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Trufig Flush Mounted Devices
We've seen the Bocci flush wall outlets before and we were very intrigued but they seemed to be missing all the different types of outlets you may need for your walls. This new system by Trufig seems to fill in the missing pieces with a large series of flush mounted options...
The kits consist of rigid flat panels with integrated recessed back boxes. A panel is secured to a wall's studs, and sheetrock is installed around it. A contractor tapes off the seams, muds over the seams, and feathers the mud so the panel disappears after painting. Installers use spacers to place a device into a box. The device is then covered by a flush-mount fascia held in place by magnets, eliminating visible screws.
These would really only work for new construction or major renovations but if you were planning a clean modern space these should be on the top of your list. Now if only there was a way to color them to really blend in with the walls where you don't want white.
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Just got back from the local SQL Server User's Group meeting tonight where the topic of discussion was Native Web Services in SQL 2005. There were a few points that stood out, which I will share with you here. But before doing that, a note to everyone who attended the PASS Community Summit in Orlando, or who by other means acquired the SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource Kit. When this was handed out at PASS, it didn't sink in just what all was on here. We were reminded tonight that, in addition to SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition Beta 2, the resource kit contains about 70 technical training webcasts, and a dozen or so hands-on labs all prepared within Virtual PCs. Very cool!
Now, back to web services...our speaker was very knowledgeable, and I'm sure there are many important things he covered that just sailed by me, but here's a recap of some of the things that stuck:
That about covers what I got out of tonight. I had to leave early, and there was a lot more covered that I just didn't get written down. I would again encourage any SQL professionals to locate and join their local user group. There is a lot of good information out there being shared for little or no cost. Take advantage of it!
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If anyone can get us to work off those extra Thanksgiving calories, it's Brazilian fitness goddess Lais Deleon.
Lais is a fitness buff, and judging from her Instagram pictures, she plays just as hard as she works. Miss Deleon offers 24/7 online fitness training through her website, meaning lazy schlubs like us don't have to trudge to the gym through the snow in order to get fit and check out hot girls. Amen.
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AOS's European Headquarters will be moving on 1st January 2012. Set in a tranquil leafy location, our new office is just a mile and a half from the old one, and is now a very short walk to the University, providing an opportunity for even more synergy for AOS's research activities.
Situated at Sheraton House, Castle Park, the new offices are easily accessible from the M11/A14 or A1M/A505, offering even easier access to the national motorway network and Stansted International Airport (30 minutes). Luton Airport is approximately 45 minutes by car. Cambridge mainline rail station is about 10 minutes by car, with onward connections to London Kings Cross and Liverpool St stations (45 minutes). Stansted International Airport is 30 minutes by Stansted Express (direct to the airport).
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AOL Chairman and CEO to Participate in the Wells Fargo Securities Technology, Media & Telecom Conference
AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Tim Armstrong, will participate in the Wells Fargo Securities Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on November 7, 2012 at the New York Palace Hotel. Mr. Armstrong's presentation is expected to begin at approximately 8:30 AM Eastern Time (ET). A live audio webcast will be available online at http://ir.aol.com.
To listen to the live webcast, please visit AOL's website at http://ir.aol.com and click on the link titled "AOL Inc. at Wells Fargo Securities Technology, Media & Telecom Conference" under "Events & Presentations." We recommend going to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the webcast to register, download and install any necessary software. Instructions for accessing and registering for the webcast will be available at http://ir.aol.com beginning today. Visitors will also be able to listen to an archived copy of the webcast at http://ir.aol.com by clicking into the "Events & Presentations" link for a period of 3 months following the event.
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"I had it all planned out," she said. "I was going to work in a big hospital until I died, and be the cool aunt that spoils all the nieces and nephews."
But life doesn't always work out according to plan. Kopell is now married with two daughters and is a very involved member of the Moab community.
For the last eight years, she has served as a member of the Moab City Planning Commission.
"My husband thought I didn't have enough to do," she joked.
Kopell says she saw the position advertised and thought it would be interesting, so she applied and was selected to fill the vacancy.
Serving on the planning commission has made her a more informed citizen, she says, but the work can sometimes be tough.
"We're trying to make the hard decisions that people on the other side don't understand," she said.
In some situations, when an application comes before the commission, as long as all the city code requirements are met, the commission members have no option other than to approve it, even if they aren't necessarily in favor of the project.
"We've really struggled with that," she said.
For the last four years, she and the other members of the planning commission have fought to increase the amount of affordable housing in the Moab Valley, but it hasn't been easy, she says.
"The town runs on sales tax and [transient room taxes]," she said. "There's no affordable housing except trailers. It makes me sad."
The issue is not a new one to Kopell – she, too, struggled to find housing when she first arrived in town.
"Even when I came here in March of '98, the only way I got an apartment was because I worked for the hospital," she said.
In the past, Kopell has spoken out against the number of new developments that offer nightly and short-term rentals rather than being built to provide housing for local residents.
Kopell says she doesn't always say much in the meetings.
"I've done my homework, and I trust that the applicant and the [Moab city staff] have done their jobs too," she said.
Six years ago, when her oldest daughter started kindergarten, Kopell began volunteering in the classroom.
"I want to be as involved in their lives as possible," she said.
She has been a constant presence at the school ever since, and she has worn a number of different hats, from working in the school library, to serving as a room mother, and sitting on the HMK School Community Council.
Eventually, she says, her volunteer time evolved into a part-time position. And it turned out to be a job she loves - working as a paraprofessional assisting in the classroom at HMK.
"You just can't beat seeing the little kids smile at you every day," she said.
Kopell said that her children are her main reason that she chooses to be involved in so many boards and activities. And she hopes more young people will see the value in volunteering time and energy to help their community.
"I want my kids and other people's kids to be involved," she said. "Younger people aren't wanting to be involved. It worries me a lot."
Kopell also serves on the Grand County Mosquito Abatement board, and she volunteers with a variety of bicycling organizations and events, including Trail Mix and the Skinny Tire Festival.
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Met up with Jeremy Fish last night to catch up and discuss his upcoming solo show opening this August at San Francisco's FFDG. Don't want to give too much away, but the guy is very busy these days. You know the giant pink bronze statue will be built and installed at the corner of Haight and Laguna welcoming those to the Haight (check) in 2015? Going to be incredible.
Check photos from his last San Francisco solo show in 2012, and mark your calendar for August as his next solo show opens at FFDG.
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The Flexible Purpose Corporation is a new class of corporation, much like a C Corp or an S Corp, which allows the directors of a corporation to pursue broader objectives than the narrow focus of maximizing financial return for shareholders. On February 8, 2011 Senator Mark DeSaulnier introduced the Corporate Flexibility Act of 2011 (SB 201) into the California state legislature. It has not been passed into law yet, but we thought we'd give you a sneak peak of a potential new legal structure for social entrepreneurs.
Existing corporate law dictates that directors of corporations' sole duty is to maximize shareholder value, which means that every decision of must be made with the goal of increasing the price of the stock. When a director makes a decision that does not maximize shareholder value, he opens the corporation up to a lawsuit from shareholders. This poses a problem for corporations that are seeking a financial return as well as other objectives such as positive environmental, social or community impact. The goal of the Flexible Purpose Corporation is to create a legal structure where profits can be pursued along side broader goals without opening the directors up to litigation.
Below are two key attributes of the Flexible Purpose Corporation.
As its name implies, the Flexible Purpose Corporation allows the directors a high degree of flexibility to choose a non-financial purpose that they want to pursue. This purpose is called a Specific Purpose and is defined as:
- Any charitable or public purpose that a nonprofit would be eligible to carry out or;
- Promoting positive or minimizing negative short term and long term affects of among any of the following:
- employees, suppliers, customers, creditors;
- the community and society; or
- the environment.
A Flexible Purpose Corporation may have one or more Specific Purposes. They must be clearly stated in the Articles of Incorporation and approved by 2/3 of the shareholders.
After the Flexible Purpose Corporation has identified its Special Purpose, it must set annual objectives to achieve the Special Purpose. At the end of every fiscal year the Flexible Purpose Corporation must give a transparent account in its annual report detailing the actions taken by the Flexible Purpose Corporation to achieve the Special Purpose objectives. The report must include the following:
- Identification of short and long term objectives as they relate to the Special Purpose and identification of any changes made to those objectives in the last fiscal year.
- Identification and discussion of material action taken during the fiscal year to achieve the Special Purpose objective, the impact of those actions and the causal relationship between the actions and reported outcomes.
- Identification of material action that the Flexible Purpose Corporation expects to take in the short and long term to meet its Special Purpose objective.
- Identification and discussion of the process of for selecting metrics used for evaluating success of the Special Purpose objective.
- Identification of how much money the Flexible Purpose Corporation has spent to achieve the Special Purpose objectives, as well as a good faith estimate in how much it will spend in the next three fiscal years to do so.
The annual report must be publicly available on the Flexible Purpose Corporation's website and be published within 120 days after closing the fiscal year.
The Flexible Purpose Corporation is focused on giving companies flexibility to choose how they want their company to pursue profit and purpose while requiring a high level of transparent reporting to ensure that they are taking tangible steps toward achieving that purpose. Should the Corporate Flexibility Act of 2011 be passed into law, social entrepreneurs will have more choice in how to structure their business to do well and do good.
Kyle Westaway is the founding partner at Westaway Law– an innovative New York City law firm that counsels social entrepreneurs. He has helped build Biographe – a sustainable style brand that employs and empowers survivors of the commercial sex trade. Kyle is a Cordes Fellow. He lectures on social entrepreneurship at Harvard Law School and Stanford Law School. He writes for Huffington Post, GOOD, Triple Pundit, Social Earth and Law for Change.
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If the Vancouver Canucks hold on to Roberto Luongo, it'll likely help them succeed in the short season. Sporting News' Jesse Spector and Canucks Army's Cam Charron lay out the reasons behind that theory well enough.
Luongo, on the trade block currently and for the last several months, is cool with that. What he doesn't want to do, though, is stick with Vancouver beyond the 48-game 2013 schedule.
"I'm willing to stay here this season because it will be short. But I do not want to stay here long term," Luongo told RDS.ca, according to a translation of the story, which originally appeared in French.
Cory Schneider unseated Luongo as Vancouver's starter last season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have long been connected to the former All-Star, and speculation over that only increased when Dave Nonis, who acquired Luongo in 2006 as Canucks GM, took over as Leafs GM for the fired Brian Burke, who was reportedly reticent to include top prospects in a deal and had a legendary distaste for contracts like Luongo's; the 33-year-old has has 10 years and $47.3 million remaining on the deal he signed in 2010.
The Philadelphia Flyers are also reportedly interested in a Luongo deal.
Canucks general manager Mike Gillis told reporters on Sunday that there has been plenty of discussion around Luongo, but that he is in no hurry to deal him.
"We're at a point with this team where we want specific types of players coming back to us that can help us today and down the road," Gillis said, according to the Vancouver Sun. "I think that's a reasonable request so we're going to stick to it."
"There's been a lot more interest in Roberto than people wanted to recognize because the contract was onerous or difficult," Gillis said. "That has never been mentioned to me by one team. I know some people like to make a big deal of that but it's a very friendly contract for a lot of reasons. That's one of the reasons why in the new collective (bargaining) agreement there are penalties and you can't sign these types of contracts because they are favorable. So contract is not an issue."


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Obama expresses sorrow over Turkey coal mine fire
May 16, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday offered America's condolences to the people of Turkey as they mourn the deaths of scores of people in a mining accident.
Obama telephoned Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Friday to say that the American people's prayers are with the families and loved ones of those who are suffering from the country's worst mining accident, the White House said.
Obama also told Gul the U.S. is ready to provide any assistance to Turkey, its friend and NATO ally, to help those who were affected by the disaster.
More than 280 people died in a coal mine fire Tuesday in the town of Soma, in western Turkey, authorities said. Hundreds escaped the inferno.


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Sanderson resigns after 14 years at Lipscomb
Nashville, TN – Scott Sanderson will not be on the Lipscomb sideline next season, as he stepped down as the school's head men's basketball coach after 14 years at the helm.
"After much consideration, I believe it is time for me and the university to go in different directions," Sanderson said. "I do believe we have made positive strides in guiding the program from NAIA to NCAA Division I competition."
Sanderson guided the Bisons to a 222-201 record during his tenure and led them to their first postseason appearance in 2006 when they reached the NIT.
Assistant coach Pete Froedden will take over Sanderson's role as the search for a new head coach gets underway.


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Versie 4.0 van Samba is uitgekomen. Dit programma draait op Unix-, BSD- en Linux-servers, en is een opensource-implementatie van het smb/cifs-netwerkprotocol. Sinds versie 3 kan Samba file- en print-services aan Windows-clients aanbieden en is het in staat om als domain controller te fungeren. Uitgebreide documentatie, inclusief praktische how-to's voor een iets oudere versie, kunnen op deze pagina worden gevonden. De belangrijkste verandering in versie 4.0 is dat Samba nu als Active Directory-domain controller in een Windows Active Directory Domain gebruikt kan worden.
Active Directory services
Samba 4.0 supports the server-side of the Active Directory logon environment used by Windows 2000 and later, so we can do full domain join and domain logon operations with these clients.
Our Domain Controller (DC) implementation includes our own built-in LDAP server and Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) as well as the Samba3-like logon services provided over CIFS. We correctly generate the infamous Kerberos PAC, and include it with the Kerberos tickets we issue.
When running an AD DC, you only need to run 'samba' (not smbd/nmbd/winbindd), as the required services are co-coordinated by this master binary. The tool to administer the Active Directory services is called 'samba-tool'.
A short guide to setting up Samba 4 as an AD DC can be found on the wiki.
File Services
Samba 4.0.0 ships with two distinct file servers. We now use the file server from the Samba 3.x series 'smbd' for all file serving by default.
Samba 4.0 also ships with the 'NTVFS' file server. This file server is what was used prior to the beta2 release of Samba 4.0, and is tuned to match the requirements of an AD domain controller. We continue to support this, not only to provide continuity to installations that have deployed it as part of an AD DC, but also as a running example of the NT-FSA architecture we expect to move smbd to in the longer term.
For pure file server work, the binaries users would expect from that series (smbd, nmbd, winbindd, smbpasswd) continue to be available.
As DNS is an integral part of Active Directory, we also provide two DNS solutions, a simple internal DNS server for 'out of the box' configurations and a more elaborate BIND plugin using the BIND DLZ mechanism in versions 9.8 and 9.9. During the provision, you can select which backend to use. With the internal backend, your DNS server is good to go. If you chose the BIND_DLZ backend, a configuration file will be generated for bind to make it use this plugin, as well as a file explaining how to set up bind.
To provide accurate timestamps to Windows clients, we integrate with the NTP project to provide secured NTP replies. To use you need to start ntpd and configure it with the 'restrict ... ms-sntp' and ntpsigndsocket options.
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'Raising Hope' Canceled by Fox After Four Seasons
Raising Hope has been canceled by Fox after four seasons on the air, according to Deadline.
The series will have its finale on Friday, April 4 with an hourlong episode airing at 9/8c.
"Getting to know and love the Chance family on Raising Hope has been a sweet, hilarious ride," said Fox chairman Kevin Reilly and COO Joe Earley in a statement. "Thanks to the incredibly talented cast – along with Greg, Mike and the entire crew – for making us laugh for four fantastic seasons."
Raising Hope starred Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward and Cloris Leachman. It will get some afterlife as the syndication rights have already been sold.
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By KATHY GRAY
The Dalles Chronicle
November 18, 2006
Rapidly rising construction costs are forcing Columbia Gorge Community College to rethink how to build new buildings in The Dalles and Hood River.
Voters approved an $18.5 million bond measure in 2004, to which the Oregon Legislature added $7.5 million a year later, based on a $10.8 million request, for a total of $26 million.
Goals of the capital project focus on renovation at The Dalles campus and development of additional classroom space in both The Dalles and Hood River.
Despite budget constraints, the college's first priority is to keep its word to voters, said Dr. Frank Toda, college president.
Dennis Whitehouse, college facilities services executive director, and a team of architects told the college board of directors Tuesday evening that construction costs have risen 34 percent since 2002, when the projects were originally costed.
"We need a motion to allow us to alter and change the design so that we can come within budget," Whitehouse told board members.
Alternatively, the board could authorize the college to borrow money. However, Whitehouse said the college executive team felt borrowing money during the current flux conditions with community college spending would not be prudent.
Instead, Richard Higgins and Robert Esau, from the architectural firm DLR Group, outlined a four-pronged approach designed to trim design elements to fit within a budget based on current construction costs.
Possible changes would apply to both the health sciences building on The Dalles campus and the Hood River campus building.
The four cost-saving elements include:
* Reducing square footage by about 10 percent. This could result in an estimated half of the required cost savings.
* Reducing the cost of systems that go into the buildings, specifically changing from a basement boiler to roof-top heating and cooling units.
* Site savings such as reconfiguring parking lots and roads and sidewalks to accommodate existing site slopes, though still maintaining accessibility.
* Simplifying overall design configuration of the building. Fewer changes in angle (corners) and overhangs can result in cost savings.
"It's the best approach, because we can't do any one area by itself," Higgins said.
Other changes include moving from more expensive curtain windows, typically used in skyscraper construction, to less costly storefront windows or other varieties, as well as changing some of the other construction materials.
Board members closely questioned Whitehouse and the architects about how the changes would affect what had been established through the design processes at both buildings.
"We approved the previous design within the last year," said Dave Fenwick, board chair. "I was still under the assumption that it was $26 million we were working with." Materials handed out at the meeting apparently indicated that construction inflation had reduced the building power to about $18 million — about 70 percent of its original value.
"We had been under the assumption that we had $26 million, because we didn't know how much the cost estimate was affected," Whitehouse said. After cost-cutting efforts in June, Whitehouse found out more cuts were needed.
"We're much better sitting here today than sitting here with a bid in hand saying we're over budget," he added. "We've been costing and cutting, costing and cutting, but now we're at the point where we have to make pretty significant changes."
Whitehouse said current timelines have the bid requests going out in February for the health sciences building and May for the Hood River center.
"What this does is put both buildings on the same track," he explained. Groundbreaking for the health sciences building is scheduled for mid-April.
Board members were concerned that the changes in design might compromise the goals established through facilities master planning and design processes.
"If we have significant differences, are we redefining our goals?" Fenwick asked.
"We've had to prioritize some of the goals," Whitehouse said. He also said some goals will be integrated into the design and others will be accommodated to a lesser degree.
Proposed changes were all preliminary, Whitehouse noted. Staff members had only received word of the cost impacts a week earlier. He said he planned to bring back a more detailed plan at the Dec. 12 board meeting.
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A bold new direction in open-world freedom, storytelling, mission-based gameplay and online multiplayer, Grand Theft Auto V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar in a re-imagined, present day Southern California.
Los Santos: a sprawling sun-soaked metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and fading celebrities, once the envy of the Western world, now struggling to stay afloat in an era of economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. Amidst the turmoil, three very different criminals plot their own chances of survival and success: Franklin, a former street gangster, now looking for real opportunities and serious money; Michael, a professional ex-con whose retirement is a lot less rosy than he hoped it would be; and Trevor, a violent maniac driven by the chance of a cheap high and the next big score. Running out of options, the crew risks everything in a series of daring and dangerous heists that could set them up for life.
The biggest, most dynamic and most diverse open world Rockstar Games has yet created, Grand Theft Auto V blends storytelling and gameplay in new ways as players repeatedly jump in and out of the lives of the game's three lead characters, playing all sides of the game's interwoven story.
All the classic hallmarks of the series return, including attention to detail and Grand Theft Auto's darkly humorous take on modern culture, alongside a brand new and ambitious approach to open world multiplayer.
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So you're thinking about extending your home but the first thing to think about is the feasiblity to extend your property in the first place. Depending on the typre of construction, there may be limitations on what you can achieve, including budget and size of building.
Finding a trusted builder in Kilton, Somerset
The majority of home improvement professionals are skilled and very capable tradesmen who can deal with a range of project sizes and complexities. This is from having years of experience of dealing with similar projects.
So what should you look out for when finding a reputable builder for your home improvement?
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For some, Christmas is about giving to those worse off than ourselves and spreading joy and happiness to all. Others rejoice and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. And some take the opportunity to catch up with their families, loved ones and friends for parties and plentiful dinners.
For those of us, however, who were brought up in the 1970s, Christmas is about big tins of Quality Street, Morecombe and Wise on the telly, and the Guinness Book of World Records. And the latter was so synonymous with the holiday season that if didn't arrive in our oversized stocking on the morning of 25 December, we'd have either thought Santa was dead, or that our Dads were made redundant in the cold winter cull at the packing plant.
Of course, those halcyon days are long past. And a child nowadays will settle for nothing less than a life-sized Ben 10 rocket-launcher or a Dora The Explorer monkey with real gripping hands and sentience. Everything changes in time. Some things, though, simply adapt to keep up...
Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips
- Format
- iPad
- Price
- £2.99
- Where
- iTunes
There's something inherently fascinating about people that attempt to break or set World Records. Back in the day, when the book version was more words than pictures, we'd spend hours pouring over such entries as "Longest Amount of Time Standing on One Foot" or "Longest Attack of Sneezing". And while the sneezing record (which was, incidentally, Donna Griffiths who, when aged 12 started sneezing in January 1981 and finished 977 days later) is more accidental than planned, it takes an awful lot of dedication to stand on one foot for 76 hours 40 minutes, as Arulanantham Suresh Joachim did in 1997. Unless there's a particularly bothersome mouse.
So, can you imagine our excitement when we found out that we might be able to join those who are in the record books due to their talent, strange habits or mere misfortune, by simply playing games on an iPad. Well, we might even have entered the book for most amount of times run around in a circle with our coats on our head (a bit like a kid at a wedding who's had too much fizzy pop) if such a category existed.
The Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips offers normal punters the chance to set their own World Records, and the results will be officially recognised and written into THE book. There are three separate challenges on offer, including an iPad-specific race against a virtual pair of Usain Bolt's feet, in order to beat his record 100 metres time. It's a bit like track and field, only with the person at the top of the leaderboard on 1 May 2011 receiving the ultimate accolade.
Plus, there's a challenge to find the person who can type the alphabet backwards on an iPad the fastest, and a Simon style game to find a record breaker who can memorise the longest sequence.
Of course, the Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips app isn't just for new record breakers, it offers plenty of information about existing fruitcakes, er, talented members of the public who have already entered the hall of fame.
And as well as documentary writings, some of the entries include pictures and video clips, including interviews with some of the record holders. One stood out for us on Pocket-lint, of a man who has collected over 1,100 Smurfs, but possibly for all the wrong reasons (as to why it stood out, that is. What he gets up to with his wee blue chums in the confines of his own home is entirely up to him).
Obviously, the application doesn't have as many entries as the annual book, but it is an excellent companion and the picture quality throughout is superb. To be completely honest, for £2.99, it's worth it for the Smurf guy alone.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender, Season Two Collection (US - DVD R1)
Gabe finally checks out the second disc, along with a disc of special features...
This collected set contains the exact same discs found in the original single disc releases, plus an extra disc of special features. Since I never got around to publishing my episode-by-episode review of disc two of the set, which contained some of the best episodes in the season, I'm sticking them up here. To read my thoughts on the other three discs feel free to click here, here, and here. Now on with disc two, and as always beware of spoilers.
Episode 6: The Blind Bandit
Our heroes continue the search for an Earthbending master, and in the process stumble upon an underground Earthbending tournament. There they meet the blind master Earthbender Toph, a young girl. Aang challenges Toph and defeats her. Her pride injured, Toph refuses to be Aang's Earthbending guru.
Often the introduction of a new major character during a story's second act can be a problem, and often even the most lovable ones are left by the wayside by act three (cough Lando cough). When Toph was first introduced to the group I was very sceptical, but she's proven herself worthy and important to the plot's momentum, rather than bloating the tale with excess character weight as feared. Though obviously the series writers are responsible for much of the character's arc, young voice actress Jessie Flower's work with the character is very impressive.
The series starts getting really dark with the next episode, so it seems the writers felt the need to load The Blind Bandit with humour. The Earthbending tournament in basically a big nose thumbing at professional wrestling, and it's an amusing one. Sokka's fanatical reaction to the event is golden.
Episode 7: Zuko Alone
Zuko continues his solo journey after making the choice to leave his guru uncle behind. After standing up to the local bullies in an Earth Kingdom town he befriends a boy and is brought home to dinner. Zuko's inner turmoil is personified in his sleep, where he dreams of his families dark past.
Zuko Alone is obviously inspired in parts by Akira Kurosawa's classic Yojimbo (which was remade as Leone's Fistful of Dollars), with a dash of High Noon, and the oft-told tales serve as solid backbone for what's basically the darkest episode in the entire series. We all knew Zuko had a dark history—we saw his face grotesquely scarred by his own father at a young age—but I don't think anyone realized how consistently awful his childhood really was. Zuko Alone gives us a glimpse, but still leaves a lot to be told.
Episode 8: The Chase
A mysterious, smog-belching machine chases the team and prevents them from sleeping for twenty-four hours. The constant stress and lack of rest causes friction between Toph and Katara. After Aang snaps at her too, Toph leaves, and runs into Iroh, who has been secretly tracking his nephew Zuko. It turns out the machine is piloted by the evil Azula and her friends, and a confrontation is eminent.
The Chase covers a lot of plot in a small amount of time, and features a few exciting teaser fights between multiple characters. The 'Everyone vs. Azula' fight at the end is outstanding, if not very short. Like Zuko Alone, this episode has a Western film slant. The first two acts take their cues from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ('Who are those guys?'), and the last act is an old fashion Spaghetti Western showdown.
Episode 9: Bitter Work
After a bit of making up, Aang begins his Earthbending training with Toph, and frustratingly discovers that Airbeding and Earthbending are polar opposites. Sokka spends the day stuck in a hole following a failed hunt, and after some soul searching swears to become a vegetarian. Elsewhere, Iroh begins training Zuko for an inevitable confrontation with Azula.
Despite its grim title Bitter Work is the season's last entirely child friendly episode. After the sheer volume of plot coverage in the previous two episodes, this one appears to be spinning in wheels. Sokka and his adorable animal friend are the episodes stars (though Toph gets off some good jokes), and are basically sent to entertain us while the writers are forced to get some of Aang's vital Earthbending training out of the way. The episode is necessary to the story, but slows the narrative, and comparably is the weakest on the disc.
Episode 10: The Library
A travelling professor spins a yarn about a Spirit Library filled with vital information of all the nations, hidden deep within the desert. Sokka elects to search for the legendary library in hopes of finding a Fire Nation weakness. Our heroes find the library, but the Fire Nation wing has already been destroyed. Determined Sokka still manages to discover a crucial Firebenders weakness that could possibly end the war.
Sokka's general leadership skills take front stage in this sombre episode, which is important to the character, who after spending an entire episode trapped in a hole, talking to an adorable but speechless animal, was veering a little too far into pure comic relief territory. His discovery of the coming solar eclipse puts the series into countdown mode, as Aang now has a specific time frame in which to learn the skills he'll need to defeat the Fire Lord.
The Library features an owl guardian, who is reminiscent of the similar mystical and neutral characters found in Miyazaki's films. The mystical slant is slightly lacking in the more plot driven second season. This is also the episode in which Appa is stolen, leaving the group unable to travel great distances at ease and forcing Aang to deal with the possibility of loss.
Season one's release was pretty ugly so far as the DVDs' presentations. Early episodes were especially infected with resolution issues, interlaced combing effects, and really blatant edge enhancement (which, in the case of an animated show, is an inescapably distracting problem).
Season two generally looks better than the bulk of season one, but still has some issues. Bright reds (the Fire Nation's theme colour) are full of low-level noise, edge enhancement is prevalent, but much less obvious than that of season one, and easily ignored in most instances. The image's overall sharpness varies throughout, but remains passable for the most part. The transfer is a mixed bag, but colourful, and clean enough to earn it a slightly above average grade.
The Serpents Pass is the one episode on the entire collection with the most problems. There are major edge enhancement issues, the colours are muddy, blacks are not truly black, noise is everywhere, and the whole thing is blatantly interlaced. Interlacing is pretty obvious throughout the collection, but this one episode (found on the third disc) is the biggest problem by far.
None of the discs in the collection are particularly impressive, but feature no obvious errors either. Again, I'd love to hear the show mixed into an aggressive 5.1, as it lends itself to surround very well, but the television friendly 2.0 will have to do. Everything could do with a bit of bassing up, and even at a simpler 2.0 I'd like to hear the surround channels come to life more often than they do. Stereo effects work, and dialogue is pretty well centred, but only music seems to find its way into the back speakers with any real power.
All the commentary tracks are still here, as are the ads for other Nickelodeon DVD releases, but by purchasing the season as a set you'll score an extra disc as well. In sheer runtime the disc is a disappointment, as the whole thing can be navigated in less than an hour, but the features are still solid, if short lived.
First is an interview with the series creators and major motion picture director M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan has been attached for a while now as adapting the series into a live action film trilogy. Though he claims to be director in the interview, and claims to have devoted the next six years to the project, there still isn't any concrete evidence proving that Paramount is moving ahead with the project financially (and it will cost a pretty penny to do it right).
Putting my self into fan commentator mode I really don't think Shyamalan is the right guy for the project. Contrary to popular opinion I think the guy is a fantastic filmmaker, and have deep affection for both The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. His post Unbreakable output has been a trio of enormously flawed, but ultimately well-directed and entertaining mini-flops (though Signs did pull in the cash). Shyamalan has made a habit of taking giant genre based stories and shrinking their scale to a very personal level. The epic scope of Avatar: The Last Airbender seems out of his creative grasp.
However, if this interview is any indication, Shyamalan loves the series, and doesn't want to make any changes. He's working with the original creators, which is important considering the Achilles heel of his latest films is an inflated sense of ego and a lack of self editing. He says he's interested in working with action (something his film's have cleverly avoided up until this point), and that the series' mythology is paramount (no pun intended). This short and youth oriented interview may be full of false truths and flat out lies, but it does give me a micron of hope for the feature adaptation.
'The Essence of Bending' is an interview with co-creator Bryan Konietzko and choreographer Sifu Kisu. There is a brief interview/featurette with Sifu Kisu on the first disc of season one, and he covers a lot of the same ground here, but this more detailed explanation is a welcome addition. The arrant attention to detail in the series is well personified in the martial arts choreography. Each fictional 'bending' style is based in a factual martial arts style. The fights are acted and blocked like a live action film before animation begins. All of Sifu Kisu's movements (along with some help from the more novice Konietzko) are recorded for the animators, who then restructure them as needed, changing pace and speed. Very impressive stuff.
The 'Super Deformed' shorts are exactly as the name implies, and are quite amusing. Totalling three, these comedic mini-episodes feature chibi versions of the series' characters. The first episode is a little bending battle, the second sees Sokka learning to swap-ski, and the third is a what-if tale of Avatar school, where all the boys want to ask Katara to the formal dance.
The extras disc is finalized with 'Escape from the Spirit World', an animated graphic novel. Again, this is exactly as the name implies: a slightly animated graphic novel, or rather, more of a single-issue comic book. It runs under fifteen minutes, and features a sort of alternate version of a story from the end of season one.
Season three, which according to the show's structure will be premiering on September 21st, so there's still time to catch up now that both seasons have been released as collector's sets. If you waited for the complete season release to purchase season two, the extra disc is a nice prize, but four rather short extras don't quite qualify for a repurchase if you've already filled your collection out with the initial single disc releases.
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Great review as always Gabe. I can't wait for seson three.
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Yaaaaay Avatar.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 11th September 2007
Discs: 5
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Surrond 2.0 English, Dolby Surround 2.0 French, Dolby Surround 2.0 Spanish
Subtitles: None
Extras: Original Uncut Animatic, Creator and Crew Commentaries, Interviews, The Essence of Bending, Super Deformed Shorts, Animated Graphic Novel
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Various
Cast: Zach Tyler, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman
Length: 0 minutes
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"New World Cuisine: The Histories of Chocolate, Mate y Mas," is on exhibit at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, through Jan. 5. For more information, visit internationalfolkart.org.
Taos artist Maye Torres will exhibit "Maye Torres: Unbound," at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. Her one-person exhibit opens Saturday and remains on view through Jan. 27. For more information, visit harwoodmuseum.org or call 575-758-9826.
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"Long-Time Co-Conspirators," opens with a reception and talk, at 5 p.m. Friday at the Weyrich Gallery, 2935-D Louisiana Blvd. NE, Albuquerque. The show, featuring Karen Simmons and Jas Simmons, will be on display through Jan. 28.
"Filigree and Finery: The Art of Spanish Elegance," opens Jan. 26 at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts. The exhibit will be on display through May 27. For more information, visit spanishcolonial.org.
The Russian National Ballet Theatre presents "Cinderella," at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at Popejoy Hall. Tickets, "$20-$54, are available at UNM Ticket offices, popejoypresents.com or unmtickets.com, or by phone at 877-664-8661.
Join the Jemez Springs community for the annual Fire and Ice Festival at the Village Park in Jemez Springs, from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Feb. 23. Enjoy a professional chainsaw carving exhibit, a chile cook-off and crosscut log sawing competitions. There will also be chicken poop bingo and many other activities. For more information, visit JemezSprings.org.
The Peking Acrobats bring their stunts to Popejoy Hall for the fourth consecutive year, at 3 p.m. Jan. 20. Tickets, $20-$39, are available at the UNM ticket offices, at popejoypresents.com or unmtickets.com. To charge by phone, call 877-664-8661.
Travelin' Jack, award winning, pet-travel writer for New Mexico tourism industry, announces his new and latest pet-friendly project — a book showcasing pets and raising money for New Mexico Animal Welfare. This just-announced book "Terrie Q and Travelin' Jack's Pet Friends" will be a collaborative effort to showcase photogenic pets of New Mexico (and beyond) as well as raise funds for Albuquerque City Shelter's two non-profit organizations, Save Lucky Paws and Kennel Kompadres. The book is the brainchild of Paul Rhetts and Barbe Awalt of Rio Grande Press and is being created as a way to involve New Mexico pet owners in a way to showcase pet photos while helping animal welfare simultaneously. Anyone can enter their pet's photos for a fee of $5 per photo. That money goes directly to the two animal welfare groups, Save Lucky Paws and Kennel Kompadres. The photo entry phase runs through Jan. 15. People can submit as many photos as they wish. For more information, visit TerrieQPets.com.
There will be free performances of Massenet's "Cinderella," with professional opera singers and SFCA EPIK artists at 7 p.m. Jan. 11 and 12; and at 2 p.m. Jan. 13, at the Scottish Rite Center, Santa Fe. For more information, call 984-8759 or visit ticketssantafe.org.
Folk troubadour Greg Brown will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe. Tickets, $29-$39, can be purchased by calling 988-1234.
Taos Chamber Music Group presents "Moving On," at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Taos Community Auditorium. Music includes "Different Trains" for string quartet and pre-recorded sound by Steve Reich. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door; and $12 for children younger than 16. For more information, visit taoschambermusicgroup.org.
Louis Lortie plays Wagner/Liszt, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. For more information, call 984-8759 or visit ticketssantafe.org.
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Only the boldest dare venture into the depths of the Great Rift, crossing the abyss of empty space to find unexplored star systems and forgotten wonders. Deep in the Great Rift lie ancient mysteries, strange alien races and human cultures who have not seen offworld contact in centuries.
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Food-stamp use rose 1.8% in the U.S. in January from a year earlier, with 15% of the U.S. population receiving benefits. (See an interactive map with data on use since 1990.)
One of the federal government's biggest social welfare programs, which expanded when the economy convulsed, isn't shrinking back alongside the recovery, the Journal reported last month.
Food stamp rolls increased on a year-over-year basis, but were 1.1% lower from the prior month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported. Though annual growth continues, the pace has slowed since the depths of the recession.
The number of recipients in the food stamp program, formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), reached 47.3 million, or nearly one in seven Americans.
Illinois was the only state to see a double-digit year-over-year jumps in use, while Oregon, Maine, Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Idaho, North Dakota, Utah and North Carolina all posted annual drops.
Mississippi was the state with the largest share of its population relying on food stamps — 22% — though Washington, DC was a bit higher overall at 23%. One in five residents in Louisiana, Tennessee and George also were food-stamp recipients. Wyoming had the smallest share of its population on food stamps — 7%.


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Does anyone have experience repairing a dead MIDI OUT on an Ensoniq ESQ1?
I have a 'plastic' model. I've just recently replaced the battery and updated the OS. Everything works fine. However MIDI OUT appears to be dead. MIDI IN does work.
I've inspected the main board and see no visible signs of damage.
There is another minor issue I have that may (or may not) be related to the dead MIDI OUT.
When I move the modulation wheel to its maximum position, it appears to affect the data slider. Or at least the AD converted that samples the data slider. Its more noticeable when I focus on a parameter, filter cutoff for example, when I move the modulation near its max, the cutoff value will jump around, as if I nudged on the data slider.
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wool goodnessWednesday, June 04, 2008
Al-righty then, about that necklace from yesterdays post.
Last month, I entered a contest on Sarah's blog, and won! I was so excited to win, and even more thrilled when I received the package. As in, mouth hung open for many, many, minutes. I was completely floored by her generosity.
Inside the package was this gorgeous one of a kind handmade felted bag.
And inside the bag, she tucked not only the necklace (which I have worn everyday since I got it) but this darling pincushion. I just love the fabric and wool combination.
And this beautiful, felted, merino wool scarf. It is thin and light, and I know it will become a favorite of mine come fall.
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what a VERY beautiful and special bunch of gifts.
L - you're very kind to post these. what i'd really like to say is, you make a wonderful model. if you were closer i'd ask you for a store re-do that's coming about soon!ReplyDelete
ps. love the green in the macro shots!
Oh my goodness, such amazing gifts. I love the pin cushion especially, but I have a thing for pin cushions...ReplyDelete
Wow! Very nice gift!ReplyDelete
OHHHHHH OHHHHHH I LOVE everything you got.. you lucky girl!!!!ReplyDelete
You're stuff amazes me too!! I sit in "awwwww" and wish I had that talent!!
wow! that is an amazingly generous package. and everything is soooo lovely. you are a lucky lady!ReplyDelete
Gosh, that is such an amazing prize, I love the bag. Your summer top in your previous post is so nice.ReplyDelete
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how wonderful to win...and what a prize it is...ReplyDelete
What a great package -- and I LOVE that bag!ReplyDelete
That's definitely a treasure trove! Wonderful.ReplyDelete
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What an amazing package Leslie!ReplyDelete
these pieces are beautiful - you are so very lucky!ReplyDelete
Where have I been? You've won contests, made cookies and gone to TNNA. I think the word is gobsmacked. And you are most fortunate, favored and fair :o)ReplyDelete
I love that bag. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Might not sleep from loving that bag. : )ReplyDelete


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Jackson County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in January, even as companies shed holiday jobs.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that payroll employment fell by nearly 4,000 jobs in January, leaving the county with a seasonally adjusted 10.4 percent unemployment rate — the same as it was in December.
"January is typically the low point in the Medford employment cycle," said Guy Tauer, a regional economist with the Oregon Employment Department, "What happened was that we saw stronger hiring than expected in December.
In neighboring Josephine County, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.7 percent, marginally higher than the 11.6 rate in December and the same as January 2012.
As could be expected, the local retail trade employment swooned in January with 2,790 jobs going away, leaving the sector with 150 fewer positions despite the opening of Northgate Centre Marketplace.
"It wasn't just one sector where we saw weakness," Tauer said. "We just didn't see the over-the-year increase we thought we might see based on the showing through the last part of 2012
For example, auto parts and auto dealers saw a decline of 100 positions late in the year.
The potential silver lining, was a year-over-year gain of 560 nonfarm payroll jobs from January 2012 when the jobless rate was 11 percent.
Although there are hints residential and commercial construction will pick up in coming months, construction fell by 210 jobs in January and provided 50 fewer people with employment than a year ago. Manufacturing dropped 50 positions in January, but is running 190 jobs ahead of a year ago.
Transportation, warehousing and utilities shed 150 jobs in January. Tauer said couriers and messengers providing intercity and local delivery of parcels were among those whose positions ended after the holidays.
Although there was a short-term decline in professional and business services employment, the sector is 90 jobs ahead of a year earlier. Health care and social assistance lost 80 jobs in January, but still remains stronger than in early 2012 with an additional 370 people at work.
While there are higher-skilled positions that remained unfilled in some pockets of the local economy, workers in less skilled arenas are hunkering down because there are fewer opportunities.
"Typically, we see job movement in a three-to-five year cycle," said Kristi Mishell, an employment consultant of Southern Oregon Staffing in Grants Pass. "We're not seeing that. Part of it is the economy and part of it is companies not being able to pay attractive wages. Employees are going to stay in their current job because there is no guarantee they if they leave their job that in two weeks or a month they can pick up another one."
— Greg Stiles
County's unemployment rate remains unchanged
Jackson County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in January, even as companies shed holiday jobs.


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Fire officials received a call from the park at 5:55 p.m. that an accident had occurred on Ninja, said Ed Pittman, county fire supervisor. Ninja is described as a suspended swinging roller coaster in which riders whip around the track at 55 mph. There are four coasters of its kind in the nation, according to Magic Mountain.
Riders appeared to be stuck on the coaster at the corkscrew portion of the track for more than an hour after fire officials received a call about the accident. It's unclear why or how the branch landed on the track, Pittman said.
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Magic Mountain spokeswoman Sue Carpenter said park medical staff and local paramedics were immediately called to the scene.
"The 25 guests on the train were all alert and corresponding with park personnel during the evacuation process," she said in a statement.
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HOUSTON, Texas (April 14, 2013) – The Chicago Fire (1-4-1, 4 points) fell 2-1 to the Houston Dynamo (4-2-0, 12 points) at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas Sunday afternoon. Fire forward Chris Rolfe equalized in the 29th minute just three minutes after the Dynamo's Will Bruin opened scoring, but the Fire were unable to find a second comeback after an 81st minute Brad Davis strike gave the hosts the lead.
Both teams traded chances throughout the first half. In the 13th minute, the Dynamo won a free kick at the top of the arc. Davis sent in his patented left-footed strike that curled around the wall and looked destined for the back of the net, but Fire 'keeper Sean Johnson dove to his right and was able to push the ball away with one hand.
The hosts got on the board first in the 26th minute when Davis drove in a cross to the top of the six-yard box to Bruin, who powered his header down and into the back of the net to give the Dynamo the 1-0 lead.
Just minutes later, Rolfe scored his first goal of the season with the 29th minute equalizer. Deep in the Dynamo half, Gonzalo Segares sent a throw-in to Sherjill MacDonald inside the penalty area. With his back towards goal, the Dutchman held off his defender, brought the ball down and centered it to Daniel Paladini at the penalty spot. Paladini took a touch and played it into the path of an onrushing Rolfe, and the Fire forward sent his right-footed blast past Dynamo 'keeper Tally Hall and into the back of the net.
In the 63rd minute Dynamo midfielder Andrew Driver shook his defender and went racing unopposed towards goal but Johnson quickly got down to block the shot.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 81st minute. Kofi Sarkodie received the ball on the right flank and centered his pass to Davis. The Dynamo captain whipped in a cross from 25 yards out that went into the goal untouched.
Again looking for the equalizer, the Fire continued to press and got their best chance in the 84th minute. Joel Lindpere drove in a corner kick and found Jeff Larentowicz on the edge of the six-yard box but his header banged off the crossbar.
The Men in Red return to action when they welcome the Columbus Crew to Toyota Park on Saturday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. CT. Tickets for the match are available by calling 888-MLS-Fire or by visiting www.Chicago-Fire.com.
- The Fire are 4-7-5 all-time against the Houston Dynamo and 2-4-2 in matches played on the road
- Chris Rolfe's goal in the 29th minute was his first of the 2013 season and his 45th all-time regular season goal scored for the Men in Red.
- Midfielder Dilly Duka entered the match in the 85th minute for his first appearance since the March 16 match against Sporting Kansas City. Duka missed two matches due to hamstring tightness.
- Midfielder Patrick Nyarko (hamstring) and defender Gonzalo Segares (quadriceps) returned to action after missing the April 7 match with respective injuries.
- Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas utilized his sixth different starting lineup as the Fire roster works toward full health.
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Thoughts on the match
"I felt that we deserved better, but the little things towards the end obviously hurt us. I think that we should have walked away with at least a point, but what are you going to do."
On trying to break Houston's unbeaten streak
"We just wanted to come and play well, stay compact, but you don't think about that. Maybe there is more pressure on them to come out and get the record. Dealing with the temperature was the one thing we wanted to focus on. We wanted to be better in possession and not make a really high tempo game because that would affect us."
"I thought we did well in the first half. The second half they had a little more of the game, but still we had some good quality chances, the one with Maicon [Santos] and out of nothing we give up a set piece for the second goal. It is what it is, we just have to regroup and get ready for the next game."
On not being able to force Houston out of their game plan
"Yeah, that's the game. You come out here and play with them and you have to defend crosses in the box, you have to make sure you get tight on the wide players. We know that they play that way and I think there are moments on the game where momentum shifts and when you get the ball you just have to take care of it better."
"I just think when you give up two goals it is difficult. We did create some chances and if we score the second goal it changes things, so that is why I kind of felt that we had a good opportunity to walk away with points. With the game winding down walking away with a point, you feel good on the road."
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"Obviously, Brad Davis has a good service. You just have to limit the times he gets the ball. He was able to put the ball into good spots and they were able to capitalize."
On talking often with his defenders
"I actually thought [the Dynamo] got more crosses off the right side, they were high up, they were dangerous. On the left side we weren't really troubled. Brad Davis is the one you have to key in on. I don't think anybody else on the team was very dangerous coming in. Yeah, they got a couple shots off, but nothing too dangerous. You have to give credit to Houston, they came out and executed their game plan on a day where I thought we weren't bad, but there are certain things in certain areas of the field where you have to be a little smarter. We will get back and work on it as a team. I think we will get better and going forward we will be okay. We just have to fix some things and get ready for Columbus next weekend."
Chicago Fire 1 – 2 Houston Dynamo
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson, Wells Thompson, Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Daniel Paladini (Patrick Nyarko 57'), Logan Pause ©, Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere (Dilly Duka 85'); Chris Rolfe, Sherjill MacDonald (Maicon Santos 60')
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Hunter Jumper, Michael Videira, Corben Bone
Houston Dynamo: Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Jermaine Taylor, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe; Andrew Driver (Warren Creavalle 71'), Adam Moffat, Ricardo Clark, Brad Davis ©, Giles Barnes (Cam Weaver 86'), Will Bruin (Brian Ching 75')
Substitutes not used: Jason Johnson, Eric Brunner, Tyler Deric, Luiz Camargo
Scoring Summary
HOU – Will Bruin (Brad Davis) 26'
CHI – Chris Rolfe (Daniel Paladini) 29'
HOU – Brad Davis (Kofi Sarkodie) 81'
Misconduct Summary
CHI – Daniel Paladini (caution) 55'
HOU – Corey Ashe (caution) 90+'
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
Assistants: Eric Proctor, James Conlee
Fourth Official: Ismail Elfath


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Firefox 3.0, released not too long ago, was generally well-received. It added a load of new features, while also providing much-needed speed improvements and better memory management. Some new features, however, have met more resistance - one of them is the rather complicated user interface thrown at users when they reach a website with an invalid or expired SSL certificate.
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Working in IT security this has become a bit annoyence to me. None of the devices which we connect to have valid certs so having to click through it each time sucks. As techies we manage to figure it out. End users ive found are at a loss and will give up unless told what to do.
Also when managing multiple devices, even though i tell firefox to remember the certs, it keeps forgetting them, and once in a while will block me out of a site until i clear all my certs for those devices.
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LOS ANGELES The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced the settlement of an employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) against Cirque du Soleil, (U.S.), Inc. for $600,000 and significant remedial relief on behalf of a performer who was fired for being HIV-positive. Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is an international circus and entertainment troupe with 2,700 employees worldwide.
EEOC reached the voluntary resolution with Cirque du Soleil through the agency's conciliation process after investigating a charge of discrimination filed by Matthew Cusick, who worked as an aerial gymnast, and finding "reasonable cause" that the company violated the ADA.
"When I was fired from Cirque du Soleil it was the worst day of my life," said Mr. Cusick. "Today is nearly the exact opposite because I stood up for what I knew was right and changed one of the world's most popular entertainment companies."
In addition to the monetary payment to Mr. Cusick, the negotiated settlement requires Cirque du Soleil to appoint an equal employment opportunity officer to oversee the annual training of its employees on the laws enforced by the EEOC, with an emphasis on HIV/disability discrimination, and to post a Notice in its workplace about the resolution of the case.
Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Cusick will receive $300,000 in compensatory damages, the maximum allowed for an individual under the ADA; $200,000 in front pay; $60,000 in lost wages; and $40,000 in attorneys' fees. Mr. Cusick was privately represented by the Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, a national gay and lesbian legal advocacy group.
"I commend Cirque du Soleil for working constructively with our federal agency to resolve this matter prior to litigation," said Olophius Perry, Director of EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, which investigated the case and negotiated the voluntary settlement. "I encourage all employers who are faced with an EEOC administrative finding of discrimination to use our conciliation process to resolve the employment dispute quickly and efficiently."
Director Perry added: "Unfortunately, employers continue to have difficulty in recognizing what constitutes a 'direct threat' under the ADA, despite the fact that fourteen years have passed since the law was enacted. Employers must ensure that employment decisions are not based on myths or stereotypes, but rather, on reasonable medical judgments based on current medical knowledge."
Hayley Gorenberg, Director of Lambda Legal's AIDS Project added, "This is a huge victory for working people with HIV, because it tells employers that there's a steep price to pay for HIV discrimination."
In publicizing this case, Cirque du Soleil agreed to wave the EEOC's statutory confidentiality provisions which hold that the agency is strictly prohibited from confirming or denying the existence of charge filings, investigative findings, or resolutions unless or until the Commission files litigation against an employer.
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