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Columbia Rotary: Past President John Johnston and Jack Sloan recognized for their work on Leadercast 2015!
NMB Rotary Golf Tournament
Seven Oaks Park Athletic Director visits The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo
DG Funderburk Visit Daniel Island
Columbia Rotarian running for Alzheimer's research
Rotary Club of Forest Acres Hosts Major Fundraiser
Rotary Club of Forest Acres is winding up one of our two major fundraising activities which is Carolina Football Reserved Season Parking. We have a great small location (53 spaces) @ Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union at the intersection of Geo. Rogers Blvd. and Shop Road. Cost $330, only 3 spaces available. Run by our members. 100% for local charities. Call George Shissias 803 787 5065 for application form.
Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise Helped Elementary Students Pick Out New Shoes
On August 15th from 7:30AM until 9:30AM, the Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise helped 64 Waccamaw Elementary students pick out new shoes so they can start the new school year on the right foot. The Happy Feet project is one of three elementary school support programs funded and administered by the club. The other two, Warm Bodies and P Cubed: Pads, Papers, Pencils for Pupils, also help assist children identified by classroom teachers and administrators. Each year, the club spends over $5,000 on the three projects, which support both Waccamaw Elementary and Carolina Forest Elementary.
The Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise is a Flex Club. Having the Flex Club status allows our club to actively participate in community events on a biweekly basis. The 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month are breakfast meetings to share ideas and fellowship. The other weeks are held at civic events to assist and spread Rotarian efforts throughout the community. The club meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7:00AM at Beef O'Brady's in the Carolina Forest Kroger Shopping Center. New or prospective members are always welcome at our breakfast meeting. Come and learn of the many service projects provided by our dynamic club in behalf of "Service Above Self" to our community and its citizens of all ages. (photos by Ralph Jones)
The Lake Marion Rotary Club Donates to Vance-Providence Elementary School
The Lake Marion Rotary Club adopted Vance-Providence Elementary School to provide school supplies and uniforms for this school year. On August 13, a group of Rotarians headed to VPE to take the school supplies collected. Additionally, the club had 100% participation in monetary donations to be used to provide a number of school uniforms to needy students. Those monies had double the impact thanks to Rotarian Chuck Abbott, who matched what the club had collected. Pictured, from left, Rotarian Horace James, Rotarian Mabel Williams, VPE Parent Liaison Malqueen Rivers, VPE Principal Sharon Wilson, Rotarian Gerald Wright and Rotarian David Elliott.
Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise members learn of Impact Ministries
Ms. Christie Morris (right) of Impact Ministries described the unique International Student Ministry started three years ago which has served over 4,000 international students who are summer workers who reside in the Myrtle Beach area for 5 to 6 month periods.Club member Dr.Darla Domke-Damonte ( left) introduced the speaker. International students are recruited by various area and local companies as summer workers and experience varying levels of assistance and resultant difficulties.Morris described the support services provided this summer and the tremendous attendance growth: over 1200 students came to student orientation to learn about safety,obtain their Social Security card, and learn about International Cafe. The Cafe has become a student center where students love to hang out. Over 70 volunteers are from 5 churches and 3 outreach groups. The cafe has expanded from one room to three for meeting and service purposes. Thus far, 25 bikes have been furnished to students, 15 students have been rescued from unsafe or unsanitary housing and placed in safe locations, as well as being placed with host families. Thirty students have been helped to find jobs, 28 have been helped with health issues, and effective liaison established with MBPD and various other agencies. For more information, to make donations, to include volunteer service, contact Impact Ministries, 843-254-7777, or www.impacmb.org .
The Rotary Club of Carolina Forest Sunrise meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 am at Beef O'Brady's located at the Carolina Forest Kroger shopping mall.
Interested persons and prospective members are invited to attend and learn about our community and many opportunities to serve while enjoying breakfast and great fellowship among Rotarians dedicated to serving our community in the highest tradition of Rotary's credo, "Service Above Self". ( Photo by Ralph Jones.)


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The instrument that was supposed to revolutionize how police identify drunken drivers in Ohio - or that was supposed to entangle the state in lawsuits challenging its validity - has done neither.
The instrument that was supposed to revolutionize how police identify drunken drivers in Ohio - or that was supposed to entangle the state in lawsuits challenging its validity - has done neither.
In the more than 15 months since police began using the Intoxilyzer 8000, the machine has been used successfully 2,096 times, and 1,651 of the tests showed the driver had blood alcohol above the level at which someone in Ohio is considered impaired. That's far fewer than the number of drivers nabbed with older technology such as the instrument the Intoxilyzer 8000 was supposed to replace. There still are six times more Datamaster machines in the field than Intoxilyzer 8000s.
The Intoxilyzer 8000 has had 653 unsuccessful tests, with the largest number of failures attributed to the presence of alcohol in the air or deficient samples.
When state officials were trying in 2008 to gain approval to buy the new instrument, a 16-pound gray box, they touted it as a major leap forward in getting drunken drivers off the streets.
Unlike older machines, the Intoxilyzer 8000 can easily be carried in the trunk of a police car and used in the field. That means suspected drunken drivers can be tested on the spot by blowing into a tube, as opposed to a time-consuming journey to and from a police station to take a test on a machine that isn't portable.
Defense lawyers say the Intoxilyzer 8000 is less reliable than fixed instruments because of environmental factors such as heat and humidity. They note that the machine sometimes gives "ambient failures," meaning that the presence of alcohol in the air skews the results.
The machine has drawn numerous legal challenges in other states such as Florida and Minnesota, in part because its manufacturer refuses to provide a detailed accounting of its software programming.
Officials of Ohio's Department of Health, which certified the machine, and the Department of Public Safety, whose Highway Patrol troopers are using it, deployed the Intoxilyzer 8000 for the first time in the state in April 2009 in Clermont County.
Now, 51 counties have the instrument, but none of Ohio's major population centers is among them. In central Ohio, Union, Madison, Pickaway and Marion counties are using the device.
About 80 of the more than 700 machines the state bought for about $9,000 each are in use.
"You'd think we'd have machines in every (patrol) post by this time," said Tim Huey, DUI chairman for the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. "Bring 'em to a big town so we can challenge them."
Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc couldn't say when the state plans to introduce the Intoxilyzer 8000 to urban counties such as Franklin.
"The plan is still to work through replacing every instrument in the state until all law-enforcement agencies that currently have breath-testing instruments have I-8000s," she said.
Komlanc said test results from the Intoxilyzer 8000 have drawn one legal challenge, which was in Clermont County and was unsuccessful.
Defense lawyers said the state is rolling out the instruments in counties such as Clermont, where pro-prosecution judges are less likely to accept defense challenges to the validity of test readings.
"Is it good enough to detect the presence of alcohol? Absolutely," said defense lawyer Jeffrey Meadows. "Is it good enough to be used reliably to determine blood-alcohol concentration? None of them are."
On a recent Saturday night, the Highway Patrol set up three drunken-driving checkpoints in southwestern Ohio: two in Cincinnati and one in the Ohio River village of Neville in Clermont County. Only the Neville checkpoint used the Intoxilyzer 8000.
More than 500 vehicles passed through the checkpoint in the four hours it was operating, but none of the drivers appeared to have drunk enough to justify using the breath tester.
Highway Patrol Sgt. Corey Wright, working the Neville checkpoint, said he has administered about 20 tests on the Intoxilyzer 8000.
Wright said the new machine is a time-saver. He also discounted arguments that test results are unreliable, noting that suspected drunken drivers must score above the 0.08 percent standard on two consecutive tests to be arrested.
"It eliminates a lot of paperwork," Wright said. "You have two different tests that show, at two different times, they were either over the legal limit, or they weren't over the legal limit."
As drivers passed through the checkpoint - two were asked to get out of their vehicles for field sobriety tests - the Intoxilyzer 8000 sat in a trailer, unused.

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" Peonies and Silver" oil 36x24
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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Lately I have been focusing much of my efforts on painting from the live model. Painting people offers an endless supply of inspiration and challenges. All my paintings are direct, alla prima paintings which adds another level of difficulty to the issue. It makes painting very exciting, not knowing where things might go, or if the painting will go where I want, or become a failure. So much in life is planned. I like having my work be something that occurs in the moment and is a discovery as it happens.
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We were going to texture the ceiling, but that did not work out as planned. It started sagging at the seams while we were doing our first go-over with the topping compound. I was thankful it happened sooner rather than later! (Like we have painted and moved all furniture back in and it starts drooping) Ah well. So here is what we had to do instead:
It came off pretty cleanly with some hot water/vinegar rolled on with a paint roller. So Robert rolled and I scraped. At times I could tear big soggy strips on, as long as it was saturated down to the second layer. So anyone who has ridiculous wallpaper on their ceiling? Try some hot water and vinegar. It will do the trick!
Tonight *we* finished laying bare the living room ceiling. Well, OK, I was the official (wallpaper) stripper the whole time, but tonight it was actually Robert who finished the last over-half of the living room by himself while I got the kids dinner, baths, watched the rest of Star Wars V with them, etc. You know, the things necessary for their development (An aside--at one point, both my older two had left the room at a "scary part" and my 3yo stayed with me and was like "Where'd everybody go?" She is fearless). So here is the fully stripped ceiling, don't blush:
I tried to really capture THE EXPANSE we were working with, haha. It was like the expanse of the heavens, but with much more plaster and sweat and tears than when God spoke the stars into existence. We were able to work together pretty well, and for that I was proud. Lots of painting to do, y'all!


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I received the "One Lovely Blog" Award from Ally's Kitchen. First off, I have to say that I am so honored that she chose me to give this award to. Ally was one of the very first bloggers who did a "shout out" about my blog to all of her thousands of followers announcing that she was doing an "Ally Rally" and that everyone should follow me, I- really- don't know- what- the- heck- I -am- doing- Moore- Or- Less- Cooking- Blog! I fell in love with Ally's photos and recipes and her irresistible love for food. As part of this award I must share some things about myself and then pass on this award to five (5) bloggers, who must do the same.
Happy, Outgoing, Loving, Generous, Protective, Loyal, Adventurous ( I really like how I chose all positive words about myself, it didn't specify, so I am not giving out the negative stuff!)
What keeps you up at night?
It used to be Menopausal Symptoms, but now that I had surgery last summer and am taking HR, I sleep like a baby.Usually just hubs snoring or us fighting over the covers keeps me up at night!
Who would you like to be?
There is a saying, "If everyone threw all of their problems in the middle of the circle, you would take your own back". I gotta be me!!
What scares you
I try not to think about what scares me, I believe that if you project your thoughts you can make them happen, so I try to think positive happy thoughts. All of my years of yoga practice has helped me to work on this, it is a practice after all. I heard someone say, "Worrying is praying for something to come true". I have to practice not to worry.
What are the best and worst things about blogging?
The Best things about blogging are:
Meeting so many wonderful people. I started blogging in August of 2011 and I have over 800 followers on Facebook and Twitter and My Blog Moore or Less Cooking. I would never have met all of these wonderful foodies if it weren't for Blogging and Facebook. So, since I have so many foodie friends, I am inspired by their comments and reactions to what I have cooked or baked or created, I have photographed every step, I have written about my experiences and then I get to put it all together and let the world critique my every move and every word. Pretty cool huh? I think it is incredible. Why? Because almost every single follower or friend that I have is very supportive and positive with their feedback and comments. These aren't friends and family, these are people that I have only met on Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest and Stumblr and Google!
The Worst things about blogging are: It really is time consuming. Why? Because it is so addictive....there are so many wonderful recipes that I am wanting to share and write about and discuss with all of my new friends and then I look at the clock and 3 hours have passed and I have only posted pictures, but not in the order I imagined, so now I need to go back and rearrange them and then another 3 hours has passed and then, oh no.....I haven't even written about the recipe. Oh well, there is always tomorrow, got to go make dinner for my family!
What is the last website you looked at?
Six Sister's Stuff
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? That I were better at letting go, yes, I know this is difficult for me, but at my age, I try not to let things stress me out, I have to take care of myself, so that I am healthy to take care of my family.
Slankets, yes or no? What does this have to do with the price of beans in South America? Yes, I live in Maine for God sakes.
Tell us something about the person who tagged you… I met What's for Dinner? Ally's Kitchen on Facebook when I first started blogging. I was hesitant to open a public account on Facebook for Moore Or Less Cooking because I am a very private person. One day Ally started an" Ally Rally" to get all of her friends to like me on Facebook,she said,"Let's get Nettie up to 100 fans." Every single one of Ally's followers had such wonderful things to say about Ally, I knew right away how generous and loving she was. Not only is Ally a famous Chef who has been on Master Chef and Gallo Commercials and is an actress and model and yogi, wife, mother and grandmother, she is a spectacular cook, baker and photographer with a positive upbeat personality that you just love talking to anytime. Here are some of What's for Dinner ? Ally's Kitchen's accomplishments and Awards:
Master Chef Finalist Season 2 Top 100 Contestant
Gallo Family Winery Grand Prize Winner Family Recipe Contest
TASTE OF HOME Magazine November 2011
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LENOX 1-2-3 Recipe Contest 2011 Winner
Ocean Spray Grand Prize Winner 2011
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The MCC Bridge Club holds regular sessions of the world's most famous card game at the MCG.Duplicate bridge is played in the Hans Ebeling Room on Thursday afternoons, while the club also plays regular matches against other bridge clubs.
Visit the MCC Bridge Club's website.
New membersAll MCC members are welcome to apply for membership of the MCC Bridge Club.
Our Thursday afternoon bridge sessions require an understanding of the fundamentals of the the game of Bridge and in particular how Duplicate Bridge is played.
All members without significant prior playing experience need to have completed at least a beginner course in bridge.
Such courses are not currently provided by the MCC Bridge Club but are available at many other bridge clubs in the Melbourne area.
MCC members interested in joining may contact Rob Nurse (0418 848 486 or email@example.com) for further information and to obtain an application form.


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If you are a business owner, you have probably heard that without a website, your business is virtually dead in the water. The trouble is, if you are like most business owners, you are also wary of the cost of setting up and maintaining a website.
Eventually, if you research how to create and maintain a business website relatively cheaply, you will 'discover' CMS, or Content Management Systems.
Two of the biggest, and most popular CMS on the market right now are Joomla, and WordPress, and in this article, we put them head to head, to determine which one is better for your business.
What Are They?
Both Joomla and WordPress are PHP – MySQL based content management systems, which means that they use a database to store and retrieve your content. That means that they both lend themselves to large, content heavy sites, which is perfect for a business website.
They're both template based, which means that each page uses a set design, and all of the pages of your website will have the same basic look, regardless of the content you choose to host on that page.
So far so good, they match up fairly well, but what about the rest?
When it comes to launching a website, or anything else for that matter, most business owners will tell you that cost is one of the most important factors.
The good news is that both Joomla and WordPress are free to download and use, and are often included in free script programs on hosting packages, so you do not even have to download them to use them.
The primary costs involved in setting up both Joomla and WordPress sites are in the registering of your domain, and choosing and signing up for a hosting package for your site.
Both WordPress and Joomla work as CMS packages, although WordPress is technically a blogging platform.
Both allow you to create sections and pages, upload content quickly and easily, and have a flexible, user-friendly interface. Both are also stable, thanks to the work of the communities that use and improve them, and that means that your site will be 'up' more often than not.
Anyone with a basic understanding of computers and the internet should be able to start using either Joomla or WordPress, and within a few hours, have mastered the basics to update their content and make basic changes to their site, so they're both great for business owners on a budget!
Since hosting is one of the major cost factors involved in creating or maintaining a Joomla or WordPress or any other kind of business website for that matter, you're probably going to want to make sure that the CMS you choose is not going to use up all of your hosting space!
The good news is that at 30Mb and 10Mb respectively, neither Joomla nor WordPress will be using all your server space when you install them. In fact, compared to some other CMS platforms, they are downright tiny.
Templates, Plugins and Other Stuff
When it comes to free templates, plugins and modules, Joomla is probably slightly better than WordPress, because it is an open source package, with a huge global community who are constantly working on new designs and scripts.
However, while there's probably more you can get for free when you use Joomla, which does not mean that there are not other options.
Many of the major freelancing platforms online have Joomla and WordPress developers who will create custom templates, plugins, or modules for a very reasonable price. Those templates, modules or plugins can do just about anything you like on your site, so if you spend some time looking at other sites you like, you could probably have a developer somewhere in the world whip it up for you.
Then there are also software packages, designed to allow you to create your own templates using a drag and drop system, which is super simple, and requires zero knowledge of html, java, or any of the other complex internet stuff.
All in all, both packages are very customizable, and there is sure to be something that suits your needs out there.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
If you are working on a company website, you will probably want to spend some time thinking about SEO, or Search Engine Optimization.
Both Joomla and WordPress offer full SEO functionality, with tags for headlines and other important elements of your pages, easy tagging and description for pages and more.
In fact, with a little practice, you should be able to do your own on site SEO with both of these platforms with little or no effort.
Pages and More
Strictly speaking, WordPress is not a website CMS – it is a blog CMS.However, it has become something of a hybrid of late, which allows you to create more pages, and improve site navigation.
It is not quite up to Joomla's sections, pages and articles model, with multiple menus, which lends itself to huge, content heavy sites, but for a simple business website, it's more than up to the task.
The Conclusion?
When it comes to a pure website application, Joomla comes out tops – the code is stronger, there are more features, and it is growing and expanding as a platform on an almost constant basis, which makes it easier to adapt to the ever-changing requirements of large-scale websites.
However, if you are looking for a basic website or blog that looks like a website, and you want something quick, easy and simple, WordPress is more than up to the job.
In all, both of these CMS packages are great, easy to use, adaptable, and low cost. Decide whether you need a monstrous, mega site, or a simpler site that showcases your business in the best light, and then work from there. Joomla is up to managing just about anything, including thousand page mega sites, while WordPress will give you a clean, stylish and simple business site without breaking a sweat.
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My Dear Cousin
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The National League suspended Otis Nixon of the Atlanta Braves for four games and Wally Ritchie of the Philadelphia Phillies for one game as the result of a brawl in Tuesday night's game between the teams.
The fight started when Ritchie hit Nixon with a pitch and the Braves outfielder charged the mound. He knocked Ritchie to the ground with a lunging kick, then threw several punches before the players on both benches emptied and the fight was broken up.
Both players were fined an undisclosed amount. They have appealed the suspensions and fines, and will be eligible to play pending the appeals.


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Flex Pack has been selected by a leading paint manufacturer to supply its fillers.
Flex Pack's new bottle filler, the model 450 – 02 filler, accelerates speed of line as it supplies one of the versatile bottle fillers that has an application with virtually any liquid including dairy products, cooking oils, dips, food service products and a wide range of chemicals such as detergents, acids and fertilisers has found its way into a special section of the paint industry.
The paint manufacturer produces water based paints for both the education and retail market, recently selecting the Flex Pack model 450 – 02 filler. According to the company's spokesman, they were filling six bottles per minute with their recently superseded filling machine.
With the new Flex Pack model 450-2 automatic filler, they are operating at 26 bottles per minute and have the capability of going to 40 per minute or more. The machine now can rapid fill containers of up to twenty litre capacity.
The Flex Pack filler gives a wide range of industries an opportunity to upgrade to this latest design, achieve a higher level of cost efficiency and higher productivity.


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Publishers Can Boost Revenue, Improve Content Discoverability with Newsstand Editions on iPad Tablet Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — October 12, 2011 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that, using Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite, leading publishers have created magazine applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand section of the Apple App Store and the Newsstand folder on the iPad. The announcement comes five weeks after Adobe announced that Adobe Digital Publishing Suite will include full support for iOS 5 Newsstand subscriptions. A sampling of publishers who have delivered apps enabled for iOS 5 Newsstand created with Digital Publishing Suite include National Geographic, Reader's Digest and Condé Nast. Additional applications enabled for Newsstand and iOS 5 and built with Digital Publishing Suite are expected soon from Bonnier, Dennis Publishing, Newsweek, Rodale Inc., Smithsonian and Wenner Media.
"We are seeing rapid adoption of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite among publishers that want to create exceptional, engaging apps enabled for Newsstand that reinvent the magazine experience while making digital content more easily discoverable and marketable," said Todd Teresi, vice president and general manager, Media Solutions, Adobe. "Adobe technology is lowering the barriers to publishing digital editions of magazines and newspapers as well as enabling publishers to better showcase and merchandise digital content on iOS devices."
Newsstand apps created with Adobe Creative Suite® CS5.5 software and Digital Publishing Suite that are approved by Apple are recognized and added to the iOS 5 Newsstand. As new issues become available they are automatically updated in Newsstand through Digital Publishing Suite support for background downloading. Digital Publishing Suite can also generate apps compatible with Android™ and BlackBerry® tablets, though Newsstand support is unique to iOS 5 devices.
With applications enabled for Newsstand and iOS 5 push notifications, subscribers are told when updated content in magazine or newspaper apps is available in their personalized newsstand. New content is downloaded in the background as it becomes available, eliminating long wait times for subscribers. Publishers can also present icon covers displayed on the Newsstand shelf and drive more proactive marketing and merchandising activities to capture new subscribers and increase ad and subscription revenues.
Top Publishers Embrace Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to Create Applications Enabled for Newsstand
Many of the world's leading publishers rely on Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create digital editions of their magazines. Now, many are standardizing on Digital Publishing Suite to create versions of their magazines that are enabled for Newsstand, including Condé Nast, National Geographic and Reader's Digest:
"From the outset, tablets have been a game-changer for Condé Nast in our mission to deliver award-winning, influential content across platforms," said Monica Ray, executive vice president of consumer marketing, Condé Nast. "Now that Digital Publishing Suite includes full support for iOS 5 Newsstand subscriptions, our users can always be sure they have the latest content as soon as it is available and we can showcase cover art, the most coveted real estate for a publisher with iconic titles, such as WIRED, The New Yorker, Glamour, Vanity Fair and Vogue."
"Creatively, Adobe tools allow our editors to develop stories for print and electronic publishing simultaneously, keeping the message dynamic and flexible, and taking advantage of each medium's strength," said Bill Marr, creative director, National Geographic magazine. "Adobe Digital Publishing Suite support for Newsstand is exciting because it will put National Geographic magazine at users' digital doorsteps, making it easier for tablet users to explore the rich offerings enabled by the software."
"Using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create tablet editions of Reader's Digest means we can easily and efficiently share content with our international editions," said Peggy Northrop, vice president and global editor-in-chief, Reader's Digest. "Adobe's full support for Newsstand is attractive for us because it will provide our readers/customers with the convenience of having content immediately available in their digital newsstand as well as organizing all their magazines in one spot."
Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Launched in 2010, Adobe Digital Publishing Suite is available in Enterprise, Professional and Single editions, targeting a wide range of media publishers, brand organizations and advertising agencies, including small design firms and individual designers. The Digital Publishing Suite hosted solution is used to create immersive experiences that combine the visual impact of print design; the flexibility of the tablet format; the immediacy of touch interaction; and the engagement of interactive elements such as video, audio, animated infographics and 360-degree views. Adobe Digital Publishing Suite tightly integrates with Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 and Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 software, empowering designers with industry‐standard page layout capabilities to create highly designed, engaging digital content, from sales and marketing collateral to employee and customer engagement pieces to large-scale magazines and newspapers, that deliver new revenue opportunities and drive greater business value.
With Apple's release of iOS 5 and the Newsstand application, publishers
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What should i do to loose 60lb?
The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you're trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board...
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Is it safe and realistic to loose 3lbs a week, I'm overweight and need to loose 56lbs?
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Loose cast replaced, 3 days later it's loose again ?
if it's that loose it's not offering the required support to enable the bones to knit together and heal - it needs replacing - you're not dehydrated are you??
In the TV show episode Little Amadeus The bear is loose what is the song that is played when Minnie the bear gets loose in town and a man is climbing up a flagpole?
Clarabelle the Clown on the (Howdy Doody) program. he created the role, but ditched it. it was a non-speaking role.
How do i get rid of loose skindo i have loose skin?
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How to get to BishoFly into East London (ELS), 25.6 mi (41.1 km) from the heart of Bisho.
When to visit BishoIf you're beginning to plan your vacation, you may be curious about the best time to visit. Here are the seasonal norms to help you decide when to go:
Seasonal temperature averages
- • January-March: 78°F day, 60°F night
- • April-June: 75°F day, 48°F night
- • July-September: 69°F day, 48°F night
- • October-December: 76°F day, 55°F night
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text: I recently left DirecTV as a customer and I am missing the Whole Home DVR (but not the cost). I am back with my local cable provider and have DVR's with them however they are extremely antiquated. I currently have ATV's on all of the TV's in my house, and I would like to see if I can use them for my goal. IDEALY: I would like an interface that would allow me to hook a cablecard/ cable box to my Imac and it would allow me to DVR multiple shows and access them using the ATV's that I have around my house. I also would like this to happen automatically (so the wife can use without thinking about it) I have a new iMac and I have over 5 TB of accesible storage space, and wireless N network. I am not afraid to go to a different interface if the ATV cant do it (Roku, etc). Anyone have any ideas. In a perfect world I would be able to rid myself the $40 a month I pay for DVR boxes. Thanks for anyhelp!


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This paper interrogates the role of Grading in the context of a desire to promote engaged learning. A distinction is made between evaluation and grading and criticism. The discussion unravels the difference between good and bad criticism and suggests that they both fail to address the issue of self-authorship in the sense that they promote an obedience to extrinsic authority and values. The development of an intrinsic value system as a prerequisite for engagement.
Further, the role of grading and evaluation is located in a cultural context in western institutes, and the argument is made that western values, models and knowledge forms (including processes of evaluation) are often oppressive to indigenous peoples and people of colour. The argument finally rests upon the location and distribution of power in the evaluation process.
Finally a consensus model for grading is presented that is consistent with the principles of critical pedagogy and that accounts for both the needs of culturally diverse students and at the same time satisfies the demands of the institution for letter grades.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-23
Google going real real-time? latest blog by @martintyler http://bit.ly/9jPb8S #comet # RT @sarahlawfull:relaxing@ #spa2010 after delivering "Persona Driven Development" yest, thx 4 the positive feedback http://bit.ly/a0VG7S #UX # Platformability: Google Comet? latest announcements from the Google I/O event http://bit.ly/d90TaT # RT @sarahlawfull: My blog post on #spa2010 http://bit.ly/OgvD5 #UX #NJM…Read More
Google going real real-time
There's a log of talk about the real-time web these days, but most of it is talking about stuff that isn't really real-time at all. Most of it just means when you access the data it is up to date, or in some cases it means things update for you…Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-16
RT @CaplinSystems: Online platforms displace telephone as primary FX trading channel – read more at Finextra: http://bit.ly/d4XTdG # RT @IncMagazine: Ask @timoreilly your questions live right now: http://www.inc.com/live or ask your question on Twitter, include #inclive # Benchmarking Liberator to 100,000 clients with very low latency! – latest blog by…Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
Python-style optional and named parameters coming to C#: not groundbreaking but nice to have. http://bit.ly/2zkYpc # Big improvements to unit testing in Silverlight 4: rich results, run tagged tests only, runs out of browser. Nice! http://bit.ly/bzKsRG # Know your own mind! – a new blog on Platformability by Tammy –…Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-02
Platformability:Comet Servers for a Single-Dealer Platform by @martintyler: http://bit.ly/dDjE21. Choosing Comet server for an SDP? Read on. # Excellent post on our Platformability blog by @martintyler: Comet Servers for a Single-Dealer Platform (SDP): http://bit.ly/dp18B9 # RT @martintyler: The state of web development – a detailed report about professional web designers…Read More
HTML5 vs Flash – The Saga Continues
Yesterday there were a couple of important posts that have reignited the fire under the HTML5 vs Flash debate. The first was Thoughts On Flash from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The second was the riposte from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, via Alan Murray's exclusive interview, Highlights: The Journal's Exclusive Interview…Read More
New Features in Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, Flash Catalyst and Mosaic (part 2)
In the first part of this blog I covered some of the new features in Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 as described in a talk by Adobe Technical Evangelist Christophe Coenraets. This part will focus on LiveCycle Collaboration Service, Flash Catalyst, LiveCycle DataServices, and the relatively new LiveCycle Mosaic….Read More
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
RT @martintyler: Great presentation on HTML 5, using HTML 5 – http://bit.ly/cySfo3 #html5 # Good morning! Platformability's latest, by Mike Poston: Silverlight 4 – Is it what banks want? Very thorough review: http://bit.ly/bgI7vc # If you haven't seen it yet: Platformability's latest, by Mike Poston: Silverlight 4 – Is it…Read More


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Kenya on Wednesday signed a deal to construct a highway to link the country to Ethiopia and South Sudan.
James Macharia, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, told a media briefing in Nairobi that the government has signed a commercial agreement with Lamu Road Consortium (LRC) comprising of South African firm, Group Five Proprietary Limited and the Development Bank of Southern Africa to finance the construction of the 530 km Lamu-Garissa-Isiolo road at a cost of 620 million U.S. dollars.
"The road is the first section of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor that seeks to link Kenya to the landlocked countries in East Africa," Macharia said.
"It is projected under the proposed commercial contract that the construction of the 530 km highway will commence in mid-2018 and take four years to complete," he added.
Over the last two years, the LRC has been undertaking studies and presented a privately initiated investment proposal investment to the government for the development of Lamu-Garissa-Isiolo Road.
Read: African Development Bank strongly supports Nigerian Government's economic recovery efforts
Macharia said that the road will be undertaken under a public-private-partnership where LRC will finance construction of the road and charge roads users a fee for a period of 25 years to recoup their investment.
Thereafter, Macharia said, the road will revert to government ownership. He said that the government has resorted to private sector financing of infrastructure projects due to limited funds.
"By tapping into the private sector, funds will be able to construct roads faster rather than waiting for availability of public funds," he added.
Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has been mandated to plan, design and develop the highway component of the LAPSSET Corridor project, which covers approximately 2,000 km.


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It finally occurred to me that the transformation from Generic cylinder along the y axis can use the vector converted from Cartesian to polar coordinates. The polar coordinate angles are then rotations along the z, and y axis to transform. Next up text.
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Always the "simple" things…
Well, I've spent nearly all morning trying to get a new primitive into the ray tracer for displaying a vector. I assumed it would be easy, but trying to get a rotation from the standard generic vertical cylinder to an arbitrary vector, using the instance class's rotate_() methods, is difficult. It seems every time I think I fix it a new problem arises. This is why I dislike 3D rotations, they're just so confusing.
It's always the things that you assume will be easy that end up taking the most amount of time… Still hasn't worked but I can't play with it anymore today because I have to head to my day job.
It's been a while…
Well, it's been a year and a day since I last posted something here. Hard to believe, really, but although I've been doing stuff, it hasn't been anything worth showing. I've started a few projects, put off others, and done several other things. I've moved many of my projects from the, now defunct, Google Code to my github account.
I've worked on a few projects not on github, but much of my time was spent on the ray tracer that is on github.
I also launched the beginnings of a small browser based game onto this site. It's very much not finished, it's a bit slow and jerky, and you can't win and the AI doesn't work, but it is working the way it's intended to as far as the features that are done are concerned.
In the next few days I may launch another sub-domain for a bit more creative writing that I've been tinkering with.
Back in November, This happened
Back in November 2013, my father got a call from work on a Saturday. Another companies truck had hit a low bridge and needed a machine brought in to right bulldozer which had rolled. Dad just had to go make sure his co-worker would be able to get to the location and work. I went along for the ride, and took pictures and videos.
Still sick, taking a break from library app
Doctor gave me antibiotics and told me not to go to work for a few days, I'm scheduled for tomorrow, and will probably go. I do feel quite a bit better now.
I stopped working on the library application. This was primarily because of boredom, played some games instead. Think I'm going to change gears to a different project for a bit. Perhaps back to one of my game projects, or maybe even start working on that Graph Based Paint Program again. Hopefully a friend of mine will come online, he offered to play Halo 3 the other day, and I said I couldn't that day, but I do miss that game sometimes so I'd like to play it again.
Sick, working on library app.
I feel really sick today, woke up choking on my own swollen throat. Plan to go to the doctor as soon as possible.
The library app, is going slow, trying to find an API that will give cover art of Movies, Books, and Music, but no one database seems to have good coverage of all of them. Thinking I'm going to try using FreeBase, a Google API and service which has just about everything, but it doesn't have much of the cover art. The OMDB API seemed promising, however it's only movies, and the poster/DVD case art is hosted elsewhere, which I don't like, but I may end up using it anyway. For music the best alternative seems to be MusicBrainz, which seems to provide only XML, and I would prefer JSON, though a beta JSON is mentioned. And for Books OpenLibrary seems far the best option. Think that I may go with a hybrid approach. I'm working on a live copy, so you can track progress at library.matrixpeckham.com
Well, The front page to matrixpeckham.com is up and running. And other things
So, after a few days of work, I have finally changed the front page of the main site from simply "under construction" to something quite a bit more interesting. Although not done by a long shot, it has an interactive WebGL based background image, which should gracefully fall back on HTML5 canvas rendering in the event WebGL isn't supported. It's powered by ThreeJS, and uses noise generation code I found on github. The background allows scrolling and zooming, though the zooming isn't correct, It does not currently zoom in correctly and fixing it would require some digging, math, and rewriting, which I will do at some point but not right away.
Tomorrow I have the day off from my day job, been meaning to catalog my fairly large collection of books and entertainment media for a very long time, now that I have this site seems like a good reason to re-invent the wheel and create a web-app for that. Think I'll start designing the Database for that tomorrow. I'm thinking whole hog, multiple users right away, even though it'll probably only ever be me that uses it. But I'm thinking it's a bit late and that I should go to sleep soon, but before that perhaps a quick trip to Reddit to see if there's anything worth reading.
Created Blog
Created this blog on my site, and I think I'm going to try to import the older posts from my last blog.
Web Project progress
Made lots of progress on my web project since the last post about it. It is currently available to the public but it is still very infantile. Click here (EDIT: NO LONGER AVAILABLE) to visit it, it has no real domain name.
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A native of Asunción, Paraguay, Dr. Victor Cantero obtained his medical degree at the National University of Asunción in 1998, where he completed his residency
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Dr. Cantero migrated to the United States in 2005 and completed his U.S.-based training in obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center / Weill Cornell University in New York City.
Dr. Cantero has an interest in minimally invasive surgery and is certified in robotic surgery/single port approaches, urogynecology, pelvic floor repair procedures, and aesthetic and cosmetic gynecology procedures.
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Dr. Cantero is board certified in OB/GYN by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and a member of the American Medical Association.
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Did you know there is easy money be made by collecting discarded aluminum? Walk the aisles of any supermarket or home supply center and see how many aluminum products will someday end up in the trash or on the side of the road, items such as aluminum pie pans, home siding, pet food cans(just rinse and remove labels) and many other products.
The best part is, it's all FREE for the taking. One pound of aluminum cans will get you anywhere from .45 cents to .65 cents. Last year, the rate was around .25 cents per pound making it even more worthwhile to you now!
Here are a couple of ways you can collect discarded aluminum and make that money.
First, spend a few hours outdoors each day, get some exercise, and collect all the cans you can find. Look on the streets, highways, parking lots and in dumpsters etc. This could earn you $5.00 to $20.00. Also, where people gathered there is always trash so don't forget those sporting events like car racing and baseball or those outdoor concerts where audience members in the sun are drinking lots of pop.
You could make a living with the second way: Contact all restaurants, bars, and nightclubs in your city or town and supply them with a container to save the cans for you. Agree to pick them up daily or weekly. Once you have a good amount of cans contact various metal dealers to ask them what the going price is for the day. If the price is great sell them, if it's not, hold on to them for a few days till the price gets better. You will find after doing this for a while that one dealer might pay you more than the others. Treat him well and he will repay you with good profit.
Here is one other way I found to get scrap. I observed a man here in Salt Lake City on weekly trash pickup days going from Bin to Bin to remove all the items he could resale(make sure the can is at the curb before you do this).
P.S. Don't pass by any other metals you can resale such as copper and brass which are selling for high prices now. Know that over time there will be people approaching you to take metal off their hands. Help them out.
P.P.S. Here is one other possibility. If you have a friend or family member living in a state which pays 5 or 10 cents for returned cans such as Oregon or California you can make a lot more money if you can get the cans there, just make sure the vehicle you transport them in has that particular state's license plates and DON'T CRUSH THE CANS!


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Herkules: control expertise for roll grinders packed into software
TwinCAT ensures the perfect finish
The Herkules machine factory in Siegen, Germany, has been developing and manufacturing roll grinders for almost 100 years and is regarded as the worldwide market leader in this important supply segment for the steel industry. Since the year 2000, Herkules has been using Beckhoff control technology and automation components, which are programmed and implemented by its subsidiary HCC KPM Electronics for various types of plants and machinery.
Herkules implemented a particularly demanding project with the delivery of a complete rolling workshop for the Chinese steel company Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corporation (WISCO). The rolling workshop, also known as a roll shop, consists of a total of four roll grinders, two semiportal cranes for loading and unloading the roll grinders (loader) as well as the Roll Shop Management System (RSMS). In the rolling mill, sheet metal which has already been roughed down is rolled to the final thickness and quality. The end product is silicone steel or transformer sheet steel which is used for the manufacture of transformers and motors, for example.
Within a rolling mill, the roll shop provides the mainstay for the quality of the sheet metal to be rolled. Due to the extreme stresses on the rollers during the rolling process, the demands on a roll grinder are extraordinarily high with regard to grinding accuracy and uptime. These are among the most demanding tasks in the steel and smelting industry. The roll shop has to guarantee a work output of approx. 70 working and back-up rollers per day in a three-shift operation, with 97 percent availability.
Giant rollers still need intricate precision
A roll grinder has little in common with a precision tool at first glance. This is due on one hand to its dimensions - the rollers for machining can be up to 400 tons, dead weight and up to 10 m in length - and on the other hand due to the surroundings of the rolling mill where thousands of tons of steel are being manoeuvred and processed. However, a second look reveals the high-precision character of such a machine: in addition to several measuring axes, a grinding machine has at least four machining axes, which are implemented by means of Servo Drives:
The roller to be ground is clamped in the spindle head and is driven by it. A high-precision incremental measuring instrument with two tactile measuring sensors traces the turning roller and determines the current form and diameter as well as detects any possible damage on the surface of the roller. The machine operator sets the parameters for cylindricity, final diameter, surface quality and structure or abrasion, depending on the required result. The control system calculates the grinding process from these parameters. Continuous measuring is carried out simultaneously in order to record the results of the grinding process and determine or correct the required values for the next travel.
Certain manufacturing processes in the steel and paper industries require a precisely defined roller form. These can be conical or spherical or - looked at from the longitudinal axis - display a sinusoidal or bottleneck form (CVC). These variations of form are not visible to the naked eye, as they are on the order of millimetres. The automotive industry, for example, has specific requirements for the surface structure of the sheet metal in order to have shine and reflective properties in the sprayed bodywork, which could not be achieved by spraying alone. The necessary grinding precision goes down to 1/1000 mm in concentricity and the same in geometrical accuracy. In order to do justice to this complex task, HCC KPM Electronics has produced a control system which can be applied with only minor adaptations to all kinds of machines - all on the PLC and Motion Control solution, TwinCAT PTP and NC I/CNC software.
Synergy from customer expertise and an intelligent control concept
In order to utilize the benefits of a central control concept in terms of commissioning, maintenance and performance, the electrical design engineers at Herkules aimed to run as many functions as possible in software and decided in favour of TwinCAT. The open software structure and the dynamic functions for controlling axis movement that TwinCAT provides enabled Herkules to integrate the expertise acquired over many years of developing their own control system into the software PLC and create the "HCC/KPM 10" roll grinder control system.
Almost all the functionalities provided by TwinCAT are used:
Lightbus is used as the fieldbus to incorporate the peripheral Beckhoff Bus Terminals within the machine. For communication with the Servo Drives, the Ethernet- based EtherCAT bus system is predominantly used. A major benefit of EtherCAT on one hand is its real-time capability and high data throughput - with bus cycle times of less than 1 ms - and, on the other, simple handling using TwinCAT. Only one free network port is necessary in the control PC. The Servo Drives are connected via standard network cables.
Transport tasks controlled by software
The large-scale WISCO project offers not only four roll grinders, but also includes two automatic semiportal cranes for loading and unloading the roll grinder (Loader). The Roll Shop Management System RSMS manages the grinding tasks and the rollers - another core competency of the Herkules Group. The software plans the production process and allocates the transport tasks to the loader or the machining tasks to the grinding machines. The loader transports the rollers to be machined to the grinding machines and the finished rollers back to the storage locations. TwinCAT NC I running on the control PC of the loader takes care of the transport and the exact positioning of the rollers in the infeed of the grinding machines. The transport of the rollers into or out of the automated zone is carried out by an overhead crane.
TwinSAFE guarantees safety of personnel
The automated zone, in which the grinding machines and loader operate, is divided into different safety areas. Security doors with guard locking prevent people entering the danger zone. All security-related signal pre-processing and control is implemented using the Beckhoff TwinSAFE system.
The status of the following is monitored:
Additional functionalities
TwinSAFE safety technology includes checking of the emergency stop keys and the emergency stop requirement for the machines and relays these to the loading installations. In addition, the status of the safety zones is monitored and - dependent on status - a decision is made as to whether the loading installation is allowed to drive into the zone. Release of the security doors using TwinSAFE outputs depends on the positions and operation modes of the loader. The operation modes can also be selected via key switches if desired: in MANUAL, a secure radio remote control with an additional emergency stop is connected. The status of the drives is also monitored with TwinSAFE. The merged emergency stop signals to the loader can stop the drives via the secure bus terminal outputs. The signals from the loaders' collision monitoring and those from the loader with the overhead cranes lead to an emergency stop.
In order to implement these safety functions, a total of 19 TwinSAFE Logic Bus Terminals and 51 secure KL1904 input terminals were integrated in a safety network. All safety functions are implemented in two channels.
The TwinSAFE signals are integrated in the grinding machines via Lightbus, the individual Logic Terminals communicate with one another via real-time Ethernet using network variables. In total, this results in an average of six communication connections per machine control system to the I/O level, the servo converter, the central control, the RSMS and the loader. In this design PROFIBUS, via which an ultrasound crack testing system is networked, functions like "the odd fieldbus out."
"This is where the exceptional character of the TwinCAT controller is so impressive, in that it deals with both the PLC and NC functionalities in real time and allows a diverse range of fieldbuses to communicate faultlessly," observed HCC software engineer Oliver Kettner who has been responsible for commissioning the plant. The control and automation concept described here has been implemented with custom modifications in approx. 250 machines so far.
More can be found at www.herkules-group.de
Control Panel with customized design
The input to the machine is made via a Control Panel, which was designed and planned jointly with Herkules in line with their particular needs. All hardware operating elements integrated in the panel are linked to the control PC via Lightbus. This compact and highly integrated operating design enables stationary machine management and the implementation of the mobile support control station. The HCC Graphical User Interface (GUI), with which the operator adjusts and operates the complex machine, is visualized on the panel. The operator obtains all the information about the roller and the current grinding status via the GUI. The link from TwinCAT to the multilingual GUI takes place via ADS-DLL, the versatile communication interface from Beckhoff.


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COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) Researchers at Texas A&M are figuring out at what age babies can recognize human or mechanical objects. To help, they have enlisted babies from the Brazos Valley.
Walter Brower is nine-months-old and getting a diploma from Texas A&M for completing sessions with the university's infant cognition lab. His mother, Tracy Brower, earned a Ph.D. from A&M.
"It's good to know that everything that you're doing is actually building up their experiences to help them, their development, and their future relationships and understanding of the world," said Brower.
The lab found that babies 3-18 months of age can distinguish the difference between humans and mechanical objects. Researchers also found that babies are more likely to pay attention and learn about events from a human hand versus a mechanical one, and even more so when that hand is familiar to them.
"So, if they're finding human interaction with tools a very intriguing kind of event and there's a lot of learning that goes on during that point in time, it can give parents, and caretakers, and eventually educators information about the conditions or the kinds of experiences that babies find salient and they're doing a lot of learning during those experiences," said Dr. Theresa Wilcox, Professor and Director of the Infant Cognition Lab at A&M.
The lab is one of the first to record the brain activity in babies while they process events and objects using neuroimaging technology. Brower says the studies are beneficial to the growth of future generations, and to her family.
"It's cool to bring your other kids, or even to tell when they get older, but to tell your kids 'this is a cool thing that you're a part of and that we can help with, to kind of broaden their perspective in that way," said Brower.
The lab is funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, and participates in national and international conferences. The researchers will be presenting their most recent findings at the Society for Research and Child Development in San Antonio in April.
If you are interested in signing your baby up to participate in the study, you can book an appointment via email at firstname.lastname@example.com, or online at the link below.


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I grew up in Texas like Ashlee, and I dote on my pug like Tori — it evens turns out that I own the same adorable paisley Free People velvet tunics as they do. But, that (and my non-celeb status) is where the similarities end. Both Ashlee and Tori treat this piece like a dress, just wearing it over tights — while I pair mine with leggings or jeans, because it is simply too short to wear with stockings! If I bent over in my dress without something very opaque on underneath, I would risk some very indecent exposure. My hat off to these ladies if they have figured out something about keeping covered in a micro-mini that I haven't (and kudos to Tori for not just sticking to maternity wear). This is a whole new dimension of super-short hemlines. Tell us: Would you wear a dress this short without pants? Who wears it better: Ashlee or Tori? — Melissa Liebling-Goldberg
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A corroded, rusty tank containing ammonia washed ashore behind a beachfront condominium Wednesday, but Hollywood firefighters said they removed it without trouble.
The 150-pound container was reported washed ashore behind the Hemispheres condominium at 1980 S. Ocean Boulevard at about 9 a.m., said Robin Gutmann, spokesman for the Hollywood fire department.
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Family Safety
I'd like to know whether the function to block URLs in Family Safety (part of Live Essentials) would affect Internet Explorer only or system wide (on all browsers)?
Also, if I want to block certain user accounts to view and edit a specific folder, is it possible?
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|31 Mar 2011
Hi there linux convert, welcome to Sevenforums.
Can't comment on Family Safety, as I don't use it.
However, blocking certain user accounts from viewing/editing certain folders can certainly be done.
We have two ways of doing this, both are one pretty much the same way, but it can be done per user or by group, (which you will be familiar with I trust, from using Linux)
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, so I'll do a quick "screen by screen" tutorial on how to do it, and post it in a second :)
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|31 Mar 2011
Ok, as promised, here you go:
For the purposes of this, I have created a Standard User account called "Block Me" to illustrate how it's done. I will be restricting a folder I have created called "Naughty Stuff" The same principles apply to all accounts (assuming they are Standard Accounts, Administrators can get around this)
The following should be done from an Administrators account.
1. Right click the folder in question and click Properties
2. Go to the "Security" Tab
3. Click Advanced you will get a screen that looks like this:
4a) To block by group, Highlight "Users" (or whatever group) and click "Change Permissions" you will get a screen that looks just like the last one, but with one critical difference, it will have "Add" and "Edit" buttons at the bottom. So go ahead and click "Edit" after highlighting Users again.
From here, you can change permissions.
Users cannot be blocked from reading a folder like this. You will need to go to 4b) to set that up per user, however write access can be blocked.
4b) To block per user, go back to the screen in Step 3, and this time click Add. Type the name of the User you wish to block in "Enter the object name to select" and either press Enter, or click "Check Names"
Once you click OK, you can set user permissions for all aspects of read and write to this folder.
Hope it helps :)
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|31 Mar 2011
Thank you very very much severedsolo.
Now I wait for someone to help in with family safety.
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Means and methods for the generation of oligodendrocytes
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Oligodendroglial lineage cells (OL) play a key role in myelin related diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS), leukodystrophies as well as periventricular leukomalacia, and there is an increasing awareness of their potential role in neurodegenerative diseases. There is a great need for an improved availability of human OL, especially patient-specific OL. In general, provision of oligodendroglial lineage cells would permit studies to delineate mechanisms regulating repair by endogenous myelin lineage cells and/or provide a source of autologous cells for replacement therapy. Such cells would also provide new opportunities to identify pathological mechanisms underlying de- or dysmyelinating diseases.
We found a rapid and efficient protocol that facilitatesthe generation of human oligodendrogliallineage cells from human iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells (NPC) using the transcription factor (TF) SOX10. Using a combination of three TFs, this can even be achieved within 28 days with an efficiency of up to 70%. Furthermore, 30% of the O4+ OL differentiate into mature myelin basic protein positive (MBP+) OL within seven additional days. The induced human oligodendroglial lineage cells (iOL) are suitable for in vitro myelination assays using nanofibers or iPSC-derived neurons. After transplantation into MBP deficient shiverer mice iOL disperse widely and myelinate the developmental central nervous system (CNS) as well as the adult demyelinated spinal cord. Furthermore, iOL can be used for disease modeling and to test the potential of pharmacological compounds in promoting oligodendroglial differentiation.
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A PCT application has been filed.
Advantages of the invention
- accelerated generation of OL from iPSC-derived NPC
- generated cells are suitable for disease modeling and pharmacological screens
- facilitates the development of high-throughput screening platforms, the study of human myelin diseases and repair strategies using patient-derived iPSC
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This tip focuses on deactivating a substitute
programmatically using a function module. To maintain a substitute
programmatically, click here.
All substitute information is available in the database table
HRUS_D2. For our demo purpose, let us consider the following record (substitute
for user AKAR):
As seen in the above status, the value of the field ACTIVE is
set as X which means the substitute is active.
Now let us deactivate the substitute using the function
module "SAP_WAPI_SUBSTITUTE_DEACTIVATE".
Go to transaction SE37 and enter the function module name.
Click on Execute.
Now click on the structure SUBSTITUTED_OBJECT and enter the
user name for whom the substitute should be made inactive.
Now click on the table SUBSTITUTES and enter the substitute
username for AKAR (In this case it is GKUMAR2).
Execute the Function module
Now the ACTIVE field in table HRUS_D2 table is set to blank.
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SAN JOSE --Two residents were displaced by a fire at an apartment complex in San Jose this morning, a fire captain said.
The two-alarm fire was reported at 8:51 a.m. at 1405 Phelps Ave., near San Tomas Expressway, San Jose fire Capt. Cleo Doss said.
Crews arrived at 8:58 a.m. and found one unit engulfed in flames, Doss said. All residents got out of their apartments safely.
The fire was extinguished at 9:13 a.m., Doss said.
The American Red Cross has been called to assist the two residents who lived in the damaged unit.
No other units were affected by the blaze and no injuries were reported, Doss said.
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Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by DrawDown, Sep 10, 2006.
Where Should They Bury Steve Irwin?
Coinz , the paper today suggest's he was buried in a zoo.
Guess you were gazumped, huh.
And im fairly sure, you can have croc infested ponds in a zoo, so..........
In fact, Steve irwin being buried in a zoo is much the same as Peter Brock, perhaps the greatest touring car racer to have lived, die'ing with a vice like "death grip" on the steering wheel.
Now, THAT's a racing car driver's death.
"My cold, dead hand's from the steering wheel" that's the spirit, that's the legend, best of the best.
Coinz, alas, is just a troll.
I'm Australian and personally Steve Irwin makes me feel sick.
Screaming into animals sensitive ears and jumping on crocodiles.
Some idiot in Queensland killed a whole lot of stingrays and cut off their stingers because of that clown getting stung.
Apparently the stingray stung him because he actually touched the stinger!
Park rangers strongly advise that PEOPLE MUST NEVER,NEVER,NEVER DO THIS.
Why? It is dangerous! Crikey! He must have been a bit simple.
Yeah, that moron gave you people a worse rep then you already have:
"Psycho idiots."
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No one who came to the Jordan was as laden and as afflicted as He. No one was as needy. No one so utterly human, because so fellow-human. No one confessed his sins so sincerely, so truly as his own, without side-glances at others. He stands alone in this, He who was elected and ordained from all eternity to partake of the sin of all in His own person, to bear its shame and curse in the place of all, to be the man responsible for all, and as such, wholly theirs, to live and act and suffer. This is what Jesus began to do when He had Himself baptized by John with all the others. This was the opening of His history as the salvation history of all the others.
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Skip to comments.Wendy's says bye to Biggie
Posted on 06/11/2006 12:55:28 PM PDT by billorites
Wendy's International Inc. (NYSE:WEN - news), the No. 3 U.S. hamburger chain, on Friday said it would remove the term "Biggie" from its french fries and drinks, switching to the well known terms small, medium and large.
However, the new designations may confuse some diners who are used to such sizing at other restaurants.
At rival McDonald's Corp. (NYSE:MCD - news), the largest burger chain, a 32 ounce soft drink is designated a large. At Wendy's, a 32 ounce drink will now be called medium, instead of Biggie.
Wendy's is also adding a 42-ounce soft drink -- the equivalent of 3-1/2 cans of soda -- as its large. The large drink will come in a more durable, portable plastic cup that fits in a car cup holder for diners on-the-go.
"We felt like the Biggie designation is not what most customers were used to. Most people were used to small, medium and large," a spokesman said.
Wendy's had used the term Biggie since the early 1990s.
Previously, Wendy's sold a 16 ounce soft drink as a small, a 20 ounce soft drink as medium and a 32 ounce soft drink as Biggie. Now, a 20 ounce drink is a small, a 32 ounce drink is a medium and the new 42 ounce drink is a large. The company will still sell a 16 ounce drink on its 99 cent value menu.
At McDonald's, a 16 ounce drink is called a small, a 21 ounce drink is a medium and a 32 ounce drink is a large.
McDonald's famously removed the "Super Size" option from its combo meals after the 2004 release of the film "Super Size Me" -- a documentary in which filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's fare for a month and tracked his increasingly poor health.
Kids' sized drinks at both chains are 12 ounces.
Under Wendy's new program, the sizes of its combo meals will be small, medium and large. A medium combo will cost 49 cents more than a small, and a large combo will cost 89 cents more than a small.
Customers can still substitute a bottle of Dasani water for a soft drink, and items such as a side salad, chili or yogurt and granola for french fries, regardless of the combo size.
Wendy's has four different sizes of french fries, ranging from the 3.2 ounce kids' size to a 6.7 ounce large size. At McDonald's, a small fries is 2.6 ounces, medium is 4 ounces and large is 6 ounces.
The new sizing terminology, which Wendy's is promoting in stores, comes just a day after the chain said it would virtually eliminate artery-clogging trans fats in its fries and breaded chicken items.
Wendy's restaurants in the United States and Canada will switch to a new blend of corn and soy oil for french fries and breaded chicken items starting in August. The move will reduce trans fats in fries to just zero to 0.5 grams, depending on serving sizes, while all of the breaded chicken will have zero grams of trans fats.
Peace out playa, my fav tribute was when Puff Daddy dedicated I'll Be Missing You to him.
That's about 570 junk calories in a large Mello Yellow. Nice.
And does anyone wonder why obesity/being overweight/type II diabetes is an epidemic in our society?
I think stores should also ban 2 liter sodas. Because, you know, folks might drink the whole thing in one sitting.
I also think KFC should ban "buckets" of chicken. I hear some folks buy a whole bucket and don't share with anyone. Also, pizza by the slice only. No one needs a whole pizza.
I agree.
No one wonders why, but what's that have to do with taking away choices from people? Last time I saw someone forced to eat all these high-fat foods was...never.
Yeah, and we should hire federal "food marshalls" to watch us as we order to be sure we don't overdo it. After all, our insurance premiums will rise if too many people get too fat.
Shhhh! You're ruining my claim for my trumped-up lawsuit that I want to file someday! How can I claim victim status uless I establish that I was forced to "Biggie Size" my meals at Wendys??
Who is taking choice away from anyone? They introduce a 570 calorie drink on their menu, and people show up on this thread in flocks crying about choices being taken away.
From now on, the burger will be named "Seems Bigger Than It Really Is."
Sorry--the Wendy's Health Police guy was standing over my shoulder as I typed that.
Down with Wendy's! We need guvernmint intervention to stop this whole "freedom to choose" thing before it gets out of hand! Only rabbit food that's good for you, at all meals, always! Down with the fascist fast food force-feeding!
Did you read the article and the response to which I was commenting on? It might instruct you before you spout off.
They introduce a 570 calorie drink on their menu, and people show up on this thread in flocks crying about choices being taken away.
We have to combat the people showing up on this thread in flocks crying about how bad it is that there are choices THEY don't like in the world.
I went on that atkins diet and boxes of popeyes chicken were my best friend. I ate at least 2/3rds of a box 3 times a week. It was pricy but good and in the end I lost about 10 pounds. Its too bad I didn't get to eat any biscuits.
I never wanted to be heard in public saying, "Biggie-size that, please." Or, "I'd like a biggie coke."
I was a little surprised by Richard Simmons feelings about resturaunts reducing serving sizes. He was on one of the news shows the other day calling overeating a (gasp) personal choice.
Goodbye, Mickey D's.
Hello, Wendy's.
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Anglo American counts cost of African wage strikes
ANGLO American suffered its second consecutive annual loss after the FTSE 100 miner continued to battle bitter industrial disputes, highlighting the scale of the turnaround challenge facing its new chief executive.
Underlying earnings fell 7 per cent to £1.6billion while impairment charges of £1.1billion, largely across its nickel and platinum divisions, meant Anglo reported a net £574million loss, despite a 6 per cent increase in underlying operating profits to £3.9billion. Net debt rose 26 per cent to £6.4billion.
Chief executive Mark Cutifani said the weak global economy had hurt commodity prices, adding: "The effects of such a difficult macro-economic environment were exacerbated by operating challenges at key operations and adversarial labour relations in South Africa." Miners at Anglo's South African platinum mines are striking over wages.
We have already delivered significant sustainable improvements
Cutifani took over from former boss Cynthia Carroll last April. Since then he has undertaken a company-wide review and is seeking to axe costs, streamline management and improve operations. And he assured investors that he was on track to deliver.
"While I expect headwinds to continue in 2014 as we reset the business, the benefits of much-improved operational processes and performance will flow through, largely in 2015 and 2016. We have already delivered significant sustainable improvements."
Analysts were cautiously optimistic, with many pointing out that the loss was an improvement on 2012's £879million. Broker Investec said: "Anglo has done well out of a tough year and we now expect steady delivery of operating improvements."
There was also good news from divisions where commodity demand has held up. Copper production surged 24 per cent in the fourth quarter, and at Anglo's diamond arm, underlying profits spiked 112 per cent to £599million in part due to the weaker rand and improved prices – which are likely to continue rising throughout the rest of the year.


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Jiang Qing (Wade-Giles: Chiang Ch'ing, pronounced [t͡ɕjɑ́ŋ t͡ɕʰíŋ]; March 1914 – May 14, 1991) was the pseudonym that was used by Chinese leader Mao Zedong's last wife and major Communist Party of China power figure. She went by the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: 蓝苹) during her acting career, and was known by various other names during her life. She married Mao in Yan'an in November 1938, and is sometimes referred to as Madame Mao in Western literature, serving as Communist China's first first lady. Jiang Qing was most well-known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) and for forming the radical political alliance known as the "Gang of Four". She was named the "Great Flag-carrier of the Proletarian Culture" (无产阶级文艺伟大旗手/無產階級文藝偉大旗手).
Jiang Qing served as Mao's personal secretary in the 1940s and was head of the Film Section of the CPC Propaganda Department in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, she made a bid for power during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), which resulted in widespread chaos within the communist party. In 1966 she was appointed deputy director of the Central Cultural Revolution Group and claimed real power over Chinese politics for the first time. She became one of the masterminds of the Cultural Revolution, and along with three others, held absolute control over all of the national institutions.[1]
Around the time of Chairman Mao's death, Jiang Qing and her proteges maintained control of many of China's power institutions, including a heavy hand in the media and propaganda. However, Jiang Qing's political success was limited. When Mao died in 1976, Jiang lost the support and justification for her political activities. She was arrested in October 1976 by Hua Guofeng and his allies, and was subsequently accused of being counter-revolutionary. Since then, Jiang Qing and Lin Biao have been branded by official historical documents in China as the "Lin Biao and Jiang Qing Counter-revolutionary Cliques" (林彪江青反革命集团/林彪江青反革命集團), to which most of the blame for the damage and devastation caused by the Cultural Revolution was assigned. When Jiang Qing, along with the rest of the gang, was finally arrested, many, if not most, Chinese citizens rejoiced. Though initially sentenced to execution, her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983, however, and in May 1991 she was released for medical treatment. Before returning to prison, she committed suicide.[1][2]
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Did You Hear About The Morgans?
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Review of Michael Morcombe Field Guide To Australian Birds
There are over 800 species of birds in Australia. To be able to correctly identify an unfamiliar species a quality guide is essential. There are numerous guides to Australian Birds on the market and all are useful. However after much deliberation the Michael Morcombe Field Guide to Australian Birds has proven to be an invaluable tool and is arguably the best of the bunch.
First published in a large format, the guide consists of coloured drawings of each species. I initially thought that this would make identifying the birds more difficult than referring to a photograph, but the opposite has turned out to be the case. Quite often with photographs, the light can play tricks and the bird's plumage can appear an entirely different shade to what you have seen. Markings can be obscured by the reflection of light and it sometimes makes identifying the bird difficult.
The illustrations in the Michael Morcombe Guide depict the colours of the bird very accurately and notes are made when the bird's plumage or appearance alters slightly from area to area. If the female or juveniles of a species differ from the male adult, a picture is provided; most photographic guides provide a photo of the male bird in full breeding plumage only. The difference in breeding and non-breeding plumage is great with some species and this is also pointed out in the Morcombe Guide.
A small map of Australia is located in the information section for each species. This map is shaded to advise of the bird's habitat. The darker shaded areas indicate where the bird is most likely to be located, the lighter shaded areas less likely areas.
The birds are listed in family groups, as with all other guides. There is an index using the scientific names for each species and another index using the common names for each species. At the beginning of each family group of birds, each listed species is shown on the first page or pages (depending on the number of birds in the family), with the common name alongside it and the page number where the more detailed information can be found.
An informative guide to the different family groups and how to use the guide is provided at the beginning of the book, along with illustration depicting parts of a bird's plumage and a glossary.
It is an excellent guide but the best thing about this particular publication is that it is available in a pocket size guide. This is very handy indeed and can be taken on field or camping trips without having to drag out the larger book. This pocket guide has all the features of the larger book. Titled Michael Morcombe Field Guide to Australian Birds Complete Compact Edition, it is an invaluable guide.
Both the above mentioned books can be used as tools to identify any of the Australian bird species. However, you may wish to have a book that contains photographs of all the Australian birds. Maybe not to use so much as a field guide, but more of a reference book.
The Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds is an out of date publication, but was an expensive book when first released. It is a large book containing hundreds of photos of almost every Australian Bird species. Published at a time before digital photography, many of the birds are depicted on their nests or feeding their young; a practice that is frowned upon today. There are some magnificent photographs in this book and my copy has been reread many times.
As mentioned above it is now out of date, but copies can still be obtained from second hand book dealers and of course, EBay.
To be able to enjoy bird watching or bird photography fully, a quality guide is essential. Michael Morcombe Field Guide to Australian Birds and the Complete Compact Edition are exceptional publications and will assist you with identifying any Australian species.