so that they know where they should move if they get sudden marching orders. For very fast projects, it may not be possible to employ the full human-centered design process, but you can leverage the usability knowledge and guidelines you have already collected. Projects on overly accelerated development schedules typically followed up on their initial release with a round of usability clean-up and gradual improvements, leading them to a winning design in the end.
In the long term, we will need better tools to quickly implement major changes in intranet designs. For now, one helpful approach is to structure the intranet's information architecture based on employees' tasks and job goals instead of on the company's org chart. Even major reorgs are likely to leave large parts of a task-based intranet in place, whereas an organizationally structured intranet will require redesign. Indeed, most of this years winners chose information architectures and navigation schemes that are primarily task-based.
Killer Applications and One-Stop Shopping
Much of the value of an intranet comes from making it a communications tool that all employees check every day. This can be a challenge, especially if the old intranet was universally hated for being clumsy and impossible to work with, as was the case in some of the companies. A common solution (in addition to redesigning for better quality, of course) is to prominently feature a killer app that is so useful that people will voluntarily -- and frequently -- visit the intranet homepage.
In most companies, an employee search tool serves as the killer app. We also found several companies that used a daily lunch menu as their killer app. No matter what you pick, pay special attention to your killer apps usability. Many employees will use it, so any weaknesses will cost your company big bucks in lost productivity. More importantly, a highly usable killer app sets the quality level for all other intranet pages and applications that other departments will add. Because they will be using the killer app just as much as everyone else, these designers will internalize the good usability guidelines embedded in its design, and will be reluctant to launch contributions with significantly lower quality.
Many companies provide one-stop shopping for employees by using customized home pages with the most important features and particular employee needs. We also saw several intranets that used a control panel design that let employees tab between a few focused views for different types of information they need. For example, BellSouth integrates views for company information, job information, and personal information in a simple, yet powerful portal.
The one-stop shopping approach extended to the security features for most of the winning intranets. Single sign-on is finally becoming a reality on many good intranets, following years of persistent user requests.
CMS Usability
Content management systems have been big for some time and were a common theme for most of last year's winners. This year's winners also relied heavily on CMS, but with a twist: Several companies conducted usability studies of their CMS designs, rejecting many of the initial approaches and authoring templates.
Of course, it's essential to test the usability of the end-user design, but as we saw this year, it is also important to work on usability for authors. In order to be fresh and relevant, intranets rely on having many employees contribute content. If the CMS is too difficult, huge areas of the intranet will quickly grow stale.
Mobile Intranet
In terms of keeping the intranet fresh, a special prize goes to Mira Networks. In typical Scandinavian fashion, Mira employees rely heavily on their mobile phones and make frequent use of SMS text messaging. The Mira intranet has a feature for integrating mobile text messages, letting employees update the intranet from their mobile phones -- when they're out on an assignment, for example. Talk about up-to-the-minute fresh content.
We expect greater emphasis on mobile intranet access in the future, as mobile devices become more prevalent and allow more powerful remote information services than are possible with traditional cell phones. Many employees work outside the office, but most current intranets only support these users if they dial in with a laptop. It will be interesting to see what new designs emerge to offer more true mobility to intranet users.
We Own the Design
Many intranets suffer from a fragmented design and the resulting loss of usability as users are confronted with different rules at every click. The winning intranets had all made great strides toward consistency and were typically successful at overcoming internal politics by the sheer quality of the central design, as opposed to the dubious designs usually produced by individual departments.
Wal-Mart has a particularly fruitful strategy for managing its intranet for consistency: Users own the content and the central team owns the design.
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I would call them hyphenated compounds, as opposed to solid compounds and open compounds. Note how they are not dashed. That's because a hyphen (-) is not the same as a dash (–, —, ⁓, ‒).
The "-" sign is not a dash, but a hyphen. Words that contain one or more hyphens are said to be hyphenated.
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Assorted Gevalia coffee for $5 + free shipping
As far as I can tell it is only the coffee on this page, but it does include some 12 count K-cup boxes. I got the discount after I applied the code in my cart and it gave me free shipping. Not sure if you can buy more than one with it.
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Good until Oct. 15th
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Looks like my link isn't working right.
Try copy/pasting this one in:
If that doesn't work maybe someone with more knowledge than me can help.
@ptucker2: That one seems to work just fine.
@magic cave: Good to know. It wasn't working for me after I posted it.
I ordered 4 boxes at 5 a piece with free shipping.
20 for 48 cups is a really good deal.
Copy and pasting the link worked. I got a 12 count box of coffee for $5 and no shipping charges. Thanks for posting this!
i'd love to buy but it says its not a valid link :(.
You have to copy and paste the link into a new browser.
I just ordered 7 kinds of coffee, all at $5 each with free shipping. Great deal! Thanks for sharing
Here is the fine print on this offer: Select coffees for $5 plus free shipping. Valid on Signature, Heritage, Flavor Collections and Single Serve 12ct only. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Limit one redemption per customer. 10 box maximum. Excludes all café-style beverages.
I also had a problem with clicking on the link, but was able to successfully copy and paste into a brandnew browser session (Firefox).
A great deal for one of most enjoyable brands of coffee.
Can not be beat with free delivery on a 25 dollar purchase.
I spend more getting my k-cups at the grocery store.
i went to gevalia.com, put 5 bags of coffee in my cart and applied the code GEV5NEW and it worked.
Works on everything but the cappuchino varieties, but still an unbeatable deal!
Coupon didn't work for me : Coupon code "GEV5NEW" can currently not be added to your cart.
I ordered 2 Kona coffee's and I just went to www.gevalia.com and the coupon worked just fine...got two for one and free shipping...can't beat that...
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Is it definitely still good? OP says good until oct15, but looks like there's a new deal (BOGO). Would be a better deal if I could get the GEV5NEW deal though...
I went for this one, but my order from 9/26 is still processing... anyone else experiencing slow processing time?
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Robin Toner, who was the first woman to be the national political correspondent of The New York Times and who had a significant hand in the coverage of five presidential elections, innumerable Congressional and gubernatorial campaigns and the great legislative debates of the day, died Dec. 12, 2008 at her home in Washington. She was 54.
The cause was complications of colon cancer, her family said.
In a career of nearly 25 years at The Times, and in an age of increasing specialization, Ms. Toner reported authoritatively on almost every domestic issue, whether it was taxes, welfare, Social Security, immigration or health-care policy.
And in a craft in which small errors are commonplace and bigger mistakes a regular occupational hazard, Ms. Toner devised a meticulous personal method for checking and re-checking names, dates, facts and figures in her own raw copy, a step few reporters take. As a result: only half a dozen published corrections over the years, on more than 1,900 articles with her byline.
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Home > Food > Recipes > Toasted Coconut Meringues
Toasted Coconut Meringues
Categories: Low-fat
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
Type: Desserts and Baked Goods
Served warm, coconut meringues will soon become a family favorite.
Serves: 24 cookies
- 2/3 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 2 large egg whites, warmed to room temperature
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon coconut-flavored extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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- Spread the coconut in a thin layer on a small baking sheet, and bake at 350°F, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes, or until the coconut turns light golden brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer, and beat on high speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and salt, and continue beating until soft peaks form. Still beating, slowly add the sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat the mixture just until stiff peaks form when the beaters are raised. Beat in the extracts.
- Remove the beaters from the meringue mixture, and fold in the coconut.
- Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. (Do not grease the sheet or coat it with cooking spray.) Drop heaping teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart.
- Bake at 250°F for 45 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Turn the oven off, and allow the meringues to cool in the oven for 2 hours with the door closed. Remove the pans from the oven, and peel the meringues from the foil. Serve immediately, or transfer to an airtight container.
- Variations To make Toasted Almond Meringues, substitute almond-flavored extract for the coconut extract, and substitute 1/2 cup sliced toasted almonds for the coconut. To make Toasted Pecan Meringues, omit the coconut-flavored extract and increase the vanilla extract to 1 teaspoon. Substitute 1/2 cup of chopped toasted pecans for the coconut. To make Chocolate Chip Meringues, omit the coconut-flavored extract and increase the vanilla extract to 1 teaspoon. Substitute 1/2 cup of semi-sweet, milk chocolate, mint chocolate, or white chocolate chips for the coconut.
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