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14-Jun-2001 -- Thursday June 14, 2001: Visit at 18:30 hours
During our trip's 3 previous confluence visits the weather had been rainy and rather unpleasant, generally speaking, so it was nice to notice gentle summer sun peeking through the clouds. So there was use for sunglasses, after all!
Being situated on a lake region of the country, the confluence seemed first to be not so easy to reach by car. It might even be in water! After a brief moment of assessing the situation and reading the maps, we managed a find a possible route. It seemed like there might be summer cottages along the way, so we prepared to explain our business to local residents, should we meet them.
Most of the way the small dirt road we drove was fairly good, but after turning right from a small intersection about 1km from the estimated confluence site it became apparent that this was going to be a rough ride for our car, which certainly didn't have the frame of an off-road vehicle with lots of road clearance under it.
City-boy laziness or not, we decided to try to drive the car as close as possible, just out of curiosity. It took a bit of careful steering - if the ground had been wet, the outcome might've been different. Several logging trucks had been around moulding the road.
Picture #5 (CP to the right) shows the road and way out of the big clearing which had been mowed clean by forest harvesters. The confluence point was situated 200m north from the road, in the other end of the clearing (near the lake).
We took the snapshots and enjoyed the sunshine for awhile by the lakeside near the confluence and headed then to Kuopio, where we had been promised a place to stay overnight and as we found out later, there was even a sauna - a real treat for weary travellers!
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For a forum I am lookng for a simple but accurate online/offline check functionality so users can see which user is online or offline. Are there some ready mad scripts or does anyone know of a good tutorial to accomplish this?
Thank you in advance!
Which type of forum do you have? Some kind of phpBB or custom one that you wrote yourself?And do you want to make it dynamic (JS) or just static render of on/off line users?
It is custom. And i would like to have it with js zo dynamic. I have been searchin for quite some tiime
It's quite easy to realize, all you need is to create another two fields in table with users: online (tinyint) and last_online (timestamp).Each time (or each second time) user enters on the page you update the last_online to now() and set online to 1, like that:
UPDATE users SET last_online = NOW(), online = 1 WHERE id = $user_id
And execute another SQL statement to put offline users who are not online:
UPDATE users SET online = 0 WHERE online = 1 AND last_online < NOW() - 120
Where 120 is amount of seconds you want to put users in offline mode.
Then you can select users by online field. However I don't understand where do you want to display this data. Reply please.
users can see which user is online or offline
Do you want it display in bottom of main page on forum, or you have some kind of popup with info about user, or you want to display data on user's page or even in the topic section?
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About the above question. I just want a online or offline icon next to their profile
It seems volter9 already gave you your answer, but I just wanted to give Offline.js (a library to automatically alert your users when they've lost internet connectivity) a mention.
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NORWALK - The clock has started in an effort by a water district to cut off water supplies to Pico Rivera and four other area cities after the cities refused to pay a water assessment.
The Water Replenishment District on Monday made its case in Norwalk Superior Court to outlaw water pumping in Pico Rivera, Downey, Signal Hill, Bellflower and Downey, saying the rebel cities need to pay up while five other legal actions get worked out in a separate court.
Compliant cities in the area are going to end up suffering if the five cities don't fork over what will add up to $8million in unpaid assessments by the end of this fiscal year, WRD officials said.
"They're pumping water and not paying us," said Ed Casey, a WRD attorney. "That's not fair."
Attorneys for the rebel cities argued that they have prevailed against WRD in other court actions and that they shouldn't have to pay what they consider to be illegal tax increases.
Judge Raul Sahagun could make his decision at any time.
The five cities for months have refused to send a $244-per-acre foot assessment to the WRD, instead placing the money into escrow accounts.
Attorney Patricia Quilizapa, who represented Downey, Bellflower, Signal Hill and Cerritos, said cities in southeastern Los Angeles County are paying three times more than they should.
She and Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman, who represented Pico Rivera, accused the WRD of court shopping, and they argued that all the cases should be handled together.
"They should all be brought into the same case with all the same information," Quilizapa said.
Attorneys for the WRD said other court matters shouldn't play into this dispute since they are still ongoing, a notion questioned by Sahagun.
"So (the other judge's ruling) has no effect on the collection of the rate assessment?" Sahagun asked the WRD attorneys.
He also questioned the cities' attorney about their decision to stop paying WRD water assessments. WRD attorneys argued that courts mandate that parties in a dispute keep paying their bills while a matter is settled in court.
If Sahagun were to rule in favor of the WRD, then the five cities would have to stop pumping water and instead buy water from the Central Basin Municipal Water District at retail prices, which are currently at $915 per acre-foot, which is about enough water for a family of four for one year.
At the heart of the issue is how the WRD raises rates for cities in southeastern Los Angeles County.
The WRD is tasked with keeping saltwater from polluting freshwater aquifers. They accomplish that task by injecting water into the ground and then charging assessments to all pumpers in their district.
Attorneys for the five rebel cities argue that they are subsidizing South Bay cities, which are also covered by the WRD but don't have the natural water resources as the cities along the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers.
They claim that the WRD has been raising rates outside guidelines set by Proposition 218, which gives procedures on how government agencies increase prices on services.
The issue is a long-simmering one that has been grinding in the courts for years.
And it's starting to get the attention of lawmakers.
Assemblyman Ricardo Lara, D-South Gate, is leading a state effort to audit the area's water delivery system.
Lara said residents are paying wildly different rates and that the water delivery system is confusing and lacks accountability. The audit, which was launched in March, will likely be finished by the beginning of next year.
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Energy executive at USC to discuss power delivery
Just how will electricity be produced and delivered to South Carolina customers and the rest of the nation in the next five years, 10 years, 50 years? That is what Duke Energy's Jim L. Stanley needs to know.
Stanley is senior vice president of power delivery and has oversight of the electric transmission and distribution systems for Duke Energy's five-state service area, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky.
He will speak at the USC campus about the challenges and the unknowns of modernizing the electric power grid. His talk, "Wired for a Sustainable Energy Future: Modernizing our Grid and Empowering our Leaders," will be at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 6 in Swearingen Engineering Center's Amoco Hall at the University of South Carolina.
Stanley also will offer a perspective on the leadership attributes necessary to make long-term plans a reality.
His visit is part of the University of South Carolina and Duke Energy's Executive-in-Residence Program, which is bringing to USC some of Duke Energy's top executives from the fields of energy and environmental policy, economic development, power distribution and delivery, communications and government and regulatory affairs.
USC Provost Michael Amiridis said the partnership with Duke Energy is an outstanding example of a public-private partnership to foster leadership and energy sustainability.
"As one of the largest power companies in the United States, Duke Energy has consistently demonstrated leadership in the area of sustainability," Amiridis said. "By inviting their executives to spend time on campus to interact with students and faculty, we expect to help our students and faculty expand their understanding of these complex themes and, hopefully, come away with an enhanced appreciation of the critical importance of leadership and sustainability for success in the global marketplace."
Catherine Heigel, president of Duke Energy South Carolina, said Duke Energy is pleased to collaborate with USC on developing leaders for the energy sector.
"Duke Energy is committed to serving customers and communities in a way that is affordable, reliable and environmentally responsible – a difficult assignment that we take very seriously," Heigel said. "We are excited to collaborate with the University of South Carolina to develop the energy leaders of the future who will balance these important objectives over the next several decades."
The Leadership in Sustainability Program is the first of its kind at USC.
"Leadership is an increasingly important trait for individuals to have if they are going to be successful in any endeavor they choose," Amiridis said. "By addressing topics such as responsibility and integrity within the broader realm of sustainability, the Leadership in Sustainability Program complements the Carolina Leadership Initiative and is one more way that our students can gain valuable preparation for life after Carolina."
The program continues through February with executives scheduled to visit the campus, speak to undergraduate and graduate students, tour research facilities, talk with faculty and administrators and deliver a public lecture. Each executive will be hosted by a college whose academic offerings match the visiting executive's background and experience.
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Chris Brown's trial for misdemeanor assault is set to continue today in Washington, DC.
The embattled singer is accused of fighting a man outside of a hotel after the man reportedly photo-bombed a picture for which Chris was posing with two women. He was initially charged with a felony, but the count was reduced because there was apparently some question about who threw the first punch. Chris has pled not guilty.
Last month, Chris Brown's probation from his 2009 Rihanna assault case was revoked because of the charge in Washington, DC. At the time Brown was not taken into custody because of progress he's making while in rehab for anger management.
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'"I think we stand by our statement from last week," Quinn said before Saturday night's game against the Maple Leafs. "I don't think our situation influenced [the Janssen suspension]. We were talking about a global issue and a change in the standard and asking for a review of it. I think that will happen. I don't like those hits. I don't think they're good for the game. I commend the league for taking action."'
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Kris Boom Boom Barras is a 3-0 lightweight fighter, fighting out of Fightworkx Academy. He is 27 years old and has a style of Muay Thai and BJJ.
I had seen a post on Cage Warriors forum a few weeks back from Kris saying he was looking for fights but it was impossible to get on the big shows or something along those lines, so when I heard from MMC-FC matchmaker, Eddie Kone, that Kris was scheduled to appear on their massive card, I had to get after him.
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Belgium beats U.S. 2-1 in extra time, survives late rally to advance
SALVADOR, Brazil – The United States' World Cup dream ended on Tuesday night with a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Belgium in the round of 16.
After the Americans clung on desperately to keep the game scoreless after 90 minutes of regulation, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku struck in the first additional period to knock the U.S. out of the tournament.
Late substitute Julian Green got one back for the U.S. with 13 minutes to go, but it was not enough to avoid being eliminated at this stage for the second straight World Cup.
Depleted by injuries and visibly exhausted, Jurgen Klinsmann's side had to withstand a near-constant attacking onslaught from a talented Belgian side that will now face Argentina in the quarterfinal.
However, after going two goals down the response from the U.S. was one of extraordinary courage. Green, the 19-year-old whose inclusion sparked such controversy, made a near-instant impact, volleying home Michael Bradley's chip just minutes after replacing Alejandro Bedoya.
With eight minutes left a well-worked free-kick found Clint Dempsey in the box, but the U.S. captain's shot was saved by Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
And so an extraordinary journey, one that saw the team progress from the Group of Death and exhilarate the nation in the process, finally came to an end after a thrilling and emotional ride.
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Interviewer: What do you say about the global economic crisis in the world?
Adnan Oktar: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO TURKEY. Nothing will happen to the member countries of the Turkish Islamic Union. There will be prosperity and richness. The period of prosperity and richness will follow Insha'Allah. We are at the doorstep of the Golden Age with Allah's permission. From now on, Turkish countries will be happy, joyful and comfortable.
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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
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"Einstein had an unparalleled acumen."
Emotional blocks can affect our ability to communicate our creative ideas to others. One of these emotional blocks is a fear of taking risks and making a mistake. Another block is the predilection to judge ideas prematurely. This is why deferring judgment is a strategy used by creative people.
Another emotional block is the inability to tolerate chaos or ambiguity. New ideas are by nature not perfect. They are going to be rough around the edges and may have conflicting points. Through an iterative refinement process, you will be able to resolve these ambiguities.
The lack of a challenge can also be an emotional block. If you are not challenged, then you are not going to be interested in the outcome and it is unlikely that you will be able to put a lot of creative energy into new and interesting ideas. Picking problems that interest you, or finding ways to add excitement to uninteresting problems will help.
The most common complaint that people have about their memories is that they forget people's names, even a few minutes after meeting them. You may be able to recognize their face, but you just can't dig up their name. There are two reasons why recognizing faces is much easier than recalling names.
The first reason is simply that recognition is much easier than recall. This is because with recognition, you are presented with something and you only have to determine if it is familiar or not. With recall, you actually need to retrieve a piece of information from your memory. If you were given the person's name in a multiple-choice quiz, it would become a recognition task, and you would probably pick it correctly.
The other reason is that pictures are much easier to remember than words. Since faces are things that you see and names are things that you hear, you already have an advantage towards remembering the face and not the name. This is why nametags are a helpful aid when meeting people. It lets you hear and see the names, which gives you two different ways to remember it later.


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Dr. John Church: Sounding the Sea-Level Rise Alarm
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HOST: Halo, eco-loving viewers, and welcome to Planet Earth: Our Loving Home. A frightening global trend is the quickly rising sea levels caused by climate change, an issue that has garnered serious attention from scientists and governments across the world in recent decades.
Since 1993, globally oceans have been rising three millimeters per year, whereas the average in the 20th century was only 1.8 millimeters annually.
In March 2010, the Lung Ying-tai Cultural Foundation's (龍應台文化基金會) MediaTek lecture series featured a talk in Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan) on this issue by respected Australian oceanographer Dr. John Church of the Marine and Atmospheric Research division of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is Australia's national science agency.
He is also the Program Leader of the Sea Level Rise unit of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre.
Dr. Church is the winner of the 2007 Eureka Prize for Scientific Research given by the University of New South Wales, Australia and the co-convening lead author for the chapter on sea level rise for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report.
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Day of the Dead Festival (El Festival del Dia de los Muertos)
Oct 4, 2012 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M., 5:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Oct 11, 2012 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M., 5:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Oct 18, 2012 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M., 5:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Oct 25, 2012 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M., 5:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Nov 1, 2012 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M., 5:00 P.M.-9:00 P.M.
Living Arts & Science Center and Old Episcopal Burying Ground (corner of E. 3rd Street and Elm Tree Lane)
EVENT: Day of the Dead Festival (El Festival del Dia de los Muertos)
DATES: Thursday, November 1, 2012
LOCATION: Living Arts & Science Center and Old Episcopal Burying Ground (corner of E. 3rd Street and Elm Tree Lane)
COST: Suggested donation of $2.00 per person (includes all activities)
Traditional food available for purchase –
Complimentary Pan de Muertos (Bread of the Dead) will be served
The Living Arts & Science Center partners with the
Old Episcopal Burying Ground
to present a traditional Day of the Dead Festival
(El Festival del Dia de los Muertos)
Photo above and at right by James Burgett.
LASC Day of the Dead Festival, 2011
On November 1, 2012, the "Night of the Angels", the Living Arts & Science Center will present the 7th annual Day of the Dead Festival with a participatory celebration at the Living Arts & Science Center as well as at the Old Episcopal Burying Ground at the corner of E. 3rd Street and Elm Tree Lane. This event is a fun, participatory experience for the entire family.
Join the celebration and experience the rich visual, musical, dance and culinary traditions of this holiday that is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Central and South America.
Traditional Mexican dance will be performed by men's dance company, Matlachines, as well as Danza Azteca. Mexican singer and guitarist Jose Rivera will perform throughout the evening, a Day of the Dead Art Car display will be outdoors, and a variety of hands-on crafts, typical of Day of the Dead celebrations will take place indoors and out. These participatory activities include decorating Sugar Skulls, creating sand murals, making tissue paper flowers and papel picado (cut paper streamers) as well as making tin ornaments and decorating monarch butterfly wings to wear in the candlelight parade. Participants may keep their crafts to continue to enjoy at home.
Visitors may also view Danse Macabre, new work by local artist Robert Morgan, in the LASC art gallery. Robert Morgan is a native Kentuckian and nationally recognized artist who repurposes and recycles materials that others have discarded. His works of art often incorporate hundreds of items to express something entirely new. In this new body of work, Morgan draws from many cultures to show humans struggling with and being tricked by death. He tells all his stories with a great sense of humor.
The art gallery will also feature hundreds of skeleton masks, created by area school children, in the tradition of Day of the Dead.
At dusk, musicians and dancers will lead participants in a beautiful candlelight parade from the LASC to the Old Episcopal Burying Ground at 3rd Street and Elm Tree Lane.
In the cemetery, participants may view an exciting exhibition of altars in and around the gravesites of this historic cemetery. Viewers may talk with artists, school groups and community members who have created both traditional altars as they would be presented in Mexican cemeteries as well as altar designs inspired by this joyful celebration. A community altar will also be presented, inviting individuals to place photos, mementos or names of their own loved ones, or participate in adding the flowers, candles and other traditional offerings. In the cemetery informal discussions will take place to educate participants about the altars, Day of the Dead, and the traditions and symbolism associated with this important Latin American holiday.
Traditional food from area restaurants and caterers will be available for purchase at the LASC. The LASC will also serve complimentary pan de muertos, the traditional bread of the dead.
New this year! Day of the Dead Community Classes and Workshops
The Living Arts & Science Center invites children and adults to participate in classes and workshops which will delve into Day of the Dead and assist you in creating your own large-scale Day of the Dead parade skeletons. Participants may then join the LASC's Day of the Dead parade entry in Lexington's annual Thriller/Halloween Parade on October 28, as well as the LASC's Day of the Dead candlelight parade at the Day of the Dead Festival on November 1. Participatory classes and workshops include:
#209 - Community Workshop: Skeletons on Parade
with Sarah and Charlie Campbell
Come dressed for a mess and help design and create paper mache masks inspired by Mexican folk art. All participants are invited to join with the LASC, wearing completed masks, in Lexington's Thriller/Halloween Parade on Oct. 28 and the LASC's own Dia de los Muertos Festival on Nov. 1. Please register in advance.
Category: Workshops for All Ages
Date: Saturdays, Oct. 20 and 27
Summary: ALL AGES | 10 am to 1 pm | $3 member/ $5 non-member
**Children under 12 MUST be accompanied by an adult
#283 - Skeletons on Parade with Christine Kuhn
Learn about Mexican folk art and traditions while creating large scale paper mache sculptures. Then, you can show off your work and join the LASC in Lexington's Thriller/Halloween Parade on Oct. 28 and/or LASC's Dia de los Muertos Festival on Nov. 1.
Category: Teen & Adult Classes
Date: Thursday evenings – 6 – 8 PM, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25
Summary: Teens & Adults | $80 member/ $90 non-member
ABOUT the DAY OF THE DEAD (Dia de los Muertos) holiday:
Día de Los Muertos is an ancient festival that can be traced back to the Aztec culture with November 1st and 2nd as the traditional days to celebrate. The First of November is known as "Night of the Angels," and it is believed that on this day the spirits of infants and children are reunited with loved ones. It is also believed that on All Souls Day, November 2, deceased adults come back to visit their families. Depending on the region in Mexico, as well as the United States, the way Día de Los Muertos is celebrated varies. In urban areas, festivities tend to be more of a social event, while persons living in rural areas may place more of an emphasis on the religious/spiritual aspects of the holiday.
The Mexican Day of the Dead holiday is one of the most popular times for altar building. Special altars called ofrendas (offerings) are built to honor loved ones who have passed. Altars create a sacred space in the home and are used as a place of prayer and worship, reflection and meditation or song. They can function as sites where family history is actively preserved, where loved ones are celebrated and remembered with pictures and artifacts.
The growing popularity of Day of the Dead celebrations in America is one reason that the home altar has begun to infiltrate mainstream culture. The rise of personal spirituality and ritual has also increased interest in home altar construction. Artists from many ethnic backgrounds are using the altar as an art form, bringing the practice into museums, galleries and books, exposing the tradition to even more Americans.
The new altar builders often mix different religious and sacred artifacts with secular effluvia like pop cultural icons and everyday items. A Buddha may sit next to a saint, all of which perches above a Mickey Mouse doll and a pair of running shoes—creating a personal collection that becomes a sacred space.
The Living Arts & Science Center is a not-for-profit organization that provides creative and unique opportunities for exploration and education in the arts and sciences. Art galleries, a discovery gallery, field trip programs, and arts and science classes and workshops are provided year-round for children and adults of all ages. In addition, the Living Arts & Science Center presents numerous community art events throughout the year. The Living Arts and Science Center also partners with community agencies and organizations to provide free hands-on arts activities at community events and programs and classes for special needs and at-risk students.
CONTACTS: Heather Lyons
Executive Director
Living Arts & Science Center
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Man Held Hostage by Pitbull [VIDEO]
This is a sad tail for sure.
This poor guy gets an unexpected visitor from a large pitbull who made himself at home on this guy's front porch. The pitbull humps a pillow, vomits, and all at the same time - keeping the man and his friend's hostage.
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thank you for not banning me.
Yeah that does it for my daily chuckle . Nice find.
Wowzas, just watched that clip. This is either gonna make or break that lady's career. Reminds me of how viral Granny Panties went on Zack & Miri. Gotta love that Craig Robinson. Comic genius.
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Hackers newest target: Baby monitors
A Houston couple is still shaken after saying they heard the voice of a strange man cursing and making lewd comments in the bedroom of their 2-year-old daughter.
When Marc Gilbert and his wife Lauren entered the room, the voice cursed them as well.
The eerie voice — which had a British or European accent — was coming from the family's baby monitor that was also equipped with a camera. A hacker apparently had taken over the monitor.


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Obama Still Not Fooling Anyone on Israel (COMMENTARY MAGAZINE) Seth Mandel 03/22/12)
Source: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/03/22/obama-not-fooling-anyone-on-israel/
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When foreign policy realists, pseudo-realists, and leftists claim that the pro-Israel establishment is preventing an Israeli- Palestinian peace deal, their argument fails to account for one aspect of recent Mideast history: During the administrations of American presidents seen as favoring Israel, the Jewish states leaders made serious offers for a final-status agreement.
So the argument that more daylight is needed between the U.S. and Israel is generally met with proper skepticism. So is the declaration that President Obama is just as pro-Israel as his predecessors, hes just showing his friends a bit of tough loveheavy on the tough, light on the love. Aaron David Miller, part of Bill Clintons Mideast negotiating team, doesnt think theres any reason to fool yourself about that last point. He has written an article for Foreign Policys website detailing the six most damaging myths of the U.S.-Israel relationship. No. 6 is: Barack Obama is just as pro-Israel as Bill Clinton or George W. Bush. Miller writes:
Theres no question that Obama understands and appreciates the special relationship between Israel and the United States. But Obama isnt Bill Clinton or George W. Bush when it comes to Israel not even close. These guys were frustrated by Israeli prime ministers too, but they also were moved and enamored by them (Clinton by Yitzhak Rabin, Bush by Ariel Sharon). They had instinctive, heartfelt empathy for the idea of Israels story, and as a consequence they could make allowances at times for Israels behavior even when it clashed with their own policy goals. Obama is more like George H.W. Bush when it comes to Israel, but without the strategy
If Obama had a chance to reset the U.S.-Israel relationship and make it a little less special, he probably would. But I guess thats the point: He probably wont have the chance.
Miller has made this point before. And when he says He probably wont have the chance, thats because the American public and their representatives in the Congress dont want to downgrade the U.S.- Israeli relationship, so they will work to prevent Obama from doing so. The problem for the president is that he cannot argue that his way is more effectivehe thus far has moved the parties in the conflict further away from where theyve been in the pastor that he is the victim. After all, even Clintonwho never hid his disdain for Benjamin Netanyahugot Netanyahu to sign a deal, and with Yasser Arafat no less.
Under the previous two administrationsone Democratic, one Republican the Israeli right, left, and center have all signed agreements, made final-status offers, or led Israel to make unprecedented sacrifices for the peace process. As Yossi Klein Halevi wrote recently: Israelis still recall with disbelief how Obama refused to honor Bushs written commitment to Ariel Sharonthat the U.S. would support settlement blocs being incorporated into Israel proper. And never has an American president treated an Israeli prime minister with such shabbiness as Obama has treated Netanyahu. Indeed one gets the impression that of all the worlds leaders, Obama most detests the prime minister of Israel.
Read that last sentence again and understand why it matters that Obama thinks less of Israel than his predecessors did, and why he has failed both the Israelis and the Palestinians because of it.
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Angaleena explains that they "just had to make a choice." She admits that when she and Ashley Monroe "didn't have that much going on" it was easier for them to coordinate their schedules with Miranda Lambert, but things have changed.
Ashley was busy last year promoting her own album, Like A Rose, while Angaleena is now prepping for the October 14th arrival of her solo debut disc, American Middle Class. Meanwhile, Lambert released her new album, Platinum, over the summer.
However, Presley isn't ready to declare Pistol Annies over. She explains that the group "just had to take a little break, but never say never." Pistol Annies debuted in 2011 with their chart-topping debut Hell On Heels. The trio released their second album, Annie Up, in May 2013.
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Its like that game, Guess who?!
Not me, I don't ride toobs or take pics. Could be Sturgis.
Not Sturgis....but I do have a few, at least one of you I do believe from a time in the past. More recent I mean....
......and I am not 40,...yet...couple more years to go on that one.
did u upload them to a site or could u
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Royal Revolt!
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This reverse tower defense game sees you head your loyal soldiers against your nasty relatives who have taken it upon themselves to strip your father of his rightful throne. Typical royals eh? Employing magic to heal, stun or destroy with knights at your command, this pretty looking 3D royal basher will have you claiming back the throne in no time
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Dodgy spelling aside, fanatix is the ultimate app for sports... well, fanatics. With live scores for a host of sports including cricket and football, fanatix also has integrated Twitter feeds and friend recommendations, allowing you to find friends and fans watching the same games. With stats and group messengers too, it's all you need to immerse yourself in the beautiful game of your choice.
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Hitting 1 million downloads in its first week, Manga-Camera has proven that people want to be transformed into odd, epilepsy-inducing black and white renditions of themselves. No, we don't know what those symbols mean either.
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What can be said about FIFA 13? It's FIFA 13. On your iPhone. In other words, it's a no-brainer purchase for footy fans looking for that special on-the-go dribbling, shooting and tackling fix, with a new skill move feature which lets you perform snazzy tricks while on the ball to impress your fellow commuters. Take that, Ronaldo.
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Cabforce is a useful little app which guarantees easy and safe transportation across Europe, offering travellers the ability to book taxis with a generous 2 hour cancellation policy. With taxis, minivans and executive cars all supported, you'll never have to walk again.
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September 14, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cathy Gwin (NTI)Wednesday, September 13, 2006 202-454-7706 firstname.lastname@example.com/11 Families, NTI Launch Campaign to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism;Want to Turn 9/11 Commission's 'D' into an 'A'
Concerned that not enough is being done to keep nuclear weapons and materials out of the hands of terrorists, "Families of September 11 (FOS11)" and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) have distributed three new television public service announcements to every broadcast and cable television station in the United States urging citizens to join in supporting efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism. The announcements are part of a national public education campaign to raise awareness of the threat of nuclear terrorism and practical steps that can be taken to prevent it. The campaign urges citizens to take immediate action by calling for a dramatic acceleration of global efforts to lock down nuclear weapons and materials and by joining the Safer World Action Network, a community of citizens that has come together to help reduce these dangers. Members of "Families of September 11" will be on Capitol Hill today and tomorrow visiting with key members of Congress to discuss the campaign and distribute related materials, including the "Securing the Bomb" report, an annual report by Harvard experts analyzing the security of nuclear materials and weapons around the world and recommending steps to reduce the threat. The non-partisan project has a number of high profile supporters, including NTI Co-Chairmen Ted Turner and former Senator Sam Nunn; Board members of "Families of September 11"; and 9/11 Commission Chair and Co-Chair Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton. "Increasingly, we are being warned that an act of nuclear terrorism is inevitable. I am not willing to concede that point," said Senator Nunn. "But I do believe that unless we greatly elevate our effort and the speed of our response, we could face disaster. We are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and at this moment, the winner is unclear. The world's political leaders will respond vigorously if we have a nuclear catastrophe. Thus far, they are not responding urgently to the threat. Citizen knowledge and involvement are essential to move these issues to the front burner. Americans always pull together in a crisis. Now we need to pull together to prevent one." NTI and FOS11 Join Forces. The campaign was initiated when Board members of "Families of September 11" -- Carie Lemack, Elinor Stout and Nancy Aronson -- came to NTI as the work of the 9/11 Commission and the 9/11 Public Discourse Project was winding down. They thought that the Commission's recommendations about preventing a terrorist attack with weapons of mass destruction were among the most important, and they didn't want the focus to end with the Commission. They said they wanted to work with NTI to raise public awareness about the urgency of the threat and the need to dramatically accelerate work to secure nuclear weapons and materials around the world. "I believe the best way to honor my mother is to make sure what happened to her never happens again," said Carie Lemack, co-founder of "Families of September 11", whose mother Judy Larocque was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001. "Nuclear terrorism is the most potentially devastating threat facing the world. Osama bin Laden has said that acquiring nuclear weapons is a 'religious duty.' An al Qaeda member has said they 'have the right to kill 4 million Americans, two million of them children.' We decided to do our part to make sure no terrorist gets a nuclear bomb." Campaign Activities. In its initial report, the 9/11 Commission recommended an all-out effort to secure weapons of mass destruction, but in its final report card issued last year, the Commission gave the government a "D" for its progress so far. The joint public education campaign is named and focused on Turning the "D" into an "A". Components of the campaign include:
"Nuclear terrorism is the gravest threat facing our nation," said 9/11 Vice Chair Hamilton. "But we had to give the government a 'D' for their efforts to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons." 9/11 Chair Kean added, "We want to turn that 'D' into an 'A'. Together we can." The project is also supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Toledo Community Foundation and donations from concerned citizens, including Dick and Fran Anderson of Ohio. About NTI and Families of September 11NTI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to reducing the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. NTI is governed by an international Board and is co-chaired by philanthropist Ted Turner and former Senator Sam Nunn. "Families of September 11" is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the effects of terrorism and public trauma and championing domestic and international policies that prevent, protect against and respond to terrorist attacks. The organization has more than 2,200 members from 48 states and 20 countries. Members include 9/11 victims' family members, survivors of the attacks and concerned citizens. ###


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(And a Surprising Source of Their Negative Impressions)
A coalition of more than 55 engineering organizations, formed in Spring 2004, set out to discover why so few academically prepared high school girls were entering engineering programs, and what could be done to increase their numbers. One of the coalition members, WGBH, conducted qualitative consumer research and produced the report, Extraordinary Women Engineers.
Two findings from the report stood out:
1. Girls (as well as their parents, teachers, and counselors) believe:
2. It is the engineering community that is contributing to their limited understanding of the profession.
Rather than conveying what it's like to be an engineer, and sharing what we love about the field with young people, we tend to discuss the process of becoming an engineer, concentrating on the necessary qualifications and emphasizing all of the potential hurdles along the way. What's emphasized to girls (and boys) is how challenging the process is, not the reasons one would want to become an engineer in the first place. In a well-meaning effort to arm potential engineers with a healthy dose of realism, we often forget to also convey what is attractive and meaningful about the profession.
For Further Reference
See the report, Extraordinary Women Engineers, or watch researcher Kito Robinson presenting the findings in a video.
Find out what girls want from their careers >
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One Utah home was flooded and a retention basin was filled to the brim as Tuesday night's thunderstorms sent mud spilling into Alpine.
A flash flood hit Grove Drive about 7:45 p.m., flooding one house before crews were able to divert the flow around two other houses and down the middle of the street, said Lone Peak Fire Chief Brad Freeman.
Meanwhile a new debris basin over the Box Elder subdivision was filled to capacity, sparing that neighborhood from the .83-inch of rain that fell in just an hour, the National Weather Service reported.
The basin was constructed near the burn scar from last year's Quail Hollow fire.
"We'll be up tonight watching it," Freeman said. More rain was forecast Wednesday.
Meanwhile, a mudslide closed a 10-mile section of State Road 31 in Emery County on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Utah Department of Transportation and the National Weather Service.
UDOT Spokesman Kevin Kitchen said flash flooding in the canyon just east of Fairview caused the closure. Crews were at the scene Tuesday evening working to clear the road, but UDOT estimated the closure could last all night.
Kitchen noted that the flooding occurred in a portion of the canyon that had been scarred by wildfires last year.
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued a flash flood warning for areas near the Escalante River drainage in southwest Utah, including parts of Garfield, Kane and San Juan counties.


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air date: Oct 11, 2012
Joe Nick Patoski is a veteran magazine writer, radio personality and biographer. His latest book is The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America.
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In 1997 Lawsuit, Davis Claimed 'Damages to Mental Health'
In a 1997 slander lawsuit, Wendy Davis, the likely Democratic nominee for Governor, claimed that what she considered false reporting by the Ft. Worth Star Telegram had resulted, in the words of the lawsuit: "Davis has suffered and is continuing to suffer damages to her mental health," 1200 WOAI news reports.
Davis, who was then a 33 year old Ft. Worth attorney who had lost her first political bid, to be elected to the Ft. Worth City Council, sued the Star-Telegram, which is the major daily newspaper in Ft. Worth, claiming that its coverage of the election, in which the newspaper endorsed her opponent, was 'extreme and outrageous in character.' In her lawsuit, Davis claimed that the editors of the newspaper 'knew the articles and editorials would, in reasonable probability, result in harm to the reputation of Wendy Davis.'
"The statements made about Davis and her candidacy were not true, reasonable, and fair comments of criticism of her and her candidacy," the lawsuit states. "The comments were actuated by actual malice and knowledge of the falsity of some of the statements made, and with reckless disregard whether some of the statements were false or not."
In her request for 'significant damages' against the newspaper, Davis' attorneys wrote, "as a result of the actions described above, Davis has suffered and is continuing to suffer damages to her mental health, her physical health, her right to pursue public offices in the past and in the future, and to her legal career."
Davis campaign spokesman Bo Delp shot back, saying the lawsuit is part of a 'strategy to create a false caracature of Wendy Davis.'
"First they called her retarded, then they called her stupid," Delp said. "now this. This 20 year old lawsuit used standard lawyer language."
"I think this lawsuit is a window into Wendy Davis' soul' said one Republican strategist who asked not to be identified.
Democrats dismiss the mental health claim, saying claims like that are 'boilerplate' in lawsuits and should not be taken literally.
Mark Jones, a respected political analyst at Rice University, says this is the exact sort of thing that can sit unmentioned when somebody is running for local office, but when she is running for the high profile office of governor, can cause serious problems.
"It definately paints her in a negative light," he said. "This is somebody who is so self-absorbed, at least in that moment, that she thought she could sue a newspaper for simply doing a job that we all expect a newspaper to do, which is accurately covering a political race."
Jones says the claim of 'damages to her mental health' in the lawsuit will be damaging to Davis, and whether it was true or rather it was simply 'boilerplate' claims doesn't really matter.
"If she truly did suffer a serious mental health effect from a city council campaign and the impact of one newspaper, than what does that say for her running for the office of governor," Jones said. "And if she threw that in there knowing full well it was false, and put it in there just to bolster her case, and she knew full well that she didn't suffer any mental health effects, that portrays her as somebody who will do almost anything just to win a case."
Jones expects the lawsuit, and Davis' claims in it, to become a significant issue in the upcoming race for governor.
Davis' lawsuit was dismissed by the local, appellate, and eventually by the State Supreme Court.


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PRINCETON, N.J. - It was a weekend filled with marked improvement for the University of Pennsylvania men's track and field team at Princeton's Larry Ellis Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
In a thrilling 4x100-meter relay to start the day on Saturday, the Quakers edged Ivy rival Princeton in a photo finish. Chad Payne was ruled to hit the tape first and the Quakers officially won by one-hundreth of a second at 42.00. Payne was set up by Seck Barry, Mason Smith and Kyle Webster.
Smith also recorded a personal best in the 100 meters. For the second time in his career he broke the 11-second barrier. Smith shaved an impressive six-tenths of a second of his previous career best to finish third in his heat and sixth overall at 10.91.
On Friday night, freshman Sam Mattis was victorious in the discus. He had three tosses that were good enough to win the meet. His top throw landed at 54.02 meters (177 feet, 3 inches). It was two feet better than the runner-up and more than 10 feet further than the rest of the competition.
Senior Tim Carey posted a season-best effort in the 400-meter hurdles. He was third overall in a field of 29 with a finish of 52.69. Carey ranks fifth all-time at Penn with a career-best mark of 51.35 in the event.
Freshman Brendan Smith just missed sliding into the school record book. He ran a collegiate-best 9:07.00 in the steeplechase. That was six seconds faster than his previous best in a Red and Blue uniform and just a half second shy of reaching Penn's all-time top 10. He finished eighth overall.
It was a busy weekend for freshman Thomas Pitt, who also competed in several throwing events at Widener on Friday. He was third in the high jump at Princeton when he matched a collegiate-best at 2.04 meters (6-08.25 ft.).
In the triple jump, sophomore Jordan Jett eclipsed 46 feet for the first time in his career. He landed at 14.04 meters (146-00.75 ft.) on his third attempt of the day. That placed him third overall at the meet.
Continuing the theme, junior Jake Brenza also posted a season best on the day. And he did so three times. Each of his tosses landed near or above the 16-meter mark - his best measured 16.23 meters (53-03 ft.) to place him fourth overall.
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Discussion in 'iOS and tvOS' started by prime31, Sep 19, 2010.
@sam, just drag the image into your Xcode project and it will be included in your app bundle.
Oh, thanks! But then when I do a "replace" build in Unity it will stomp that, won't it?
@sam, yup. You could use StreamingAssets as well. Check the Unity docs for the details.
Ahh thanks very much for your help. I'll use StreamingAssets.
@sam - Glad to hear you've got it working- could you post the version of your facebook app please?
Does anyone know how to logout completely on iPad?
When I login and go back to the beginning (logout is called) and want to login again with an other account, I'm still logged in with the first account.
If I don't use logout(), my iPad doesn't open safari webbrowser the next time I want to login.
It's like you say to the app you are logged out, but not to the browser.
I used login with extended permission to get the users email address.
I hope someone can help me with this.
Thanks in advance.
@Deoxyz, I believe I responded to your email already. The Facebook logout method has no control over Mobile Safari. It sounds like what you need to do is turn off cookies and remembering passwords in Mobile Safaris settings.
@Prime - My previous issue with logging in via the Facebook App is now solved, all working perfectly!
I don't know if this is a result of your bug report or some other fb activity- but either way, thank you for the quick response
Hi, Prime.
I have a problem. When I login with permits (email) and do a custom request, as a result I get mail in a format firstname.lastname@example.com, but I need direct email for registration in my app. Any suggestion?
@nick, you will have to check with Facebook for that. I have no idea if it is possible to not get a proxy email.
I found what the problem and trying to solve it. Thanks for the answer!
The server returns email in "firstname.lastname@example.com" format. And I need to decode this string. System.Web.HttpUtility is unavailable and I don't know, how I can decode this string.
Hi Prime,
Am I doing something wrong here? All logged in to Twitter. I'm trying to get a list of followers for the logged in user.
Dictionary<string, string> dic = new Dictionary<string, string>();
TwitterBinding.performRequest("GET", "/statuses/followers.json", dic);
I get the message saying it's successful however if I check the size of the Dictionary it's 0. There are definitely followers on the logged in account.
Thanks in advance
@griffeth, check out the demo scene and how it handles requests. Anything that requires a round trip to the server doesn't return anything because it takes time to get the data. Events are used to signal when the data is ready.
Anyone figured out the proper settings to use for Facebook? we are having issues with the plugin as well.
UPDATE: Never mind, I did more test using the new auth login, it looks pretty cool (icon support and all). Now everything seems to work.
Cheers - nailed it
I looked around but couldn't find this out - so if I log in with my account into my twitter app and do a custom request it's fine. However if one of my friends tries to log in (After I log out or after restarting the app) I get the error
request: /1/statuses/followers.json?
error: This method requires authentication.
If anyone has seen this before please let me know. It's weird that it's fine if I try and not if the others do (using the oauth method)
Never mind, it seems like it just takes a while to start working for some reason
With the twitter plugin, Ok I feel like there's an issue or I'm not understanding something. When I start the app and log in, I get the successful login callback and everything work fine. If I then log out and log in with someone else's account (with oauth both times) when I request anything I get "could not authorize" until I close and open the App again which proceeds to fix it.
Any ideas.
@Griffith, iOS devices are inherently single user devices so little things like this pop up when trying to go multiuser. What is most likely happening is that the webview is caching some cookies that aren't purged until app shutdown.
Ok I'll see what I can do
I'm not following. How can I make an app request with the graph api? Also, I *believe* with the just released facebook iOS stuff there should now be facebook supplied views you can use.
@ThanNewell, which part are you not following? The Graph API covers getting the raw data. If you want to use a Facebook provided view there is a showDialog method available that lets you pass in the custom dialog type and params.
@Prime31 Hrmm... I feel like there is a fundamental disconnect here, most likely on my part. In Javascript, I can call:
method: 'apprequests',
message: 'My app request message',
title: 'My app request title',
to: some_user_id,
function(response) {});
This will send an app request to some_user_id. I just need something similar on the iOS. It sounds like you are suggestion I don't use the plugin at all and open a browser? Is this sort of thing not something exposed in the facebook C# sdk?
@Newell, the Facebook JS API and the native Facebook Connect are two fundamentally different SDKs. I am not familiar with the JS SDK and there is nothing in the native SDK specifically called "apprequest". The native SDK revolves mostly around the Graph API. You will want to focus your search in the native SDK docs and the Graph API to see if Facebook exposes what you need to native code.
It looks like app requests can sorta be done with a graph API call.
The code I have that seems to do the trick:
Hashtable graphParams = new Hashtable();
graphParams.Add( "Message", "Come play my app!" );
graphParams.Add( "title", "Invite your friends!" );
graphParams.Add( "to", sendToFBUserID );
FacebookBinding.graphRequest( "/me/apprequests", "POST", graphParams );
Edit 1: Unfortunately, the response I get back is, "Unsupported method, apprequests". Since I can't get back the ID, I can't delete it from the server... so this isn't a real option.
Edit 2: Passing in the access token gave me back a valid request ID. Huzzah!
Apologies if this has already been answered, but are there any plans in the pipeline for a twitter/facebook plugin using iOS5's new social networking integration?
@unitybro, iOS 5 has no Facebook integration and we already have a Social Networking Plugin that has both integrated. At some point, once iOS 5 adoption is enough we will add support for the tweet sheet as well.
Hello! I'm trying to upload an image to Twitter with a message although I'm getting this error in Xcode;
image file does not exist at path: http://www.robotroadies.com/1.jpg
Would it be better to save the file in the app itself as I already have it saved but I wasn't sure on what the string's format should be to reference it. Some thing like "Assets/images/image1"?
Here is the code I'm using;
Code (csharp):
twitterMessage = GUI.TextArea (Rect (Screen.width*0.227, Screen.height*0.241, width, buttonHeight*3-10), twitterMessage, Screen.height*0.21875);
if( GUI.Button( new Rect(/*218+(width*0.1666)*/Screen.width*0.2083, Screen.height*0.4719, width*0.6, buttonHeight), "Post Status Update") )
TwitterBinding.postStatusUpdate( twitterMessage , "http://www.robotroadies.com/1.jpg");
@jason, the image has to be stored on the device. A local path to the image is required. Check out the demo scene for an example.
Hey everyone,
I have problem with the facebook part of the plugin. It worked a few days ago but recently, when I log into the app and try to get an access token through FacebookBinding.login, i get an error "Cannot open page, Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid". Does anyone know how to solve this?
I'm not sure if this is related to the login problem found two pages ago.
@John, double check your plist setup and be sure to delete the app from your device between tests.
I am having som problems with the social plugin for iOS. I wrote a question for it here:
It seems i cant login when using the facebook app on the device, but if i remove the app it works fine. Any pointers?
@Niklas, it sounds like you may have rejected the login at some point while testing. You may have luck going to the Facebook website in your user account and digging through their permissions. Find your app in there and just remove anything you find to get a fresh start.
All of a sudden today, my request to friends/ids now returns a hash table instead of array list and the data I get back seems to be incorrect.
previous_cursor_str: 0
next_cursor: 0
previous_cursor: 0
next_cursor_str: 0
I get no ids and just these lines :/ quite strange considering yesterday it was fine. Anyone else experience this? (thinking it's more of a twitter api issue than the plugin though )
@Griffith, there was a change that went live on Twitters servers yesterday. Check their dev portal or Google Group for the details. If I recall it has something to do with passing the cursor to the method.
We intend on uploading the binary to our game shortly, however I was doing some last minute checking on what might get the app rejected and found this blog post: http://gtproductions.net/blog/ways-to-get-rejected-by-apple-app-store-tips/ (although it is from 2009 so Apple's requirements may be different now?)
It mentions that an app can be rejected for not notifying a user that there info will be sent over a network and I was wondering whether this has affected anyone when they try and log in or post messages with the functions available in this plugin. And whether it's made anyone's apps get rejected.
Here's the text from the site I'm on about;
14.) Handling user data
If you collect user information and the data is sent over a network, you need to explain to the user what will happen to their data and give them an option to opt out. For example, leaderboards require certain notification to the user that even their bogus name used on the high score boards will be sent over the internet and seen by others.
Prime do you know anything about this?
@jasonh, I have never seen an app rejected for this nor have I seen any app notify me that it was going to send data out. I wouldn't worry much about it.
Hi, sorry for newbie question. Just bought your social networking plugins yesterday. So the problem is like this :
1. I build the apps from unity3D ver 3.4.1f5
2. A dialogbox came up "SocialNetworking Unity support successfully integrated!
3. I run xcode ver 4.0.2 and plug my iphone and run the apps from xcode
4. when the xcode build the apps ... I got an error message :
What should I do ? Where am I doing wrong ? thx
@petero, assuming you are building against iOS 5 I would suggest closing Xcode completely and doing a Build followed by Replace from Unity. It looks like you may have just gotten a bad build.
@prime31, am I need to upgrade to iOS5? I have close the xcode and delete all file inside and build from the beginning. And the error message still the same. I am using Unity3D indie for iOS version, and below this is my xcode and unity3d version.
unity3D ver 3.4.1f5
xcode ver 4.0.2
Please help .... thx
@petero, you are using an old version of the iOS SDK. You must build against iOS 5.
I just tried to import the Social Network package into my project and there's a problem with there being 2 MiniJSON files. Deleting the one in the social network plugin causes the compiler to complain that MiniJSON does not contain a definition for 'jsonDecode', deleting the one in the UIToolkit plugin causes the compiler to complain that there's no definition for 'JsonDecode'. The difference being lower case j and upper case J.
Presumably the latest version of UIToolkit has been updated to conform to your lower case methods. Unfortunately it's far too late for me to just update UIToolkit for this project, i've made numerous changes and i dread to think of all the things that would break if i do an update now.
All my attempts of converting either plugin produce more errors that I just dont' understand.
What do you suggest I do?
@Matkins, you have an old version of UIToolkit for sure. The easiest path to fix things is to delete the UIToolkit MiniJson.cs file and leave the Social Networking one. There will just be a copule minor compilation errors left and they are easily fixed by changing the capital 'J' to lowercase 'j' (MiniJson.jsonEncode/Decode).
Ok, it wasn't as painful as I feared. All sorted, Cheers.
I've been using the SocialNetworking plugin for a while, but as I was out of date with three of the plugins (last updated August) I thought I'd be "tidy" and start over with the plugins, and import them from scratch.
I'm now getting the following exception in XCode as soon as the plugin is referenced in code...
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2011-11-08 18:50:43.608 testapp[9795:707] -[Facebook initWithAppId:andDelegate:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7a5c330
2011-11-08 18:50:43.630 testapp[9795:707] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[Facebook initWithAppId:andDelegate:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7a5c330'
I have of course re-attached the SocialNetworkingManager prefab to the scene, added the Facebook app ID into the Info.plist Additions, chmod +x'd the PostprocessBuildPlayer scripts (as recommended by the Plugin Troubleshooter) and output to a fresh (replaced) XCode build folder, but no luck as yet.
I'm sure I've just forgotten something silly - any ideas?
@DarkJedi, it looks like you still have some old files hanging around in there. Be sure to do a Build followed by Replace to get a fresh Xcode project. It is often a good idea to do a Product -> Clean when large changes are present as well to clear out the object cache in Xcode.
Starting over a second time with the plugins, hosing the build directory (not just replace), running an XCode clean and shouting at the screen seems to have resolved it, and I'm up and running again
For others with similar symptoms, I think shouting at the screen is what fixed it.
Hey Prime, back to the issue I was having about people logging out etc. It seems that even if it's the first login for anyone, the App has to be restarted before it can do anything that requires authorisation.
For example if someone buys the app and logs in they will have to restart the App before my requests work.
Any ideas if this is something I'm doing wrong? I've seen other games that don't require a restart. There's no log out call made it's just the first time login.
(Oh btw it's a twitter login not facebook)
@Griffith, are you seeing that behavior with the demo scene? I can't reproduce it on my end.


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...what did you make of Atilla The Hun in your fight? Was he strong, solid striker decent grappler etc.
...what did you make of Atilla The Hun in your fight? Was he strong, solid striker decent grappler etc.
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Well Atilla seemed to outweigh me but I did weigh in light. Still on hindsight I might have been better off being present at his weigh in, but no the weight difference (if any) would have meant nothing.
While warming up, a little birdie told me that they happened to see him warming up and that he had pretty solid ground skills (I thought so since he is Hungarian and they are big wrestlers I think) but his stand up was poor. But still you go into the fight with a gameplan and you have to stick to it. I didn't. I wanted to strike with him, but I gassed. Simple as that.
Yeah man he was strong as fuck, but I don't know whether that was a combination of me feeling like shit or his strength itself. After the fight he said I was very strong, so I am assuming he was extra-strong as I feel he outmuscled and outworked me.
If I fought him at full fitness I believe I would win in a rematch, though I have no intention of a rematch. I only believe in rematches if it is a dodgy decision (as with my amateur fight with Iain Brownley which I have a rematch for) or something like that. Basically I was beaten fair and square...no arguments.
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Thanks mate, I remember hearing he was a Karate guy and was more stand up but you saying someone told you he has solid ground skills has helped me a lot.
I can't remember the fight much but wandered if his strikes were powerful or do you think without the cut and gassing he would have found it hard to get a KO?
Yeah. Actually Leigh Remedios (who cornered me) told me a few minutes before the fight that he saw Atilla warming up. He said he had a strange stance and that he looked to have not great standup. He did say he looked fairly accomplished on the ground. It was a suprise to a point as it kind of threw me, but it have me more confidence with my own standup. It's just a shame I didn't get to use it very much. The gameplan was to strike with him, but I wanted to test my clinch...I felt comfortable if not tired, but in the end it was because of the clinch that I lost.
Mate, his strikes were nothing. He mounted me and didn't hurt me. He got side control and fired elbows down but couldn't hurt me. He hit me with loads of knees standing BECAUSE I LET HIM! I know it sounds stupid, but because they didn't hurt, I let him do it so I could regroup and compose myself. It was a gamble that didn't pay off. He hit me with 1 good knee to the nose which hurt a bit, but the rest of the time, I could feel shots, but didn't feel pain. It's like getting anaesthetic and not feeling pain, but you can tell the doc is ripping you open you know what I mean?
And as for your final point, NO WAY would he have KOed me. It would have been the luickiest shot ever if he did...I just wouldn't have got knocked out by him. I have been KOed once at training when I broke my nose ages ago, but apart from that, there's no way he could have tagged me. He didn't like being hit, and couldn't hit hard himself, so I wasn't worried. I just never really thought about getting cut


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My pasta maker was out of commission for several years because the handle was misplaced in one of our moves. I finally ordered the handle in the States and a friend's parents were kind enough to bring it with them when they flew to Israel. What better way to try out the handle than whipping up a batch of pasta dough. The pasta dough recipe comes from a wonderful Italian cookbook called Two Greedy Italians: Carluccio and Contaldo's Return to Italy by Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo, which Mr BT brought back from London as a "just because" surprise. This is Gennaro Contaldo's recipe with the exception of the turmeric and the lemon zest.
I changed Yotam's recipe a little by serving the pasta with a drizzle of homemade basil oil. It was a nice addition and didn't overpower the lemon in the ravioli.
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300g (3 cups) Italian '00' flour
100g (1 cup) semolina
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Grated zest of 3 lemons
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300g (11 oz) soft goat's cheese
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Pinch of chilli flakes
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1 egg white, beaten
2 teaspoons pink peppercorns, finely crushed
1 teaspoon chopped tarragon
Grated zest of 1 lemon
Rapeseed, olive oil or basil oil (see recipe below)
Lemon juice (optional)
Mix the flour, semolina, tumeric and lemon zest together on a clean work surface or in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add the eggs. With a fork, gradually mix the flour into the eggs until combined and then knead with your hands until the dough is smooth and pliable, but not sticky. Shape into a ball, wrap in clingfilm and let it rest for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 days.
Divide the dough into four pieces. Flatten the dough and dust each side with flour before placing it in your pasta machine. Set your machine to the widest setting and roll the pasta dough through. Turn up the setting on the machine by one and repeat the process until you get to number 10 (or follow your manufacturer's instructions) and your dough is almost wafer-thin. When the pasta sheet is rolled out, keep it under a moist towel so it does not dry out.
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When ready to cook, bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Cook the pasta for 2-3 minutes, or until al dente. Sprinkle with pink peppercorns, tarragon, and lemon zest. Drizzle with rapeseed, olive oil or basil oil, sprinkle with salt and a squirt of lemon juice.
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Germany would like to thank the Commission of Inquiry for their difficult and important work and Mr. Pinheiro for today's briefing. Like our EU partners and many other States, we are deeply concerned about the latest findings of the Commission, about the ongoing widespread and gross violations and severe abuses of human rights in Syria: Systematic attacks against the civilian population, including murder, torture and rape become ever more evident. The use of indiscriminate shelling, aerial bombardment and ballistic missiles by Government forces are targeting civilians, schools and hospitals. Like a medieval conqueror, the regime lays siege to entire cities, denying access to medical relief in flagrant violation not only of human rights, but of basic humanity. This is the working of a Government that wants to become a member of the Human Rights Council.
We are also concerned by human rights abuses of non-state actors on both sides of the conflict, including recent violent acts committed by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party against peaceful demonstrations in the city of Amuda.
There must be no impunity for any such violations. When a State is unwilling or unable to address these violations, the situation should be referred to the ICC, as requested in a letter by 58 Member States to the Security Council of January 2013.
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We are also alarmed by the findings of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict during her visits to Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon: children continue to be recruited and abused as combatants and in auxiliary roles, to be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention, ill-treatment and torture on the suspicion of sympathizing with a party, to be denied their right to education, and remain particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. Of the 6.8 million people who have fled their homes since the beginning of the conflict, more than half are children. Syria is losing a generation of children and the longer this conflict drags on the worse the short and long-term consequences will become for children.
As the U.N. and other partners, Germany is contributing its share in alleviating the humanitarian plight in Syria and its neighboring countries. Germany is in the process of providing shelter to 5000 Syrians seeking refuge from the conflict. We urge all States to heed the appeal of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres to grant Syrian refugees swift and fair access to asylum procedures.
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The urgent need to find a political solution to the conflict is evident to all. In this light, we consider the reports on arbitrary arrest and detention of members of the opposition deeply worrisome, and urge all parties, especially the regime, to cease all activities that undermine a constructive and inclusive political solution to the conflict.
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New guy from Massachusetts
hello All,
this forum is filled with lots of useful information and i'm grateful to all who contribute to it.
a lil bit about myself. i love the outdoors, between fishing and backpacking i can't seem to get enough of either and the combination of the two is my ultimate pleasure. i love cooking backcountry trout over a fire.
i figured hunting is a natural progression and something i've wanted to get into for a while but i've always said, i wanna do it with a bow only.
i went to cabelas and got fitted with a new 2013 PSE Brute X (i haven't bought it yet). having only ever shot a bow and arrow in boy scouts (i was ok then) i paid very close attention to a gentleman there who was very helpful. unfortunately his name escapes me but when i got up to the line and he measure my draw length and gave me a few quick pointers i was able to graze arrows next to each other on target at about 10 yards away, i know its close but still... guy said i had good form, all i was doing was paying attention.
i want to try out other bows even though i liked the brute a lot. i was wondering also if there were any local clubs that i could go to and finally, i can't seem to locate any good archery shops near me except one in chicopee, MA.
any other suggestions for a guy like me just starting out? i wanna hunt deer and hopefully turkey at some point even if i have to wait a year or so to refine the craft some more.
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I've just recently started shooting a bow. I found cabelas a good place to see a variety of bows. I have also learned pro shops from the different manufactures are a trove of information. What I would do is get on the bowtech, mathews, pse, and Hoyt websites and use the find a dealer option. Shoot them all and figure out what fits u best. Definitely have a budget in mind before u go. The add equipment release, arrows, case, can run anywhere from 150-xxxx depending on what u want to spend. And the bows can range from 350 with a package all the way to 13-1500 for a Hoyt carbon express bow alone as an example. If I left out any other brands its cause I'm not familiar with them. I'm sure people will help with that. Also look at the equipment your getting with the bow. The site and rest make dramatic differences. While skill is the majority of archery if you have a sight and its pins are bigger than the target get you are shooting ultimately your setting yourself up for a harder time. This is a problem I ran into. A few extra dollars spent is well worth it in my opinion. Most important is find a club on here. Use the search. Experience always seems to outweigh reading on a manufactures site, especially if you are new and don't know what right feels like yourself yet. I e read most of the sites now and honestly can't tell the difference of why certain bows feel certain ways. The experienced can walk you through why certain bows act differently. Another thing I've been told is that the speed of the bow is normally a lie. They use arrows so lightweight to test the bows you'd never hunt with them. Talk to the folks that repair bows and figure out the better equipment. When I was looking for a new rest I was set on the qad drop away. When the guy at the pro shop showed me the repair records for them I decided on a ripcord code red saving myself future aggravation. Ok now that I've written a book ill stop. Most importantly have fun and be happy with what u get. Welcome to the community and archery. Ohh and your gonna be hooked, I almost guarantee it
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I can't help you with shops out that way because I barely get out of my own town lately. I know of a shop in Belchertown and a club that hosted a Rhinehart shoot in Palmer Ma, that's about it. The shop was on the main drag from the center of Belchertown and heading north. Don't recall the name, but they had plenty of bows, guns, and fishing stuff. Found it when I did a Quabbin resiviour hunt.The club was nenamessic or something like that. It looked like an active club with a field range also.
I agree with everyone else as far as shoot every bow you can before you buy. You want to be comfortable and confident with your purchase.FBSA Member


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According to the arrest report, on Feb. 11, employees at a local Kroger supermarket and off-duty police officers saw Kenneth R. Forrest, 45, using keys to open vending machines in front of the store and remove money.
Officers had earlier received a tip that a suspect had been "using false uniforms and vending machine keys" to steal money from vending machines at other Kroger stores.
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