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Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:13 pm
Post subject: Why not have an event about going paperless?
I have notice on the forums on GC.com. That several caching association in the U.S. have had classes or events on the use on lap tops PDAs and the software like, GSAK and CacheMate and other titles like that, All these events includes basic stuff like pocket quarries the use filters tips and secrets of some of the software that it being used today in caching, Has anyone ever thought about having such an event in Minnesota? With all the hype about going paperless out there this might be a great time for this.
I have had GSAK for over four months and I am still learning stuff about it ever day.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:53 pm
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I just upgrading my membership to the Preimum membership, and got the eval copy of GSAK...so far I haven't been impressed...this is due to my not understanding how to use the features of it correctly, not the program it's self (I'm sure), so I'd be interested in attending an event like this if someone throws one.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:02 pm
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Moving to Events
Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:34 pm
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This was another topic I had thought about posting on the forum website. Yea, I have thought about traveling to Wisconsin to attend one the events they have. Yes, It is needed in Minnesota. Yes, GSAK and Cachemate are very frustrating to me to learn. When and Where? Need a place with internet access. How about someone who is really techno savy to have such an event in a park with hot spots. I wouldn't mind my place, have great internet access. But know nothing about how useable it would be for unknown amount of people. That is the first issue. The muggles would be another. Lets brainstorm additional places, dates, times.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:39 pm
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One of the outdoors store in the cities (I believe Midwest Mountaineering - someone correct me if I'm wrong) supports MnGCA already. Getting meeting space there may be fairly easy to do.
I'd be willing to do some of the leg work to get a presentation together - a PowerPoint presentation for example - but it's unlikely I would be able to attend a Twin Cities event in the near future.
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Marsha and Silent Bob
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:00 pm
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Yup MWM will give us meeting space. I don't believe that they have Internet access. From my research for Board meetings, finding a location that you can hold a meeting w/Internet access that is quiet and fits a good number of people is cost prohibitive.
Of course, if someone could donate the space and the connection, that would rock.
The MnGCA is going to continue to be busy w/the Spring Event and the upcoming Breakfast Buddies all over the place, so a "tech event" is not a likely happening for us. Feel free to host one yourselves and we'll be happy to post it on the main page -- all you have to do is ask.
Sad state of affairs.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:10 pm
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Marsha and Silent Bob wrote:
Feel free to host one yourselves and we'll be happy to post it on the main page -- all you have to do is ask.
I can attest to this, as I was given complete support from the MnGCA when I inquired about hosting the Poker Run. If someone is interested in doing this, by all means, go for it!
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:31 am
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Good morning. THis is accordiongal. I called Golden Corral in Rochester. THey have a meeting room for upto 60 people. THey use internet access from one of the local hotels. Manager states he has seen customers with laptops. Would have to check if it really worked.
Who would be available to be the teacher? Certainly not me becasue I have a very basic undestanding of GSAK and haven't gotten cachemate to downlowad to iPAQ.
I don't mind arranging the event either in Rochester or TC.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:44 am
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I don't use the paperless methods and so would not be able to teach this. Does the space have to have an internet connection for a class like this, or could the demonstrations be done from local files on the computer?
I am amazed by how many people harp on the need to speak and write English in this country while exhibiting a fundamental lack of skills in the areas of spelling and sentence composition. Would this be irony, hypocrisy, or both?
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:48 am
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sui generis wrote:
I don't use the paperless methods and so would not be able to teach this. Does the space have to have an internet connection for a class like this, or could the demonstrations be done from local files on the computer?
I would think that the necessary files could be distributed on a CD at the event. I'd attend if there was an event for this in the twin cities.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:56 am
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I am sure some of the examples could be done with a laptop with the proper cache software loaded. Myself I would not be able to teach this class due to I am trying to figure this stuff out for myself.
I would be willing to help or co-host at this event.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:09 am
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We would also possibly be interested in attending... depending on when it was held. We haven't gotten our PDA yet, but soon want to go paperless as well.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:13 pm
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I am going to the Farge event this weekend. One of the questions I am going to ask is who has the knowledge about GSAK and cachemate information, and who could be tapped on the shoulder to help educate the rest.
There are two people that I am thinking of, don't know of others who maybe willing to assist.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:47 pm
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Just talked with Randy at the new Gander Mountain that opened in Blaine. They have a flyer in today's paper indicating the Gander Lodge is a state of the art meeting facility, and FREE for use by clubs and organizations in the local area. Randy 763-783-7200 suggested giving them a call after the grand opening (after Monday next week) to discuss scheduling an event. He belives they are wired for internet connection, as well as audion and visual equipment. Our brief discussion sounded like we (MnGCA) would be able to schedule the room. The store is at 10650 Baltimore Street NE (off Hwy 65 {Central}) in Blaine.
This might work for a meeting place for what you are discussing?
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:51 pm
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jrest, are you willing then to take the lead and organize, determine date, etc? Sounds like the place MnGCA needs to learn about paperless caching.
Would there be enough interest to have a similiar event in Rochester. Found a few places that would work.
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Fox News and The Daily Caller have promoted the idea that unemployment rates are dropping in Alabama because of the state's new immigration law. In fact, the state's governor -- who supports the law -- and economists say there's no definitive evidence about the law's effects on unemployment.
AL Unemployment Drop Presented on Fox As "Evidence" Immigration Law Is Working
Fox's Trace Gallagher: Faster Unemployment Drop In AL Is "Evidence" That Immigration Law Is Having An Effect. From Fox News' America Live:
GALLAGHER: So the law passed in June, Megyn. We really kind of started tracking the unemployment numbers in Alabama in the fall, in September. And sure enough, the unemployment numbers were coming down, but then again, so were the unemployment numbers going down in the surrounding states, so there really wasn't enough evidence to pinpoint the Alabama law as being a contributing factor.
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Unemployment rates have fallen in Alabama amid new legal pressure on companies to comply with a popular immigration reform law.
September was the first full month that the reform was in force, and the unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent in September to 9.3 percent in October, according to a Nov. 18 report from the state government.
The new unemployment data is muddied, however, by routine changes in the unemployment situation. For example, state and federal jobless benefits expire and prompt residents to take jobs they otherwise would not have taken.
But "the fact the unemployment rate is down all over state is a positive sign to me that the immigration bill is doing what it was designed to do, and that is put Alabamians back to work," Matt Arnold, Marshall County's economic development chief, told local newspaper The Sand Mountain Reporter. [The Daily Caller, 11/21/11]
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Alabama's unemployment rate fell at a record pace in November amid stepped-up efforts by President Barack Obama's deputies to frustrate enforcement of the state's popular new immigration reform.
The state's unemployment rate fell 0.6 percent in November to 8.7 percent, according to new state reports, partly because the state's employers opened up jobs to Americans after shedding illegal immigrants.
The unemployment rate is far below October's rate of 9.3 percent and September's rate of 9.8 percent
The state's new immigration reform gets much of the credit from local boosters, although stepped-up Christmas hiring likely played some role. However, Alabama reduced its unemployment much more than the adjacent states of Mississippi and Georgia. [The Daily Caller, 12/18/11]
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Alabama's unemployment rate continues to drop amid state-wide enforcement of a new immigration law, despite Democratic efforts to block and stigmatize the popular reform.
December's unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent, down from 8.7 percent in November and 9.8 percent in September.
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State Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees said Alabama is getting close to the national average of 8.6 percent and is tied for 33rd among the states. Alabama used to be several spots lower.
Surtees attributes the improvement, in part, to Alabama's auto plants and suppliers hiring workers and returning to full production schedules. "The automotive industry is coming out of some tough times," he said Wednesday.
Some proponents of Alabama's tough immigration law are crediting the law with helping, particularly in counties with large Hispanic populations.
Athens brick mason Carlos Franklin told WAFF-TV that his business has picked up since the law took effect in late September. "We've been getting calls from different people that are scared of using illegals. And that's been putting us back to work," Franklin said.
Surtees and Gov. Robert Bentley said there is no data to prove the law has or has not had an effect.
"We just need to be excited about the drop in unemployment rates," Bentley said. [Associated Press, 12/22/11]
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Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama's legislative leadership, House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) and Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh (R-Anniston), today announced their joint commitment to make Alabama's new immigration law the most effective in the nation.
The essence of the law will not change, according to Governor Bentley. But the state leaders pledged that revisions to the law will be offered for consideration early in the next Legislative Session so that the law works, it can be enforced and it reflects the hospitable nature of Alabamians.
"We aren't going to repeal Alabama's illegal immigration law," said Governor Bentley. "Speaker Hubbard, President Pro Tempore Marsh and I are in total agreement on that point. As I said in my campaign for Governor, Alabama needs an effective illegal immigration law because the federal government has failed in its duties to enforce the law. The Legislature responded to that need by passing a tough immigration law and I signed it. In the time since portions of the law went into effect, I have had a number of productive conversations with legislative leadership about the new law. We recognize that changes are needed to ensure that Alabama has not only the nation's most effective law, but one that is fair and just, promotes economic growth, preserves jobs for those in Alabama legally, and can be enforced effectively and without prejudice. At the same time, we are in complete agreement that we will not compromise our ability to make sure that everyone who lives and works in our state does so legally. There is nothing unkind, unjust or unwarranted about asking everyone in Alabama to obey the law." [Alabama Governor's Office, 12/9/11]
Economists Discount Effect Of Immigration Law On Unemployment
U. of Alabama Economist Ijaz: October Rate Drop Was "Mostly Because Of Seasonal Hiring And Fewer Workers In The Labor Force." From The Birmingham News:
Figures from the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations show that the state created 9,700 jobs in October. Most of the gains were in the trade, transportation and utilities sector, the government sector, and the professional and business services sector.
Ahmad Ijaz, a University of Alabama economist, said he believes it is a stretch to credit the immigration law for Alabama's declining unemployment numbers. He said it is too soon to tell whether the law is actually creating jobs for state residents.
"The decline in unemployment is mostly because of seasonal hiring and fewer workers in the labor force," he said. [The Birmingham News, 11/18/11]
Auburn Economics Professor Deravi: Decline In Labor Force Drove December's Drop. From the Mobile Press-Register:
The figures, released Friday by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations, represent good news, said Keivan Deravi, an economics professor at Auburn University Montgomery. But optimism over the employment figures should be guarded, he said.
The unemployment rate can fall for two reasons -- either more people get jobs, or fewer people are actively looking for work. It was the latter reason that drove unemployment rates down throughout Alabama in December, he said.
Deravi said he does not think the falling labor force has anything to do with a new state law that went into effect last year, making it more difficult to employ illegal immigrants. The data is compiled by a telephone survey, he said, and "how many illegal immigrants do you think are in the database?"
A more likely explanation is that people who have been out of work for a long period of time are discouraged with the job market and have given up -- either by going back to school or retiring early. [Mobile Press-Register, 1/20/12]
Deravi: If Immigration Law Is Reducing Unemployment, "I Will Tear Up My PhD." From the Montgomery Advertiser:
"We've heard anecdotal evidence from all corners of the state about how more Alabama citizens are being hired in jobs formerly held by illegal immigrants, but the statewide and county-specific data released (Friday) is probably the best statistical proof we've seen to indicate this is happening," Rep. Mickey Hammon, who sponsored the immigration bill, said in a statement.
But Auburn Montgomery economist Keivan Deravi said there was no connection.
"It has nothing to do with the immigration law," Deravi said. "If it does, I will tear up my PhD."
He said there are two reasons the unemployment numbers were down: More jobs were created and some people stopped looking for work.
"A large number of people dropped out of the job market, they gave up," he said. [Montgomery Advertiser, 11/19/11, via Nexis]
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Well here is another ettercap filter problem. What im trying to do is manipulate a packet sent from my iphone and then to the server. Here is the wireshark capture of the packet.
As you can see from the filter i am trying to manipulate the total= value, ettercap see's it and i get the msg run on the screen, but its not actually changed. I think this has to do with the fact that there are no spaces in the whole string. If anyone who knows a little more about filters can enlighten me on what i did wrong it would be greatly appreciated.Code:## Here is what i want to edit with ettercap ## lat=*removed*&lng=*removed*&uid=3accd4d2c600498b83a1133d73ddce1ba0dcb45c&total=148&gid=44913&token=44913k94jf42jj2jar30sa1nx49vcj&cid=28500 ## Here is my etterfilter ## if (ip.proto == TCP && tcp.dst == 80) { if (search(DATA.data, "Accept-Encoding")) { replace("Accept-Encoding", "Accept-Rubbish!"); # note: replacement string is same length as original string msg("zapped Accept-Encoding!\n"); } } if (search(DATA.data, "total=")){ replace("total=", "total=9999999999"); msg("run\n"); } } ## Heres the wireshark capture details of the packet ## 77 11.542282 192.168.1.140 184.108.40.206 HTTP POST /scores/submitScore HTTP/1.1 (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)


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A free senior health fair and open house will be held on Friday, June 3rd at Garden Grove Apartments from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Everyone is invited to attend. Several local businesses will be participating in this event. For questions call 785-275-1285.
'Tis the Season of Juneteenth! The public is invited to celebrate this landmark of freedom with a wildflower walk on the tall grass prairie! The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 4th, 7:30 pm, at Bird Runner Wildlife Refuge, east side, 5 mile south of I-70, Exit 307. Visitors should follow the gravel drive across the bridge and up to the Guest House and park along the drive. Sturdy shoes & insect repellent are a must, as mosquitoes and ticks are bad this year! Admission is free but reservations are requested, via 785-539-5592 or email@example.com.
First Lutheran Church and Peace Lutheran Church are teaming up for VBS this year! VBS is for children entering Kindergarten through 6th grade. There will be a preschool program and nursery care for siblings and children of volunteers. This event will be held June 6th – June 10th from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Register now to be a part of this exciting week. Registration deadline is May 23rd. For more information call 785-539-7371.
The 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley extend invitations to any and all Vietnam veterans to attend a welcome-home ceremony on Wednesday, June 8th, during the division's annual Victory Week (June 6-10). Gather with our Soldiers, their families and our community as we recognize all of your efforts and sacrifices and as we begin the countdown to the Big Red One's 100th anniversary. This ceremony will be held at 2:30 pm on June 8th at Marshall Army Airfield. RSVP to email@example.com. For more information go to www.riley.army.mil/vietnamveteranswelcome/
Paxico Sacred Heart Parish Chicken Dinner will be held on Sunday, June 12th, serving buffet style from 12:00 to 3:30 pm. Mass will be at 10:30 am. Bingo/Games/Raffles and Silent Auction. Adults – $8.00. Ages 4 thru 12 – $3.50. Ages 3 and under – FREE. Location is Parish Hall, located 1 1/2 miles north of Paxico, KS.
The Manhattan Municipal Band will present its weekly concert Tuesday, June 14th at City Park's Larry Norvell Band Shell at 7:30 pm. The concert will include traditional marches "Colonel Bogey" and "King Cotton" as well as "Light Cavalry Overture". A concert highlight will be the combined performance of the Municipal Band and the 170+ students attending the KSU Summer Band Camp conducted by KSU Band Director Don Linn. The combined groups will perform "Courage March" and "Shorewood Overture". Also featured will be xylophone soloist Dan Haddad, KSU graduate student, performing "Xylophonia". KSU percussionists Alex Wimmer and Jack Donovan will join Haddad performing "Serenade for a Picket Fence". The weekly concerts are free and open to the public.
Respite care is temporary help provided that helps caregivers. Respite workers or volunteers assist a child or adult with special needs so that the caregiver can "take a break." This temporary relief to a family caregiver can be a welcome solution. The one-day REST course provides skills and tools to people who want to help caregivers. This interactive training is for people who want to provide respite. It is a highly detailed program that prepares people – family members, volunteers or job seekers – to care for people with health care needs and various diagnoses. The course includes topics for caring for older adults diagnosed with a form of dementia, adults recovering from a stroke or an accident and children with developmental disabilities. This training will be held on Thursday, June 16th from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Geary County Senior Center. Register today by calling SHICK Coordinator, Marsha Rogers at 800-432-2703 or email her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This Friday, June 17th, "The Grateful Dudes, Tony Ridder & Jeb Bolan, joined by musicians Sally Schafer & Joan Nelson." Supper at 6:00 pm, music at 7:00 pm and they will be at the American Legion in Olsburg due to the heat.
The 27th Annual Manhattan Juneteenth Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 18th at City Park. The theme of this year's one-day event is "Freedom – Community – Family". Reading of the City of Manhattan's proclamation and Community Unity Walk around the park will kick-off this year's event at 9:30 am. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 100 people participating in the walk. The day will conclude with a musical performance by The Charles Walker Band in the Norvell Band Shell starting at 6:30. For detailed information about the day's schedule of events and current sponsors, go to the Manhattan Juneteenth website at www.manhattanjuneteenth.org or Facebook at "Manhattan KS Juneteenth Celebration or send an email to email@example.com.
You are cordially invited to attend the Medal of Honor Remembrance Ceremony honoring Civil War Soldier: First Sergeant Conrad Schmidt Co. K, 2nd Calvary Regiment on Saturday, June 18th, 9:30 am at Ogden St. Patrick's Cemetery, 7280 Harris Road (corner of Harris and Mallon Roads) Ogden, KS. Sponsored by the Polly-Ogden Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Please bring a lawn chair if you wish to be seated. Inclement weather ceremony location: Ogden Community Center, 220 Willow Street, Ogden, KS. For more information contact: Marie McConnell at 785-564-0060. email@example.com or Lorie Hatcliff 785-317-0818, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Announcement of Canada's Organic Science Cluster (from left to right) NSAC Co-President, Dr. Bernie MacDonald; OACC Founding Director, Dr. Ralph Martin; Nova Scotia MP for Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, Scott Armstrong; Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Gerry Ritz; and President of the Organic Federation of Canada, Ted Zettel.
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Canadians can look forward to eating more home-grown organic foods in the coming years, with today's announcement of Government of Canada funding of $6.5 million, matched by $2.2 million in industry funding, to establish Canada's Organic Science Cluster. The funding, awarded through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Growing Forward Program, is meant to support growth in the organic sector by strengthening the science behind organic agriculture in Canada. Although the organic sector is currently experiencing notable growth, expanding at a rate of 15-20% per year, approximately 80% of organic food consumed in Canada is imported. The Organic Science Cluster aims to help Canadian organic farmers capture more of this $2 billion domestic market while also improving their ability to compete on a global scale.
The Organic Science Cluster is a collaborative effort led jointly by the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) at Nova Scotia Agricultural College and the Organic Federation of Canada. The Organic Science Cluster, which will run until March 2013, spans the country with activities in nine provinces, engaging all major agricultural universities in Canada and enlisting the collaboration of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists. Twenty industry partners, representing many aspects of the organic sector across the country, are expected to contribute $2.2 million in matching funds to support research activities. Those involved in the Organic Science Cluster include the longest standing and leading scientists in organic agriculture, who will be working alongside other scientists who are leaders in their respective disciplines.
With 30 research activities including over 80 lead and collaborating scientists, the Organic Science Cluster will develop the science that underpins the ability of Canada's organic industry to increase the quality and quantity of products produced, while also characterizing and promoting the aspects of organic production that are important to Canadian consumers. Scientists will set the groundwork for significant improvements in phosphorus use efficiency in organic crop production, lead organic into an era of low-till production without herbicides, provide a landmark breakthrough in energy efficient organic greenhouse production, develop effective systems for management of organic horticultural crops, characterize the contribution of organic production to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, establish benchmarks for animal health and welfare in dairying, and address barriers in high value fruit production.
As Canadians place renewed emphasis on the safety and sustainability of the food system, the Organic Science Cluster will serve to strengthen the capacity and market for domestic organic production while supporting ecologically sound farming practices. So, as you venture into your local supermarket, fruit stand or farmers markets over the coming years, keep a watchful eye for an increasing number of Canadian organic products on the shelves.
For information about Canada's Organic Science Cluster, please visit OACC's Organic Science Cluster page.
See Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Press Release here.
See the video of the announcement.
Posted September 2010
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Today I have been notified that our dear Lisa is in the final stages of her disease. Please, think of Lisa and let her feel your love in her final journey.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Today I have been notified that our dear Lisa is in the final stages of her disease. Please, think of Lisa and let her feel your love in her final journey.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I also was notified of Lisa's condition. My thoughts and prayers are going out to her and her family. These loses are so hard to take. We have lost way too many this year. Lisa, thank you for being my friend and being an inspiration to me. I only hope and pray that my journey has as much grace, dignity and faith as yours has. God Bless you....
Prayers and thoughts for Lisa's family. Pam
Dear Lisa, I am so saddened by this news and my prayer is for you to have a Peaceful journey. I know your faith is strong like Teddy's was and your reward for such a valiant fight is the home you are going to. You are so loved by everyone and will be leaving a wonderful legacy as your gift to all who have had the honor and pleasure of knowing you in one way or another. I love you!
Sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Lisa.
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Dear Lisa,
I am so very sorry indeed to hear this news. You are loved by all of us here and you have helped so many and are an inspiration to us all. Thank you so very much for everything that you gave us. My thoughts are with you and your family right now.
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I 'm sorry to hear this news and my thoughts are with you and your family at this time.
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Good day to everyone!
Hello! I am Mary, a mother of one very active one-year-old baby girl. I am a new parent and want to meet new friends that I can rely on when it comes to motherhood. I am sure we will benefit on each other's knowledge and experiences as well as to build great social relationship. Have a nice day for all of you!
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Welcome to the pregnancy, birth and beyond forum!
It is great to have you join us on here. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old (both boys, both wonderful ). I look forward to reading your posts and sharing the parenting journey with you.
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I interviewed actor Rizwan Manji from NBC's "Outsourced" for ILLUME Magazine (www.IllumeMag.com). He talked about what its like to be Muslim in Hollywood and the importance of 'good Muslim' roles.How did you get the part of Rajiv Gidwani on NBC's "Outsourced" ?I was sent the script for the Pilot and thought it was hilarious. As an Indian, I could relate to some of the characters who share the same culture as me, and this was the first time that I have heard of a major TV sitcom about S … [Read more...]
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Lanier Islands
7000 Lanier Islands Parkway Buford, GA 30518 770-945-8787
The 20th annual Magical Nights of Lights will feature new and improved holiday entertainment and attractions along with its traditional driving tour through miles of illuminated characters and scenery that comprise millions of twinkling lights. Children and adults alike will be dazzled by the festive splendor, including The Animated Carousel, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Santa's Elves at Work, the North Pole Express, the Animated Sliding Penguin, Jack & The Beanstalk, Medieval Times Jousting Knights, a drive through Icicle Tunnel and a stroll down Candy Cane Lane. Coca-Cola's Santa and his elves have been hard at work this season bringing a new light to the show! Come see the special delivery from the Coca-Cola Santa!
See our detailed listing of all Magical Nights of Lights events, attractions, food and even opportunities to meet Santa!


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Monday, 30 July 2012
Zion Whit Walks
Me and my older sister Jane are the little girls in matching dresses, Linda Shepley is the little girl next to us and she is walking with her Mum, Aunt and little brother John who is in the pushchair.
Gladys Hodgson is the lady in the hat at the front leading us. A lovely lady, who was one of the Sunday School teachers.
Williams Glyns Bank can be seen on the corner next to Greenwoods Mens Outfitters and the Town Hall is to the right of the picture.
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Sweet! Just thinking though, if this photo was 1966, Gladys Hodgson was teaching me at Zion about 15 years before that - and Phyllis Kempster of course. First song I learned was Jesus bids us shine - bet you couldn't find a child today who knows that! Happy memories all the same.
- Monday, 30 July, 2012
Phyllis Kempster was my Dad's cousin and in her later life I looked after her affairs. She died about five years ago but until her mind failed her she dedicated her life to Zions, just as her parents and grandparents before her had. The name Kempster crops up very regularly in the history of the church.
Interesting to see the three businesses in the background: Granada TV, Greenwoods and Williams & Glyns. None of them around now of course.
- Monday, 30 July, 2012
Good to hear about Phyllis, Bill. I have a photo taken with her at Zion in 1996 - maybe Nancy will put it on here if I can find it to scan.
Interesting that you should mention the shops seen on the photo. Williams & Glyns occupied the former premises of Boots Cash Chemist and that corner was the nost famous meeting place in Hyde in the old days - "See you at Boots corner!"
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Phyllis was a lovely lady who also taught me at Zion. She was kindness itself and would help anyone.
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After losing their last two home games to TCU and Rice, Kansas (1-2) now looks to rebound and upset NIU and end its road losing streak on Saturday at Huskie Stadium in its final nonconference game this season.
Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. with the game televised on ESPN3.
KU coach Charlie Weis will speak loud and clear to his players about the program's road woes before the team heads to Dekalb, Ill.
"They will hear it several times this week," Weis said. "That will be one of my main messages. It will be my vintage New Jersey sarcasm."
The players will also hear a lot about the strengths of Northern Illinois (2-1), a team the Jayhawks beat last season, 45-42, before losing 10 straight games. NIU, which is coached by former KU assistant Dave Doeren, is coming off a 41-40 victory at Army last Saturday. NIU also beat UT Martin, 35-7, on Sept. 8, while losing its season opener to Iowa, 18-17.
NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch passed for a career-high 342 yards versus Army and four touchdowns, while rushing for 125 yards on 13 carries. Martel Moore also caught seven passes for 134 yards.
While the Huskies amassed 515 yards of total offense, they allowed 486 rushing yards on 86 carries and six touchdowns. Three Army players totaled more than 100 rushing yards. NIU's rushing defense ranks just 112th nationally (229.3 yards per game), although its pass defense ranks seventh in the country, allowing just 140.0 yards per game.
Lynch is the do-it-all quarterback who ranks in the top 30 nationally in rushing, passing efficiency, total offense and scoring.
"He's a dangerous player," Weis said. "First of all, he's a dynamic rusher. Anytime you're a dynamic rusher (at quarterback), it opens up the passing game, because everyone has to worry about stopping the quarterback as well as the running back."
Weis is also concerned about NIU's offensive formation.
"They shift in motion on almost every play," Weis said. "You have to make sure that you get lined up right, or else they cause a lot of problems for you. And one of the things they do maybe 40 percent of the time, they end up in an unbalanced line and you have to make sure you don't miss a line and treat somebody the wrong way, or else you can get yourself in trouble."
Defensively, the Huskies return three of their four defensive linemen and their entire secondary. They're led by defensive back Jimmie Ward with 33 tackles, while linebacker Tyrone Clark has 31 stops, including 4.0 TFL's for minus five yards.
The Jayhawks' defense hopes to cause some turnovers, as they've done exceptionally well in their first three games. KU has forced 12 turnovers this season (seven fumble recoveries and five interceptions), leading the Big 12 in that category and tied for the NCAA lead with Alabama and Mississippi State.
Offensively, KU will get a big boost with the return of James Sims, last season's leading rusher who was suspended the first three games. Weis said he's "very hungry" to get on the field.
"I think the most exciting thing is that he's seen those other two guys (Tony Pierson and Taylor Cox) play pretty well," Weis said. "He knows for him to get snaps, he's going to have to earn them. A lot of times when a player leaves, he figures 'Well, they need me.' He's sitting in the stands those games watching those guys run the ball pretty well. And then he's starting to question, 'I wonder if they need me?' So, I think he's very hungry."
Weis said Sims worked hard on the show team in practice competing against the No. 1 defense the entire time.
"I don't expect there to be any rust," Weis said.
Senior quarterback Dayne Crist is happy to see Sims back with the team.
"He was dying every day he was not out there," Crist said. "Sims is a great guy and he has got my respect and the respect of the whole team. You know that he just wants to be there and compete."
KU will certainly compete on Saturday and try to win a road game for the first time in three years. It won't be easy with NIU's winning ways at home.
"We've played well on the road of late, but we practice in Huskie Stadium every day," Doeren said about his team's success at home. "It's so familiar to our guys. There are some things that happen, wind-wise, that are unique at times that our guys are able to handle maybe better than someone that hasn't been in that environment. We've definitely for three seasons now taken advantage of understanding that we need to protect our home."
Crist and the Jayhawks hope to end NIU's home-winning streak while also erasing KU's road-losing streak.
"It is something, obviously, that no one here is proud of," Crist said of Kansas losing 13 consecutive road games. "Guys are hungry for a win."


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LONG BEACH — Mayor Bob Foster on Monday endorsed Lillian Kawasaki in her campaign for the 8th District Long Beach City Council seat.
"Lillian Kawasaki has an impressive record of public service and an inclusive style of leadership that will serve Long Beach well," Foster said in a statement.
"She is committed to doing the right thing for the 8th District and our city. Lillian has my confidence and I enthusiastically support her candidacy."
Kawasaki is an elected director with the Water Replenishment District of Southern California.
Monday's endorsement pits the influence of Foster and Kawasaki's other political establishment backers - including state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe - against opponent Al Austin's list of supporters, which is heavy on organized labor.
Current 8th District Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, who is termed out this year, has also endorsed Austin, a union representative.
Gabelich and Foster have often clashed at council meetings, particularly on budget-related issues.
Gustavo Rivera, an Army veteran and full-time Long Beach City College student, is also on the April 10 ballot.
Interestingly, Foster endorsed Austin in 2007, during his failed attempt to win election in the 6 th Council District.
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Kenzo Resort 2013
In 1970, the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada started his label in Paris, calling it "Jungle Jap" (a name, incidentally, which engendered some consternation and controversy back in the day). Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Kenzo's creative directors for over a year now, revisited those early days with their resort by going (literally) to the jungle—specifically, near Phuket, in southern Thailand, trekking for four days. Takada himself had done his own odyssey through the region decades earlier, traversing through Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines on his way to Europe, so that by the time he was working in France, his clothes blended post-1968 Parisian street style with distinctly Asiatic silhouettes and layering. As for Lim and Leon, their working vacation was time well spent because it exposed them firsthand to the ceremonial clothes they saw being worn on weekends and the everyday garb of people living in the villages along the routes they took, which directly informed the look of the collection. In a bigger way, their travels reflect how Kenzo saw being in a world where globalism was something that was emotional and experiential, as opposed to something you explore via clicking onto Internet Explorer.
Maybe that's why their bigness of vision makes them so well suited to Kenzo. That, and the fact that they make clothes that look like you're meant to have fun in them, another founding tenet of the house. There was no lack of fun, spirit, or adventurous outlook here. Lim and Leon offered a look that was pumped up: repeating the KENZO logo spelled out in silhouettes of tigers on T-shirt dresses; injecting volume into tightly belted, zippered utility jackets worn over wide shorts or pants with legs that detach; stretching colorful sweaters so they hang low over slouchy trousers; and wittily nodding to the idea of tiger stripes by insetting them as graphic bands on the sleeves of jackets. Their resort also mixed the athletic (light cottons that felt as if they were techno fabrics, they were so papery) the artisanal (raffia weaving), and the delightfully kitsch (zebra. . . on leopard prints). Lim and Leon also conjured up a snazzy new bag, the No. 18—a multi-pouch purse in various fabulous/sick color and leather combinations—that opens to reveal. . . an iPad pocket.


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Hi Guys,
i was trying to get the 3D-Driver running on my new Laptop with Backtrack 5r3 64 bit KDE, but I had no luck so far. The Laptop has a HD 4000 Graphiccard (Ivy Bridge) + a Nvidia GT 640M LE (Optimus), Intel i7 CPU.
On my older Laptop (HD 3000 + Nvidia GT 555M) this one worked: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forum...ad.php?t=48904
but not on the new one.
I also tried the other drivers form x-swat, glasen, ... none was working for me.
I booted from a Xubuntu Live-DVD with a newer Kernel (3.5 I think), from there the i915-driver was recognised automatically.
So my question is: is it possible to get the driver for the HD 4000 running, or do i have to wait for the next version of backtrack?
I hope somebody can help....


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Search continues for Buffalo fisherman in gorge whirlpool
A Buffalo man remained missing Sunday night after he fell into the Niagara Gorge whirlpool area around 6 a.m. Sunday.
The man was fishing with two friends when he approached the water and was swept away, said Lt. Patrick Moriarty of the State Parks Police.
"His friends saw him yell for help and then he disappeared," Moriarty said. Officials withheld his identity, pending notification of his family.
The search for the man involved members of Parks Police patrol units, the Niagara Falls Fire Department, the Erie County Sheriff's Office's Air One helicopter, U.S. Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Ontario Park Police and the Upper Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.
During the search, a second body, not associated with the active search, was recovered south of the whirlpool area, on the Canadian side of the Niagara River after it was spotted by Air One. The body was recovered by the Niagara Parks Police High Angle River Team with help from Air One and Niagara Helicopters.
Niagara Parks Police, who are handling the investigation, said foul play is not suspected in the death.
This marks the second time in less than a month that a person has been snared by the fast-moving current of the lower Niagara River.
On the evening of July 6, a University at Buffalo MBA candidate slipped off an algae-covered rock and into the water while hiking the gorge with a group of friends and his mother. The body of Narang "David" Kim, 23, was pulled from the river after a three-day search by Parks Police.
Elsewhere in the gorge Sunday, on the Canadian side, a 22-year-old woman from Welland, Ont., injured her ankle and was helped out of the gorge by members of the Niagara (Ont.) Parks Police, Niagara Falls Fire Department and Niagara Emergency Medical Services shortly before 4 p.m., authorities said.
Police said the woman was intoxicated at the time. She was charged with being intoxicated in a public place and was taken to Greater Niagara General hospital treatment of her ankle injury.
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Imports and exports at the Port of Los Angeles in October were lower than during the same month last year, according to figures released Wednesday by port officials.
Exports fell by roughly 1 percent, a number officials calculate based on the number of 20-foot container equivalents filled with goods leaving the port.
Imports fell by 7 percent from October 2011, port data shows.
The port actually reported a slight increase in the overall number of container equivalents it processed compared to October 2012. But that was because the port processed considerably more empty containers this October than last, data shows.
The number of empty 20-foot container equivalents processed at the port jumped almost 16 percent from October 2011 to October 2012, port records show.
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text: GCs in OC: Maximizing Profits within Legal LimitsDate: December 06, 2012Location:Newport BeachGCs in OC: Maximizing Profits within Legal Limits. Broads Circle. Panelists: RACHEL SAGAN; LILY YAN HUGHES, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Ingram Micro Inc.; KATE DUCHENE, Chief Legal Officer/Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Resources Global Professionals; MELODY WILLIAMS DAPP, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Sage Software. Moderator: PAMELA PALMER, Partner, Securities Litigation and Corporate Governance Latham & Watkins, LLP. See http://www.broadscircle.com More information: http://www.broadscircle.comsocalTECH.com Home


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Drinking water
Drinking water in South Africa is safe to drink and cook with when taken from taps in urban areas. Not all tap water in rural areas is safe for consumption, so take precautions if necessary.
The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry maintains that South Africa's national standard of water quality compares well with World Health Organisation standards.
The responsibility to provide clean water rests with locally-based water services authorities, which regularly monitor the quality of drinking water in South Africa. These authorities are also rated by the department according to the Blue Drop Certification System, which continually asseses, among other things, their water safety planning.
Tap water undergoes treatment which ensures it is free of harmful micro-organisms and contaminants. In some areas South African drinking water is rich in minerals and may involve a bit of getting used to.
Avoid drinking water from streams and rivers, especially in areas where there is human habitation. These may carry water-borne diseases.
Should you find yourself in the unlikely position of not having clean water on hand, contaminated water can be disinfected by boiling for 10 minutes, or adding a teaspoon of bleach per 25 lites or a teaspoon of chlorine granules per 200l. In both the latter cases, allow the water to stand for 2 hours. Another method is to expose water to direct sunlight for at least 6 hours in a transparent container with a small airspace, shaking after filling and every hour after that.
Some tap and natural water may have a slight brown tinge from humic acid, which is harmless and does not affect drinking water quality in South Africa.
The market for bottled water is growing in South Africa, and supermarket shelves hold numerous brands, some of them well-known international names. Your choice includes still and sparkling waters, and a range of fruit- flavoured variants.


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Hello again, just wanted to share some knowledge. After reading some books and online sources I found out that what most spammers do these days is using free web host sites that offer smtp services, they then use a anonymous mass mailer php script to send their emails. As the emails are coming from a non blackliste, non private server, the email service provider doesn't recognize this as spam.
As for the gmail authentication, it is a very clever system that warns the user when a @gmail sender email is coming from a server other than gmail. Unfortunately it only authenticates @gmail emails, so any other address isn't recognize as fake.
The best thing to do is to check the headers when you are suspicious of an email, or never click links to websites, go to them through google, avoiding typos that come from writing manually in the address bar.
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Darlene - from yellowknife nt, Canada
Congratulations on your wedding! If you plan to bake the cupcakes just 3 weeks before the wedding, you can decorate them with buttercream icing at the same time you bake them. Store them in airtight containers in the freezer, then thaw overnight - keeping them in the containers so that now condensation builds on the cupcakes, ruining your decorations!


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The Historical Manuscripts Collection of The University of Southern Mississippi documents the history of the state of Mississippi by acquiring, preserving, and providing access to primary source materials. Historical Manuscripts (and visual/photographic materials) are especially strong covering: events in Hattiesburg connected with the civil rights movement in the 1960s; prominent politicians' papers; the American Civil War and other conflicts; the lumber industry; the tung oil industry; the Natchez Trace; the railroad industry, and southern history and culture in general. The collection is primarily in English, with some Spanish and French. The geographic area covered is primarily central and south Mississippi from the 1500s to date. Many subjects may be found within a manuscript or visual collection (see also the Special Collections Development & Acquisitions Statement).
The Historical Manuscripts Collection is one of the largest in the state, where personal, family, business, church, and organizational records that document the development of Mississippi and the achievements and stories of Mississippians are preserved permanently and may be consulted by students, scholars, and other interested persons with access to the resources of a research library.
The collection consists of approximately 10,000 cubic feet of manuscript collections and over 100,000 photographs and negatives. Some of the most frequently studied collections are the papers of Governor and U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, U.S. Congressman William M. Colmer, Governors Paul B. Johnson Sr. and Paul B. Johnson Jr.; various civil rights collections; the records of the J.J. Newman Lumber Company, the American Tung Oil Association, and the Association of American Railroads; the mayoral papers of the City of Hattiesburg; and the Oseola McCarty collection. See also the Alphabetical List of Historical Manuscripts Collections.
The collections are preserved, stored, and housed according to generally accepted professional archival standards and located in the McCain Library and Archives building (named in honor of Dr. William D. McCain, former president of the University and director of the state Department of Archives and History).
Although each collection is as unique as the person or group whose activities it reflects, personal and family collections typically consist of letters, diaries, scrapbooks, school and military service records, certificates of achievement, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Business, church, and organizational records frequently contain ledgers, minutes of meetings, anniversary materials, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings.
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As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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It's nearly Thanksgiving, but it doesn't take a holiday to spark
Mount Saint Mary College students' generosity.
When Colorado was slammed by massive flooding early this
semester, all it took was a text message from Mount alumna Alanna
Cappello '12 to get students fired up in psychology professor
Lawrence Force's social casework class.
"I can't believe what the people in Colorado are going through,"
said Cappello. "What can we do for them to help?"
In less than a week, the class gathered more than $300 for food
and water donations.
In a previous effort spearheaded by Force's students,
the Mount amassed and donated around 2,200 pairs of new socks to
those struggling in Hurricane Sandy's wake; and a shoe drive
sponsored by the Mount's campus ministry collected more than dozens
of pairs of shoes.
When communities are in need, explained Force, "The Mount
The MSMC Serves initiative, campus ministry's service learning
and community outreach program with campus-wide participation, has
been highly successful since its inception this year. Students
recently collected more than 75 coats, sweaters, and jackets, as
well as dozens of hats, mittens, and scarves, to be given to
Newburgh Ministry, a local charitable organization.
"Newburgh Ministry was thrilled to receive the bags full of
winter items our community was able to provide," explained
Alexander J. LaPoint, assistant director of campus ministry.
Last Thanksgiving, Mount students provided more than 500 pounds
of food for Newburgh's Loaves and Fishes program, feeding hundreds.
This year, said LaPoint, students are hoping to exceed their past
generosity – and the public is invited to help.
Campus ministry is seeking donations of instant mashed potatoes;
stuffing mix; canned vegetables, black beans, fruit, gravy, sweet
potatoes and yams; and bagged rice. Food items can be dropped off
though November 22 between 9 am and 5 pm at campus ministry, in
Hudson Hall, 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY.
More than 50 percent of Mount students engage in community
service as part of their coursework, or through club or team
"At Mount Saint Mary College, according to our mission, we are
to educate the whole person," said Fr. Francis Amodio, O.Carm,
Mount chaplain and director of campus ministry. "When they graduate
from the Mount, service will be a value which they would naturally
share in their communities."
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text: I see a lot of newbies asking question in this section which isn't bad because the community welcome people who are new to Unity. However i think there's some rule to follow. 1.) What to do before starting a thread? This is a common step that a lot of posters just skipped. Please use the search function first before posting a question. Someone might have (Most probably have already) asked about what you are going to ask. Try to search a few keywords. Because some people might post topics like HELPPPP. Which don't make any sense and when people helped the person, another can't find the answer and does the same thing. That leads me to the second point. 2.) Starting a new thread. When you start a new thread. There's several things to take note. Which some of them will be addressed below. However these are the bare essentials to have while starting a new thread. These needs to be included for people to know what's wrong with your problems than whining about that Unity sucks and javascript sucks and community sucks. How can you want help when you don't offer basic manners and if you include the above, i am sure someone will help you. Just give it some time. And read below for more information. And please don't use make your text too Colorful or too Big to read. 3.) How to ask/post for help in this section? (I always see people posting I NEED HELP/URGENT!!!!) Please do not post topic title such as HELP!!!! URGENT!!!! Can't get BLAH BLAH BLAH to work. This Script is not working!!!! And adding to what Dman suggested, DO NOT POST YOUR TOPIC TITLE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!! Why, simply it pisses off whoever is reading it and the eyes. Be good to people who are going to help you. Making EXTRA LARGE FONTS don't make your thread replies faster. Just like talking loud won't make you get the most attention. And also fanciful colors are not good either. Why? Imagine someone wanting to help you and see all sizes of fonts and colors, it's hard to read what you want to convey. Instead ask something like how do i call a script from the other? Make it constructive and make people who are searching it easier. Like how do i implement blah blah blah in C#. I need help converting a movement script from JavaScript. 4.) How do i post a code snippet and where is the code tag located? Use the tags appropriately, i see people posting large chunks of codes like this. var a : int; var b : int; : : function DoSomething() { : : } It would be a mess. Instead use a CODE tag. So how do i use it. Simply type HTML: [CODE] All your codes here [/CODE] One thing i want to remind people is that please when posting chunks of code. DO NOT POST MESSY CODES. Imagine Code (csharp): function Start() { DoSomething(); transform.position.x = 10 * Time.deltaTime; // other codes } function DoSomething() { yield WaitForSeconds(0.1); } Note the above is bad codes. And it is very messy. Please when posting code snippets. Make an effort to make it neat. like this. Code (csharp): function Start() { DoSomething(); transform.position.x = 10 * Time.deltaTime; // other codes } function DoSomething() { yield WaitForSeconds(0.1); } Neater codes make debugging easier especially when posting in the forums. And suggestions from NPSF3000, if your code snippets are too long, please use http://jsbeautifier.org/ to organize your codes and http://pastebin.com/ for very long codes. 5.) I have posted my codes and asked my question properly however no one is replying to it. What to do next? You can try bumping the threads and wait for some other people to reply. Because most of us are busy with real life, there isn't possible for someone to sit there 24/7 looking at the forum. Therefore give it some time. And before you went on to complain that help is slow, why not help the people who are going to help you by adding some form of errors like the ones in the console (Windows -> console in unity). And add some form indication where the errors might be. Like which line number and highlight it using the colors. This is where the colors comes to use and not for fancifully decorating your title. 6.) Post as much details about your codes as possible. DO NOT POST ONLY CODES in the topic. Why? Imagine someone wanting to help you and see lines and lines of code and no description of what you need. It is hard to help you then. And sometimes posting images and a package will help. 7.) Someone has replied to my thread but the answer's CRAPPY Well i followed your advice and did my best to reply and all i get is a S*** answer like hey you are doing it wrong. Go look at the docs/manual. Or hey look at msdn. That wasn't the answer i was looking for. I am looking for CODES. Basically, ask nicely and help will come. And don't expect help to be in the form of. Hi blah blah blah, i have uploaded a working full source code for you. It's error free. You need just to import in and do nothing. No. It won't happen unless the person is so kind enough as to post you a small package. Sometimes in the forum when you ask for help, we can guide you but we cannot spoon feed you. Why? Because you and i, we are adults and in this industry, truth be told. Indies learn by themselves. Therefore when people post a link or suggestions, go read it yourself and understand. And if there's still some confusion, feel free to bump the previous thread. 8.) Posters, please have some considerations when you post an answer. Most important thing, be nice. No point flaming people, criticizing them because of some small mistakes. Point out to the original posters where he/she had gone wrong. I guess everyone has to start somewhere and i hope that somewhere would be a great start for everyone. And if the starter of the thread is really new to scripting, make some boo boo, just ask them to obey the rules next time and explain to them what went wrong. So be nice. 9.) Last but not least. I think this is quite important. Thank the person Remember to thank the person who helped/have help you and make sure to state if your problems have being solved and also state what you did to solve it rather than posting. Never mind. I got it. Or Thanks. Then other people reading the thread have no idea how to go about solving it and will be forced to open a new thread or reply to the old one. Have fun in the Unity Community. Hope this would be of some help to people new to the Unity Scripting forum. If there's any error or typo or anything to add. Feel free to tell me. And i will add it. It would be nice if this gets pinned.


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"But one thing we do know for sure is that we have to make government smaller. We need to make government more efficient. We need to shrink the size of government. Because New Jerseyans are the most overtaxed citizens in America and I am simply not going to raise taxes on already overtaxed New Jerseyans to pay for more big government." - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
The Governor went on WCBS 880 today to discuss New Jersey's current and future budget situation, his Executive Order 17 which creates a task force to develop a comprehensive approach to workforce privatization, the New Jersey Nets, and much more.
To listen to the audio of the interview click HERE.
The full transcript is provided below.
PAT CARROLL: While Governor Patterson deals a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, across the river Governor Christie has big money problems of his own. And Governor Christie joins us live this morning. Good morning Governor.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Good morning Pat, how are you?
PAT CARROLL: Were fine. You've got some big jobs ahead of you. Your Budget address coming up Tuesday and you expect that to be pretty painful.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: It's going to be painful, Pat, it really is. We have an inherited an 11.2 billion dollar budget deficit for next fiscal year. We'll be addressing that budget deficit in my speech on Tuesday and I will tell you it's going to be painful for all New Jerseyans. But I know that if we dig in and we fix our problems honestly now that we'll be in a position for economic growth as the economy recovers.
MICHAEL WALLACE: Well let's look ahead to some of that pain Governor. You're talking about layoffs and even privatizing thousands of jobs.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Well listen, you know Governor Corzine entered an agreement with the state workers' unions during the campaign that ties my hands on layoffs and I can't do anything regarding layoffs until January of 2011 and the earliest. And so, we'll be having an announcement today regarding an Executive Order that will look at the issue of privatization. And whether or not it makes sense for us to privatize a number of functions of state government in order to save money since the state workers' unions have been unwilling to come forward and be part of a shared sacrifice that all New Jerseyans are engaged in.
PAT CARROLL: Now some unions say that state workers are being made a scapegoat and now there is a plan to require all of them to live in New Jersey. Thoughts on that.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Listen, they're not being made a scapegoat I think when you're talking about an 11 billion dollar problem in a state of eight million plus people, everyone has to come to the center of the room, share in the sacrifice and not be procurable or protecting your own turf but unfortunately while many other people been willing to sacrifice, the state workers' unions believe that many of their members are entitled to 11% salary increases in the next fiscal year while we have 10% unemployment in New Jersey and people not being able to pay their mortgages or stay in their homes. That's not fairness but we'll listen, we're going to look at privatization and see if that's a way we can go around the sweet deal that Governor Corzine gave to the state workers' unions.
PAT CARROLL: And one of the things we hear you're thinking about is invoking a disaster control act so you can suspend civil service so it will be easier to layoff the higher paid workers.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Well listen, there has been all kinds of speculation I think it's safe to say Pat the when you're in this type of crises you need to consider every option. No option is more prominent on the table than others at this point. And we'll be talking in more detail on Tuesday about the different things we're going to do both in the short term and long term to try to put New Jersey on firm fiscal footing so our children and grand-children can afford to live here.
MICHAEL WALLACE: When you talk about the privatization of state jobs Governor. Do you have any idea which ones you might be targeting?
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: That's why I'm putting together this group to look at it. I don't. I want to get a group of responsible and experienced New Jerseyans to come together and study this thing and give me some at advice regarding what might make sense and they might come back and say you know certain things make sense and others don't. I'm not going to pre-judge it. I think that is the wrong way to approach this kind of thing, if you're going to put a group together let them do the work and I'll make the judgments as Governor once they come back to me. But one thing we do know for sure is that we have to make government smaller. We need to make government more efficient. We need to shrink the size of government. Because New Jerseyans are the most overtaxed citizens in America and I am simply not going to raise taxes on already overtaxed New Jerseyans to pay for more big government.
PAT CARROLL: If you do this privatization plan that your considering, do you expect and kind of legal challenge form the unions?
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: As I said, you know I think all that stuff is speculation for the future Pat, but the people of New Jersey elected me to act and to act boldly and decisively, that's what we're going to do. And if the course of that legal challenges come, we've had a few of them already, that's what happens when entrenched interests want to keep their piece of the pie and don't want to share in the sacrifice that New Jerseyans have to make. My job as Governor is to make those decisions on a fair and even basis, and if we go to court, we'll let the chips fall where they may.
MICHAEL WALLACE: You mentioned those entrenched groups, in the campaign you warned things were going to be different. You have obviously upset a lot of school district by suspending school aid. Now you've got the unions fired up as you promised you would do. Not making a lot of friends early on as you probably didn't expect to anyway.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Well Listen, my job is to protect the taxpayers of the state of New Jersey, and to make New Jersey a place where my kids and my grandkids can grow up, and candidly right now they wouldn't be able to afford to do that. And so, you know, if I anger people at times with these things that's because I'm taking on special interest in the state that we should have taken on many years ago. There cannot be special classes of people, public employees in particular, who get double digit raises in the middle of a recession while we have 10% unemployment. And in some instances pay nothing for their health benefits that cost, for family coverage, anywhere between 18 and 25 thousand dollars a year. Nobody in the private sector has that kind of deal, and we can't ask property tax payers and income tax payers to foot the bill for a special class of citizens.
PAT CARROLL: Any thoughts about the ground being broken today for the New Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, the new home the Nets?
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Well listen, you know that the Nets for the next two years, because of a deal that we made in our administration will be moving to the Prudential Center in Newark. And listen I am still continue to be hopeful, that the Nets might stay in New Jersey, but even if they don't I think we now have a facility at the Prudential Center that will be showcased for other NBA teams for the next two years. And I think there might be some other NBA teams that might want to come to New Jersey and play in a beautiful place like the Prudential Center, so we're going to keep all of our options open to continue to have NBA basketball in New Jersey.
MICHAEL WALLACE: Teams such as…
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Oh, no, no Mike. No, no, no.
MICHAEL WALLACE: Hey, they pay me the little bucks to ask the big questions.
PAT CARROLL: Our ears perked up when we heard that.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: We'll take our time and be happy to talk to anyone who wants to make New Jersey home. And I think after the changes that we need to make, to make New Jersey a tax friendlier and business friendlier state, there will be a lot of folks who'll want to come to New Jersey.
PAT CARROLL: Thanks for your time this morning Governor.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Pat and Mike thank you very much for having me.
PAT CARROLL: Maybe someday soon it will be more fun to be Governor, uh?
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Um, let me tell you, it's not so bad, it's not so bad. We're going to get the job done.
PAT CARROLL: Thank you very much.
GOVERNOR CHRISTIE: Thank you.
PAT CARROLL: Governor Chris Christie, the Governor of New Jersey.


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Despite the increasing number of smaller tile saws available, 10-inch-blade wet saws are still the preferred tool for professional tile installers. These saws have the power, size capacity, cutting speed, and blade life pros need – and with harder porcelain tile becoming the new standard over ceramic tile, a strong, capable saw is more important than ever. The growing popularity of larger tiles is also having an effect on saw designs. All the saws in our test can handle straight cuts across a 24-inch tile and the even longer diagonal cut across an 18-inch tile – about 25-1/2 inches point to point. Even a decade ago, this cutting capacity would have been hard to find on a tile saw.
For our test, we lined up seven wet saws representing six brands and tested them mostly on tough porcelain tiles, making cuts up to 7/8 inch thick. We used identical, high-quality porcelain blades to take blade performance out of the equation and focused on cut quality and accuracy, the precision of the moving parts, and the ease of using each saw. We also considered water delivery to the cut, overspray and dripping water messes, and portability issues.
I was a bit surprised at the premium our testers placed on that last item, but when I thought about how the tile guys I know actually work, it made more sense. Most higher-end residential tile installation crews are small, and if a company has a lot of employees, they are typically spread out on different jobs. There's no point – and no efficiency – in having three or more guys tripping over each other in a master bathroom; on many jobs, even two is a crowd. Add to that the current downsized workforce, the percentage of residential tile jobs that are remodels, and the fact that many guys like to set tile with an artisan's solitary focus, and the upshot is a lot of one-man crews. Even if you have a helper for tear-outs and grouting, he's not necessarily around to help you carry your saw up and down the stairs every day. So portability is important.
Besides being relatively easy for one person to carry, a wet saw should lend itself to quick and painless setup, draining, and tear-down. As one of the testers put it, "I don't get paid one cent for setting up my saw – or even cutting tile. I'm not making money until I'm setting tile."
We tested cutting speed – and therefore power – but as with many saws, a forced or reckless cut leads to sloppy results, which means that these saws need to be used with more care than speed. Tile is an expensive material and finished tolerances are very exacting, so most guys feed at a rate that avoids chipping out the edges of a cut. If fed too fast, the heads of the saws will flex upward while riding up on the tile; while this doesn't matter much on a straight cut, the blade can flex on a bevel cut, changing the cut angle and even breaking off the strip above the blade. During our test, every saw was able to cut thick porcelain fast enough to be productive, but some had to work harder than others. The stronger models hold more reserve power and might be expected to suffer less from strain-induced wear.
There's a trick you can employ to increase the cut capacity of any of these saws. In fact, one of the brands uses it to stretch its published capacity beyond that of its competition. Four or five inches can be added to the range of the saw by starting the cut as a plunge cut and then feeding the tile through normally. For all but one saw, this requires holding the saw head steady with one hand while you feed with the other – which is not recommended as a comfortable general practice.
DeWalt's saw was by far the most coveted model in the test, and it's touted as having revolutionized contemporary tile-saw design in the several years it's been out. DeWalt has taken power-tool solutions that worked well on other portable stationary tools and successfully applied them to a piece of equipment that went largely unchanged for years. Kudos.
Our second-place choice was the Pearl CX10, with its unique dual-action cutting mechanism. This lightweight saw boasts a reduced cutting area that keeps more splash in the pan, and its powerful motor and rock-solid cart and rail assembly earned our trust.
The third-place saw was the Pearl Pro. The testers really liked its heavy-duty traditional elements – like the belt-drive induction motor – but they also appreciated its high-tech cart rail system, which is super compact yet has full-size capability.
The Husqvarna saw took fourth place, with great performance tinged with a bit of old-design clumsiness. Some see this as a sign that the saw needs updating, but others say it stays the same because it has been so successful. Either way, it's on the fence.
The three remaining models all do some things very well, but none of them particularly impressed our test crew as a complete package. In alphabetical order: The Q.E.P. was a hardworking bare-bones saw with the lowest price. The Raimondi was a monstrous workhorse – less portable than the rest, and sold at a monstrous price. The Ridgid had every gadget and a unique water system, but it just didn't fit in with what pros need every day.
Boulder, Colo., tile contractors Justin Snow and Joe Brown contributed to this test.
Editor's Note: MK declined to participate in this test.