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They say that it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye. Technically, the same applies to skull fractures, poisoning, and third-degree burns. Throughout history, toy makers have designed some truly brutal products (lawn darts, anyone?). But with modern-day lawsuits, you'd think we would've curbed that problem. Yet, in their fervor to create the next Slinky, Etch A Sketch, or Tickle Me Elmo, toy manufacturers continue to put dangerous product designs on the market.
In the notorious examples listed here, throwing a tantrum to get a toy can quickly turn into convulsing from its unintended effects. Some of these banned toys were the result of oversights. Others are so glaringly dangerous that it's a wonder they were ever put into children's hands in the first place.
10. Slap Bracelets
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Snap bracelets are spring-loaded metal bands wrapped in colorfully designed plastic or cloth. They can be straightened out until rigid and then slapped against a wrist, causing the bracelet to curl into place. The popular wearable toy fad of snap (or slap) bracelets reached a head around 1990. Like many toy fads, they were very popular in schools. You'd think children would grow tired of repeatedly slapping tacky leopard print or hot pink wrist-wear across their arms, but you'd be wrong.
Unfortunately, it didn't take much for the more cheaply made versions of the toy (which retailed for under a dollar) to start causing major problems. They'd slice into children's tender flesh when the metal band inevitably wore through its covering. Some schools banned the bracelets. The knockoff versions were investigated nationwide and recalled in droves. But they made a resurgence in 2012 when certain animal-themed designs were recalled for exactly the same reason.
9. Monster Science Colossal Water Balls
Remember those tiny little capsules that promised to magically grow into giant dinosaurs like the ones on the package? When dunked in water, those capsules would only transform into lumpy, vaguely dinosaur-shaped disappointment. Now what if we told that child version of you that there was a marble-sized ball that, when wet, could literally grow to 400 times its original size? Fun, huh? Now imagine that these colorful marble-sized balls somehow made it down into your small intestine.
Such a scenario was posed by Monster Science Colossal Water Balls. Naturally, many a whippersnapper ingested the delicious-looking toys, which their genius designers made capable of expanding within a child's body. Woe be to those who also choked down the ominously labeled "Growth Powder." From there they caused life-threatening episodes of vomiting and dehydration. To top it all off, these things were impossible to X-ray and required surgery to remove.
8. Aqua Dots
As our last entry proved, it's no secret that little kids like to put random stuff in their mouths. With this in mind, non-toxicity should be a pillar of any good toy. That's not always the case. There are lapses in judgment that include slightly toxic paints or plastics, and then there's making a product out of a substance that, when eaten, turns into a date rape drug.
When arranged into designs and then sprayed with water, Aqua Dots "magically" locked these colorfully arranged designs into place. The bad news was that kiddos could also suffer respiratory depression, be rendered comatose, or suffer seizures from the severely toxic chemical used to make them. Over four million units were recalled when it was determined that "magical" beads weren't worth all the comas. One kid was even hospitalized for five days.
Eventually, Spin Master, the maker of Aqua Dots, was revealed to have known that their product contained a controlled substance. After multiple reports of life-threatening effects on children (and, in one case, a dog), Spin Master was forced to pay out over $1.3 million in "magical" fines.
7. Kite Tube
Nope, emblazoning your highly dangerous airborne equipment with a skull and crossbones and the slogan "Never kite higher than you are willing to fall" will not prevent your product from being banned. The Wego Kite Tube experienced such a fate. That'll happen when two people die and dozens of others are severely injured (including a broken neck and punctured lung).
The Kite Tube, which was three meters (10 ft) wide, allowed a boat-pulled rider to yank a cord in order to glide into the air. Unfortunately, once riders were airborne they were given little control over the flying tube. Admittedly, a parasail mixed with an inner tube sounds pretty amazing. But unfortunately, with only stirrups and hand grips to keep you from falling, flying to the height of a three-story building probably wasn't the best idea. Kids weren't the only ones impacted by this incredibly dangerous toy.
At least the recall came more or less voluntarily. The company responsible claimed that there was no way to determine the actual cause of accidents, but that they would recall the tubes "out of an abundance of caution."
6. Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids Dolls
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Remember those Garbage Pail Kids trading cards that grossed out parents in the '80s? They had nothing on actual Cabbage Patch Kids dolls that seemed to develop a taste for children. The Snacktime Kids doll involved a motorized mouth mechanism that allowed the doll to "eat" plastic foods. Kids being kids, it didn't take much for fingers and hair to get trapped in those evil dolls' unforgiving maws. While such a doll wasn't exactly life threatening, parents unsurprisingly didn't like their kids' favorite new pals pulling their hair out by the roots.
The most charming aspect of these terrifying eating machines was that they were made without any on/off switch. In at least one instance, this led to a girl virtually being scalped all along the backside of her head. Mattel may not have identified any obvious hazard in theirs tests, but thankfully that didn't stop them from pulling the dolls from store shelves. Unfortunately, Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids dolls are still available in your nightmares.
5. Buckyballs
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Desk toys are obviously marketed toward a slightly more mature audience. But that doesn't mean they're guaranteed to keep kids away from the surgeon's knife. Buckyballs were "super strong" magnetic ball bearings that could be used to construct creative desk sculptures or even "to play 'darts' on your refrigerator." While that part was true, the whole "stress reliever" marketing angle proved far more ironic. Unfortunately, these round magnets slid easily down youngsters' gullets.
When multiple magnets were swallowed, they had the nasty tendency to clamp togetherthrough intestinal walls and not let go. This could lead to tears in organs, blood poisoning, bowel blockages, and possible death. Due to the large number of balls in each set, it was also difficult for parents to notice when a handful of them may have gone missing inside Junior. And accidental ingestion wasn't limited just to the tykes, either—teenagers routinely played around with them to mimic tongue and lip piercings.
The government ultimately deemed Buckyballs a danger to consumers. But unlike the 1,000 or so children who required surgery to remove their product, the Buckyballs manufacturer didn't take that lying down. In fact, they refused to voluntarily recall their product, forcing the feds to sue. When the inventor dissolved his company rather than fund a recall, the government came after him personally in an effort to collect the $57 million in costs. After a bunch of posturing on both sides of the argument, the inventor settled for about 1 percent of that figure. One thing's for sure—the guy had balls made of steel.
4. CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit
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While there's something a little grim about children playing with toy forensic investigation kits meant to mimic the collection of evidence at a murder scene, at least it's just for fun. After all, kids have come up with some pretty twisted forms of play since time immemorial. Marketed off the popular CBS crime show, CSI Fingerprint Examination Kits allowed kids to snap on the latex gloves and collect incriminating play evidence, most notably by dusting for fingerprints. Unfortunately, the fingerprint dust that came with the kit also contained a real-life occupational hazard—one of the deadliest forms of asbestos.
In fact, the fingerprint powder was found to contain up to 7 percent asbestos, the variety of which has been proven to be capable of causing lung cancer later in life from only a single exposure. So what about the kids slathering the stuff on everything from doorknobs to the cookie jar and then blowing the dust in the air? You don't need to be David Caruso to deduce that it's not a good idea. Not surprisingly, the toy manufacturer responsible for this product went bankrupt.
3. Splash Off Water Rockets
Remember earlier in this list when all those kids ate date rape drug-covered toys and ended up in comas? Remember how their manufacturer had to shell out $1.3 million because they knew about the danger but did nothing? Well, Spin Master already had plenty of other awful toy ideas long before that. Besides their toy airplanes that managed to burn users, or the other toy airplanes that broke apart mid-air, in the late '90s they even made a toy rocket that could explode. Just like the real dangers of space travel!
The Splash Off Water Rocket used water pressure from a hose to build up energy until kiddos and hobbyists could stomp on the launcher and send the rockets flying. Sadly, at least 37 cases were reported of the rocket exploding from the pressure or otherwise flying off in unpredictable directions, causing lacerations to the hands and face.
2. Aqua Leisure Baby Boats
Babies love water. They love to splash in it, toddle through it, drink it, and let it loose right in their pants. So for parents intent on setting their babies adrift, the Aqua Leisure Baby Boat was an adorable godsend. Too bad the cheaply made inflatable boats tended to tear rather easily, causing dozens of babies to plunge right through.
Aqua Leisure was ultimately fined $650,000 for knowing about the problem for six years but hiding behind the classic "but-no-babies-have-actually-drowned-yet" justification. Every time they received a series of complaints, they'd tweak their design (along with the name they sold them under) and keep selling them. They went so far as to actually withhold complete information about the defect from the feds, which it turns out is a big no-no.
1. Easy-Bake Ovens
For some reason, many children through the years haven't realized that they don't need to waste their preciously short childhoods baking their own cookies. The popularity of the Easy-Bake Oven, which uses a real heating element to actually bake dessert items, may have reached its apex in 2006. That year, it was voted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. But Hasbro, the makers of the Easy-Bake Oven, didn't have long to celebrate. A year later they were forced to recall one million of their plastic models when it was discovered that a design flaw allowed the oven to easily trap and severely burn children's tiny little fingers.
This is obviously a recipe for disaster, especially given that the ovens could reach temperatures of up to 200 degrees Celsius (400 °F). All told, nearly 250 incidents were reported, including 16 cases of second- or third-degree burns. One unlucky five-year-old girl was even forced to undergo a partial finger amputation.
This article has been reposted with permission from Listverse. To read in its entirety, head here. For more from Listverse, you can head here or Like them on Facebook here.
About the author: Josh Goller thinks it'd be nice if the wages of sin would include a cost of living increase every once in a while. He edits the flash fiction lit zine The Molotov Cocktail and will be judging its first ever Flash Monster contest.


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Aug 08, 2014
Some 55 North Central College students with mentoring oversight by 23 faculty members met for eight weeks this summer on campus to conduct new and ongoing research and scholarship. Their work spanned all academic divisions, ranging from biology to history and Chinese to psychology and more. Summer undergraduate research grants by the College supported stipends for nearly half the students.
North Central's annual Summer Undergraduate Research Colloquium (SURC) concluded on Aug. 7 with poster presentations by many of the student researchers who completed their summer work. Nancy Peterson, professor of chemistry and director of undergraduate research, says the difference between when these students start and finish is huge.
"It's about their independence," Peterson says, "deciding what's the next step, what controls need to be run, finding literature that pertains to their work. That independence and decision-making shows up in their classes, too. They understand, make the connections, are more engaged."
Biology majors Alexis Gramera '15 and Jessica Krempp '16 worked with Greg Ruthig, assistant professor of biology, to study amphibian pathogens in Naperville using a quantitative PCR instrument.
"I learned and experienced things I never could have in the structure of classrooms and labs, from learning technique, programs and machines, and defining the type of project I wanted to do," says Gramera. "I connected with so many different people about my research and about planning my graduate work, internships and career. I discovered conservation biology interests me and Professor Ruthig is leading that kind of work here."
Adeilne Boettcher '15, also a biology major, gained similar perspective. When she started her first SURC experience last summer, Boettcher didn't know which field interested her. But after doing research on molecular biology with Steve Johnston, professor of biology, she found her focus. "Just one little thing or discovery can have such an impact, and that excites me," she says.
This summer was Assistant Professor of Psychology Maggie Gill's first SURC experience as a new faculty member. She worked with four students on a study of cognitive issues using lab rats. "Gaining hands-on research experience like my students did is critical to getting their foot in the door for graduate schools and careers," she says.
Maddie Cromwell '17, biology major, and Caitlin John '15, biochemistry major, say Gill gave them freedom to work independently, which meant taking ownership of the project, understanding its scope and thinking through what they wanted to do.
"I grew in confidence and knowledge so I'm prepared to do the independent study required for my major," says John.
"I gained self-discipline as a researcher. I know I can do whatever I have to do," says Cromwell.
Additional students who participated in the 2014 SURC include Eva Allen, Joey Andalina, Briseidy Andrade, Mirachelle Anselmo, Kayla Antle, Chris Boffa, Shana Border, Brett Breshears, Kailie Briza, Stephen Brysch, Timothe Byukusenge, Alex Cairo, Bryan Cardwell, Christina Carstens, Alicia Casacchia, Katherine Dickson, Holly Dryden, Tim Egner, Katherine Fermin, Thomas Halverson, Emily Kendall, Emilia Knapczynski, Zachary Laidley, Daisy Lauriano, Matt Maladra, Cory McCleave, JoEllen Mueller, Brad Munson, Alexa Nelson, Heidi Nelson, Jacob Nesemeier, William Noland, Robert Oberschneider, Jessica Panzica, Sydney Paquin, Desury Paredes, Alyssa Pezan, Jacquelyn Pfaff, Marissa Post, Ethan Rath, Anthony Schullo, Antonio Sobevski, Kyle Swanson, Kori Sye, Nick Tarvin, Michaela Vilim and Melissa Widel.

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I recently watched Rachel Botsman's TEDxSydney talk on collaborative consumption (below) and realized how little most marketers are thinking about the impact of crowds on the future of consumption. Instead, they're focused on the impact of crowds on production (crowdsourcing! co-creation! predictive markets!).
For an in-depth overview of the landscape as Rachel defines it, I recommend her guest post on the Swiss Miss blog (or her book). In the interim, here are her three systems, which she uses as a framework for collaborative consumption:
1. Product Service Systems: Pay for the benefit, not the product (think paying for the hole, not the power drill that makes it)
Example: ZipCar
2. Redistribution Markets: Exchanges that move used goods to where there's new need (think the stretching of product life cycles for things like DVD's)
Example: SwapTreasures
3. Collaborative Lifestyles: People with similar interests band together (think co-working)
Example: AirB&B
If you're in the business of selling goods or services, you should likely spend at least some time thinking about the consequences of such a trend. The following are some initial thoughts on what marketers may want to consider in a world of collaborative consumption. We'd love it to be the beginning of a dialogue on the matter, so please feel free to comment or email us with your thoughts.
Focus less on "influence" and more on "reputation."
Marketers are obsessed with influencers in the hope they'll help others make purchase decisions. Yet, if more people are doing business with each other, it's the commercial reputation of a stranger, not their "influence" that becomes incredibly important. Whether marketers like it or not, these sellers are a part of the product experience (think about that bad online purchase experience you had and the impact on the oblivious product company). Perhaps then they should account for those in their target audience that are likely to be the foundation of the secondary market of their products. It may just open up an entirely new branch of propagation planning ("plan not just for those that buy your products, but for those that will eventually buy your products from them"). The economics just got trickier, but finding a way to make money in secondary markets will be essential, and the best way to create demand is to make sure those re-selling your product are representative of the brand.
Squeeze more dollars out of early adopters
The true value of early adopters is always hard to determine for a brand. However, as collaborative consumption takes off, they'll become more important across a range of product categories. In those instances that marketers simply cannot monetize re-sale markets (what brands can feasibly make money from people buying each other's used goods on Craigslist?), they'll have to find a way to sell more to the same people, even when those people aren't brand loyal. Those that buy products upon release may need to be catered to in unprecedented ways. Brands could feasibly help them re-sell, conceding the cannibalization such an effort could have on mass audience sales. In fact, it may be in some brand's best interest to speed up the cycle between sales to an elite few. It's not dissimilar to how content publishers think about participation platforms and those very elite community members that are incredibly valuable.
Help people loan to help yourself sell
As strangers loan goods to one another, they're may be an opportunity for brands to differentiate themselves in that regard. Imagine apps that work concurrently with products to help you monetize them when you loan them out. If I loaned my car to strangers for money, I'd prefer one that helps me monitor how much gas that stranger actually cost me in today's dollars. Or if I lent expensive products like technology, I'd pay a bit more for those that could be located via GPS like the MobileMe "Find My iPhone" feature to deter theft. Such features would be an investment because they would help me monetize my product purchase via collaborative consumption channels, and help such products pay for themselves.
Become an active participant in passion areas
We've been discussing how brands need to embrace social media flings, in which they have brief but meaningful relationships with consumers. Brands can bond with people over a shared passion (if the brand can credibly contribute to the dialogue). Rachel's "collaborative lifestyles" system is full of potential for such flings. If a site like Landshare connects growers with those who have land, the entire community feels ripe (sorry, couldn't help it) for relevant brands to play a role. Imagine a company like DeWit gardening tools facilitating connections in such a community. Not only does that potentially grow business (ok, I'll stop), but it also offers a "boring" product category a chance to be human and engage people on a topic they're passionate about. Social media flings aren't just for the Red Bulls and Nikes of the world. They can happen in small, but highly passionate communities—even if those communities are circumventing buying more of the brand's product by sharing. Regardless of flings, passionate communities are doors to social engagement of any kind for a brand, and collaborative consumption may just be a master key.
We're huge believers in collaboration (it's perhaps the future of agency business). If consumers are going to collaborate anyway, the bigger impact of crowds on marketer business may be in how products are bought and used, rather than how they're made or developed (or the growing space in between led by Groupon). Given how many brands are struggling to benefit from crowds, the fact that consumers have taken matters into their own hands (of course) may be a windfall. The economics of how brands make money will certainly become more complicated, but collaborative consumption actually makes things simpler for marketers on some levels. They can stop dealing with crowd dynamics in the production process and instead focus on understanding how crowds change what they know quite well: how they're products are actually used and valued.


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The Micro-USB connections are intended to replace the Mini-USB plugs used in new devices including smartphones and Personal digital assistants. This Micro-USB plug is rated for 10,000 connect-disconnect cycles. It is about half the height of the mini-USB connector, but features a similar width. In the Universal Serial Bus Micro-USB Cables and Connectors Specification, details have been laid down for Micro-A plugs, Micro-AB receptacles, and Micro-B plugs and receptacles, along with a Standard-A receptacle to Micro-A plug adapter.
The carrier led group OMTP have recently endorsed micro-USB as the standard connector for data and power on mobile devices. These include various types of battery chargers, allowing Micro-USB to be the single external cable link needed by some devices


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Opening a link in a new window using JavaScript. There's actually a surprisingly easy way to do it. Just use a WOHyperlink, with an onclick binding.
Hyperlink3: WOHyperlink { action = myCustomAction; onclick = "return openInNewWindow(this)"; target = "_new"; }
<script language="javascript"> function openInNewWindow(senderLink) { url = senderLink.href; newWindow = window.open(url,"NewWindow","width=650,height=600,resizable=yes,"+ "scrollbars=yes,location=no,toolbar=no"); newWindow.focus(); return false; } </script>
To do something a bit more complex, suppose you are storing image dimensions in the database, and want the newly opened window to be exactly the right size. You will need to programatically create the "onclick" binding string for the WOHyperlink, which will pass the dimensions to the openInNewWindow?() javascript function.
Hyperlink3: WOHyperlink { action = myCustomAction; onclick = myOnclickString; target = "_new"; }
and in your component class, add the following method:
public String myOnclickString() { EOEnterpriseObject imageBeingOpened; // assume this exists Integer width = imageBeingOpened.width(); Integer height = imageBeingOpened.height(); return "return openInNewWindow(this, " + width + ", " + height + ");"; }
And finally, change your javascript method to accept the width & height parameters:
<script language="javascript"> function openInNewWindow(senderLink, width, height) { url = senderLink.href; newWindow = window.open(url,"NewWindow","width="+width+",height="+height+",resizable=yes,"+ "scrollbars=yes,location=no,toolbar=no"); newWindow.focus(); return false; } </script>


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Syrian Christian Continually Targeted, Brutally Attacked, Says Religious Leader
Wadie el-Khazen, chairman of the Maronite General Council, condemned the assault on Christians in Maloula located on the outskirts of Damascus on Thursday.
"What happened in Syria's Maloula at the hands of Islamic extremists is a brutal targeting to the most important Christian stronghold in Syria and the Middle East. This area has retained its Aramaic heritage since Christ spoke Aramaic," Khazen said.
"Is it the fate of Christians in the Middle to be always the firewood of violence? This violence has long been condemned in all its forms by Pope Francis I, who called for the adoption of peaceful solutions to crises and conflicts?" Khazen explained.
In a press statement, Khazen added that "what happened in Maloula is a part of this multi-layered infernal scheme which targets minorities in the Middle East, especially Christians."
"This extremism that tampers with the security of coexistence in Syria is a risk to all countries that include Christian and non-Christian minorities. Moreover, this extremism disseminates theocratic despotism, leaving no place for any group in governance and political participation," he added.
Khazen added, "We have seen a sample of the most dangerous form of threat to the principle of coexistence that prevailed in our communities for decades. In all of these decades, we have not known such brutal attacks on small groups without reason. Egypt, under the Muslim Brotherhood, witnessed collective burning and destruction of more than 60 churches for the first time [in its history]."


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From Lily at the utsandiego.com:
Neighbors and passers-by stopped to gawk.
A few snapped photos.
It's not every day you see up to 60-foot-long, factory-built pieces of a home trucked, lifted and stacked over a course of two days.
Nine pieces that make up a multi-million dollar "green" project named Casabrava took shape on a prepped site in La Jolla on Thursday and Friday after a trip from a factory in Utah. Over the next two weeks, workers will "stitch" together the pieces to prepare for finishes.
The project's vision: Homes made on factory lines can look and feel as sophisticated as traditional homes built on-site, said Heather Johnston, an architect and future occupant of Casabrava. Johnston added that prefabricated construction is also more efficient and more environmentally friendly.
"This is not a manufactured home, which are used for trailers and mobile-homes," said Johnston, who will live in the home with her husband, David Dickins.
"We're building a prefab home," added Johnston, who took a year off to do the modular project. "They're basically house parts. And the parts have to be stronger than a normal house because they have to be transported and lifted by a crane."
She said prefab construction — which has been around for decades but has yet to gain wide acceptance — is more time efficient. It will take roughly nine months to finish Casabrava, from factory build time to finishes on site. A custom home takes about 18 months to be completed, she said.
"This can really affect the bottom line," she said.
Savings also come from prefab homes being precision-cut, so there's less waste. Plus, everything is built indoors, so there are fewer delays. The company that manufactured the pieces of Casabrava was Irontown Homes in Utah.
Building Casabrava will end up costing $220 a square foot, based on Johnston's figures. The home takes up 4,100 square feet, including a three-car garage. The per-square-footage cost is significantly lower than the per-square-footage cost of a home resold in La Jolla. In July, the median price was $518 a square foot, DataQuick numbers show.
The hard costs of the project, including construction and land but not things like permitting, will total roughly $2.6 million.
Over time, Johnston expects to save money on energy by just the way the home is positioned on the site.
The design is meant to increase ventilation and nix the need for an air conditioner. Other "green" features include rain-catchment systems to water plants and recycled materials.
More on the architect here: http://www.hjarchitect.com/index.html


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"I guess Hong Kong just isn't ready for the Fourth of July," said Disney spokesperson Betty "Betsy" Ross. "Personally, it's my favorite holiday, but they just don't seem to get it here. It's like they're from some other planet."


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I've just released Yelp 2.27.1, Now With More Ducks. This coincides with gnome-doc-utils 0.17.1, Also Now With More Ducks. This marks the first release with Mallard support built in. And this marks the end of the boring part of the release announcement.
This is a huge shift in how we approach, plan, write, and generally work with documentation. The entire community needs to be aware of what's happening and how it affects them. Fellow hackers, please skip to the bottom for information on how this affects you.
Mallard is a new[1] documentation format that is geared towards topic-oriented help. While you could, in theory, just convert all of your DocBook documentation to Mallard, what you would end up with is a document that is the worst of both worlds. Writing topic-based help requires a new way of thinking about how we present information to our readers.
Mallard is uniquely designed from the ground up to support downstream modification and plugin-based help systems with little to no patching. The dynamic organization structure of Mallard was designed with our help in mind, addressing the challenges we face as an upstream provider.
If you're interested in writing, editing, reviewing, or otherwise contributing to our documentation, please get in touch with our team. You can email use at firstname.lastname@example.com or join us in the #docs channel on irc.gnome.org. Also, check out our brand new project blog: http://blogs.gnome.org/docs/
We will be holding regular community meetings. Stay tuned for more details.
If you are a maintainer or active developer, know that we are coming for your documentation. It might not be today, but it's on our radar. If you or someone on your team handles your documentation independently of our team, we still want to be in contact to help them produce better help. Writing is not a one-person task.
We hope that developers will be cooperative with our team as we try to provide them with better help files to make their software better for their users.
We also hope that more people from the greater community, including our downstream communities, will get involved with our team. We are doing some truly exciting things right now, and we'd love to share the excitement.
[1] Yes, I realize I've been quacking since 2004. But it's newly released, and that counts for something.
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Despite skeptics, Manuel to bat Rollins leadoff
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- In case you needed a reminder: Charlie Manuel fills out the Phillies' lineup card.
Manuel receives suggestions everywhere he goes. He gets them from fans on the street, reporters before games and folks in the front office. But Manuel is the manager, and he made it perfectly clear Tuesday afternoon at Bright House Field that he makes the final decision. And he will again in 2013.
A reporter asked Manuel about Jimmy Rollins' value hitting leadoff because he has power and the ability to drive in runners, as opposed to Ben Revere's higher on-base percentage, but almost complete lack of power.
"I don't think you guys ever see the value in Jimmy Rollins," Manuel said. "He's averaged 75-90 RBIs a year. That's what he averages. He scored [102] runs last year. Who's he knocking in? He's knocking in the eighth and ninth hitter. Why does he knock them in? Because he can hit doubles and triples and homers. That's why. He gets extra-base hits. Those guys [on base] are usually not good runners and they're slow, and they're not good baserunners.
"We had Juan Pierre last year. You were always asking why Pierre didn't lead off? Because for me, Rollins is a better leadoff hitter. And you can say Pierre hit .300 and Rollins hit .250 or .260, but Rollins' .250 or .260 had more value to it than Pierre's .300."
Manuel said he could hit Rollins lower in the lineup, but that would take away his speed, which he considers valuable.
So bet on Rollins hitting leadoff this season.
"He's been my leadoff hitter ever since I've been here," Manuel said. "When I see Ben Revere hit and see him play, we'll sit down and talk about where he's going to hit and where he's going to help us the most. I've got an idea. We'll find out where we want him. Nobody is going to tell me where to hit somebody. I don't care who you are."
What about President Obama?
"I'd tell him the same thing," Manuel said. "Get him on the phone. I'd like to talk to him anyway."


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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a seaside resort town in the of the state of New Jersey. It is commonly referred to as "AC", "Camden By The Sea" or "Gomorrah With A 3 Drink Minimum And Valet Parking" by the natives.
History[edit | edit source]
Because of its proximity to some of the larger metropolitan areas of the United States, Atlantic City was once called the "America's Playground." This was not because people from all over the country went there for vacation. It was because the people from New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC went there for vacation and everyone knows what assholes those people can be about the whole world revolving around them.
At one time it was a pretty cool place to hang out because of entertainers like the Rat Pack and Dizzy Gillespie played there regularly at cool old hotspots with names like the 500 Club and The Harlem Club. But in the 1960's and 1970's, as Las Vegas gained popularity, the cool factor went west with the entertainers leaving AC a burned out, rusting, crime-ridden shell.
With the introduction of Casino Gambling in 1979, Atlantic City has become a burned out, rusting, crime-ridden shell with about 12 casinos hugging the shoreline so as not to get too close to the shit on the rest of the island. The glitz and glamour of the casinos contrasted with the blight of the rest of the island has been described by some as "glitter on dogshit."
AC Today[edit | edit source]
The daily influx of blue-haired pensioners on their Rotary Club-sponsored bus trips to the city eagerly attack the casinos in search of cheap buffets and a seat in front of one of the many nickel slot machines. After dark, it's a different story on the Casino floor. Hordes of Sopranos-wannabees, Guidos and Guidettes, whores, drunks and Asian Businessmen flock to the gaming tables in search of instant wealth and a shot at entries into Donald Trump's "100 Barcaloungers in 100 Hours" giveaway. And maybe even getting a glimpse of his famous Hair.
The current crop of entertainment consists of bands from the 1970's who haven't had a hit record in 35 years, but still have name recognition with the aging Baby Boomers who want to relive that summer in '75 when they saw Frampton come alive at JFK Stadium. Now they can see a somewhat less hirsute Frampton come alive in a smoky room with a 3 drink minimum and scantily clad cocktail waitresses. It's very much like a VH-1 "Where Are They Now" without the commercials for Enzyte.
Recent additions to the place are The Borgata and The House of Blues.
During the mid twentieth century, the massive Convention Hall contained the largest and loudest working pipe organ in the world, with eighty-seven manuals, sixteen pedalboards, 3 million stops, and over 33,000,000 pipes. It was vandalized, however, in the Worldwide Fight Against Pipe Organs sparked by The Vatican Marketing Department, and has been repeatedly attacked by some punk-ass kids since then. Popular Indie-rock band/pipe organ advocates Arcade Fire have since held several concerts in support of converting these punks to the Kingdom of Indie
Increased Gaming Competition from Neighboring States Leads to Response[edit | edit source]
From the Casino Losers Gazette, April 1, 2010:
|News leaked out that Atlantic City casino executives met today and are planning some new marketing ploys to encourage customers to visit and spend more at their resorts. Because of new competition, this is the second year Atlantic City casinos have not increased their gaming wins since the first legal casino opened over 30 years ago.
The main idea discussed was putting a few "payout" machines in the casinos. These would be machines that instead of raking in a guaranteed 10 or 15 %, or more, of every dollar played, they would pay back a small percent on what is put in. These few machines, of course, could only be discovered by long time play, which would encourage many clients to spend a lot of time searching for winners but mostly playing the normal looser machines. Every time any "regular" losing machine hit it could entice a lot of gullible others to want to play it thinking it was one of the few loose machines. Details of this strategy included that only two machines per casino would be enough to allow them to advertise "We have machines, (plural), guaranteed to win."
It was also decided these payout machines should they be low denomination, penny or nickel, as these are normally played by the most susceptible of their losing customers. And if a "payout" machine does get discovered they can just put it "out of service" while they take their time switching the winning chip to another machine as long as they don't claim the winning machines are always in operation. This led to what is best to put on billboards, mailings and other advertisements to mislead the most customers.
The Gazette interviewed a few Atlantic City visitors. "Wow, it would encourage me to go back to Atlantic City if there was a real chance to make money", said Elmer Moneybutt, a muggle from Pennsylvania who spends most of his money in a local slot parlor. And Dr. Fubar, from Grovers Mill said, "Wow, sounds great to me. Sure beats buying scratch-off lottery tickets."
Also discussed was having drink servers not accept tips, but instead have them give a dollar or two to players wanting alcoholic drinks. They all agreed plastered players lose more and faster. Drunk players are especially profitable, as they hit the maximum bet buttons accidentally so often.
Stock of Atlantic City casinos surged on Wall Street when the news of these creative ideas and initiatives emerged.
Map of Atlantic City[edit | edit source]
|Free Parking
|Kentuckistan Avenue
|Indiana Avenue
|Illinois Avenue
|B&O Railroad
|Atlantic Avenue
|Ventnor Avenue
|Water Works
|Marvin Gardens
|Go To Jail
|New York Avenue
|Atlantic City
|Pacific Avenue
|Tennessee Avenue
|North Carolina Avenue
|Community Chest
|Community Chest
|St. James Place
|Pennsylvania Avenue
|Pennsylvania Railroad
|Short Line
|Virginia Avenue
|States Avenue
|Park Place
|Electric Company
|Luxury Tax
(Pay $75)
|St. Charles Place
|Reading Railroad
|Income Tax
(Pay 10% or $200)
|Community Chest
|Connectthedots Avenue
|Vermont Avenue
|Oriental Avenue
|Baltic Avenue
|Mediterranean Avenue
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
If I were you, I'd go to Las Vegas.


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There are tons of good downloads in the Survival Database Downloadsection of this website. For this article I have selected 10 that everyone should have either printed and put away, or placed on a USB drive or better yet both.
So let's get to it:
#10. FM 4-25-11 First Aid (2002) – Military First Aid Manual.First aid information is a must get training before you need it use this manual for reference.
#9. Guide to Canning Being able to preserve crops to be able to provide for yourself and your family long after the growing season is over is important. This guide will help with that.
#8. Rangers Handbook (2006) Crammed with info on demolitions, booby traps, communications, patrolling, tactical movement, battle drills, combat intelligence and much more
#7. Where There is No Dentist – The author uses straightforward language and careful instructions to explain how to: examine patients; diagnose common dental problems; make and use dental equipment; use local anesthetics; place fillings; and remove teeth.
#6. NATO Emergency War Surgery While this is certainly not a manual that would stand alone in most persons emergency/disaster library, it is an absolutely necessary resource if you expect to handle any type of trauma where immediate comprehensive medical care is not available.
#5. A Guide to Raised Bed Gardening This is not an "all knowing†gardening book however it provides a lot of information to the urban gardener before or after TSHTF. Best to get the experience and knowledge of gardening NOW rather than later.
#4. FM 3-06 Combined Arms Operations in Urban Terrain – Combat techniques covered in the manual which may be very valuable in a "Roadwarriorâ€-type world.
#3. 1881 Household Cyclopedia A massive resource of information that much of it has been lost over the past 203 generations. From Angling to Knitting its here.
#2. FM 21-76-1 Survival-Evasion-Recovery (1999) Excellent manual geared towards the soldier that finds himself behind enemy lines
#1. FM 21-76 US Army Survival Manual – From Amazon.com: This manual has been written to help you acquire survival skills. It tells you how to travel, find water and food, shelter yourself from the weather and care for yourself if you become sick or injured. This information is first treated generally and then applied specifically to such special areas as the Arctic, the desert, the jungle and the ocean.1970 Military Issue Manual. General Introduction and Individual and Group Survival Orientation Navigation, Finding Water In All Parts of The Globe. How To Obtain Food, Start a Fire and much more!
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For a long long time, Dealzmodo has been unchanged: a scraping of the Internet for the best deals we could find. At the end of the day, it was a passive enterprise. That's changing. Right now.
Starting today, Dealzmodo is going to be centered around exclusive deals that we didn't just stumble across, but actively went out and got. At first we won't have 'em every day, but we're working on it. We now have a whole staff dedicated to going out and getting them.
Don't worry, we'll still have sweet scores from our friends at Logicbuy, Tech Bargains, Dealzon, etc for the foreseeable future—but we're working hard to get you as many exclusive deals as possible.
Disclaimer! We make money off these exclusive deals. The staff we hired costs money. But when I signed off on this new program, I made sure that it wasn't in conflict with the core values of the site: It's still good for you; in fact, it's better now. I promise.
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To transfer balance in all telecom operator networks.
1. Airtel Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the Steps below:
Step1: SMS GIFT amount friend number [eg: GIFT 50 9908080323]
Step2: You will recieve a message saying you have that your amount has been transferred to 9908XXXXXX
Minimum Balance Rs.1/-
Terms and Conditions apply for transferring balance. This trick works only in some states please try this trick with low balance first and go for bigger amount.
2. Tata Docomo Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the steps below:
Step1: SMS "BT Mobile Number Amount" and send it to 54321
[eg: BT 72078XXXXX 50]
Step2: To reverse the Amount a Member needs to type " RBT Transaction ID" and send it to 54321
Charges Rs.1 and for reversal will be Toll Free.
Terms and Conditions:
The sender's account balance for "Balance Transfer" has to be Transfer Amount + Rs.1 at the time of transfer. If balance is not sufficient the transfer will be declined. However, the SMS will be charged.
In case of Reversals the amount reversed will be dependent on the balance available with the recipient.
The system will recognize "BT" or "bt" or "Bt"
So be careful before texting.
3. Idea Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the below Steps:
Step1: Dial *567*friend mobile number*amount#
[eg:*567 *9092 XXXXXX*50#]
Terma and Conditions: You Will Be Charged Rs/- 2 For this Method.
4. BSNL Prepiad Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the steps below:
Step1: SMS " GIFT friend Bsnl number amount " to 53733 or 53738
[eg: GIFT 949XXXXXXX 50 ]
Terms and Conditions apply.
5. Vodafone Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the below steps:
Step1: Dial *131*Amount*friend vodafone mobile no#
[eg: *131*50*9052XXXXXX#]
Terms and conditions: Charges Rs.1/- for balance transfer
6. Uninor Balance Transfer Trick
Follow the below steps:
Step1: Choose the amount to transfer.
Step2: Dial *202*friend mobile number*amount#
[eg: *202*962XXXXXXX*50#]
Finish your amount has been transferred.
Terms and Conditions: Minimum balance should be rs.5/-
7. Etisalat balance Tranfer Trick
Follow the steps below:
Transferring the credit from your mobile to another mobile is very easy and quick. Just type the following command on your Mobile Screen (not as an SMS) and press the send key:
Where 100 = Credit Transfer Service Code
050XXXXXXX = Desired mobile number on which the amount to be transferred
32 = Amount to be transferred
SEND/OK/CALL = key to be pressed on your mobile.
Confirm/Cancel The Transfer Of Credit
After sending the request for a credit transfer, you will get a message of confirmation or cancellation of the balance transfer:
"Amount AED XX will be transferred to +97150XXXXXX , press 1 to confirm , 2 to cancel"
If you press 1 to confirm the credit transfer, the credit will be transfered immediately to the desired number. The following messages will be sent to you and the recipient.
"You have successfully transferred AED XX to mobile number +97150XXXXXXX.
"You have received AED XX from mobile number +97150XXXXXXX."
1. Balance Transfer Trick is only available to their networks only like airtel to airtel , vodafone to vodafone etc..
2. Terms and conditions apply for balance transfer
3. Minimum Balance should be Rs.1/- in all indian sims.


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Reposted 1-26-17, Original message 2013
I received a somewhat long but very enlightening and powerful message tonight. I received what began as a message from my Council of Angels and turned into a message from Source Creator. It's always powerful when this happens, it's only happened a few times….as I bring in the messages I'm so filled with excitement and energy that I can barely contain myself, and just feel so honored to be bringing in a message like this. I've left in some of the personal elements for continuity, besides I feel like you are all family anyway. Please note it is in stream of consciousness style with very little punctuation, this one flowed out of me like a river. Love, Goldenlight
Ascension update from the Council of Angels, Archangel Michael and Creator Source: The Upgrade of your Multidimensional Operating Systems
Message transcribed by Goldenlight, www.thegoldenlightchannel.com. © The Golden Light Channel. Please include this copyright and credit at top without alteration when re-posting this message.
As you begin to transcend the third dimensional mindset, for you are already "in" the 5th dimension, you just have to upgrade your operating system to "view" or "be" or engage with it. You body and brain are used to being in the third dimension but your mind or consciousness is now in the 5th dimension. So your brain – which is a physical organ inside your body – we know you know this but sometimes your brain thinks it's more than that – and your body are in the process if upgrading now. You are moving into and transitioning into the ability to use higher dimensional abilities of telepathy, bilocation, teleportation, and all the higher abilities we have spoken of in the past.
So going back to your brain/body upgrades this operating system upgrade is occurring now for hue-mans ("god-mans") and your body and brain are busy catching up to the higher dimensional frequencies that you are living in now. They are trying to attune with these frequencies. Remember way back when you first started bringing in our messages, we said ascension is simply a harmonizing with the frequencies – well this is still true. Many of the lightworker community are ahead of most of the earth population in attuning their mind and consciousness to the higher dimensional frequencies you are living in; it is your old physical carbon-based based brains and bodies that are going through a massive upgrade now.
See, your operating systems are your mind body and spirit and your carbon-based brains and bodies are all that hold you back now from being fully 100% in the higher dimensions. Your brain refuses to believe that such a thing is possible even though you've seen many visions of it including your future/parallel life in the 5th dimension, the cities of light, life in the higher dimensions, unlimited prosperity, health, and abundance, ageless bodies etc… your brains have been holding on for dear life to tether you to the third dimension because its whole "life" that is all it has known. Begin to open up a dialog with your brain, begin to train your brain to open up to the possibility of living in the higher dimensions, of embodying and embracing your multidimensional being.
This experiment in transitioning to the higher dimensions while within the hue-man body is a new one that has never been accomplished before. You are all the pioneers of this ascension experiment. The more you can assimilate the higher frequencies into your brains and bodies, the more you will be in tune with these frequencies and begin to live your life from a multidimensional perspective. We know you had asked for some personal information but all your questions apply to everyone and what is occurring for you is occurring for everyone. You see you ARE all one you are a part of Me and this is Source Creator now… You are Me and I am You.
This grand experiment in ascension while within your bodies is a very new and interesting experience for both you and me, for how would I get to experience myself if it were not for you? Before you there was just me, before the earth and all the planets and star systems and galaxies and universes there was just me and only me. I needed to create I needed to split apart and individuate so I could know myself and see myself and see all the wonders of creation. You are all ME! You are all creator beings just like me. As your bodies go through these upgrades you will cone into your creationary powers more and more .. You will go from manifestation taking what seems like forever (old 3d paradigm) to instant manifestation. The star beings which now surround your earth are watching and waiting for your brain/body operating systems to complete their upgrades to a point where you are almost all the way there in living from a multidimensional perspective.
You are maturing as a race… my wonderful earth hue-man race and it is a wonder and great pleasure to see you, My creations, My reflections of Me, coming into being and activating all your higher dimensional abilities. Now some do not wish to participate in this great experiment… some are still asleep and that is as it is neither good or bad it just is. Those of you who are fully aware and fully coming into your higher dimensional awareness are the Ones who will be a part of the first contact with the higher dimensional races and who will be the leaders of your new earth of harmony prosperity oneness joyful living service to All and more…all the higher dimensional concepts that emanate from me.
Many of you are starseeds from higher dimensional star systems who came here to this planet at this time to to assist with this transition of the human body into resonating with the higher frequencies so that you could create a higher frequency world on this planet earth.. As this channel has spoken of before, this process will coincide with a coming together of the Inner and the Outer Earth at a time that your brains and bodies have upgraded to be fully functioning in the higher dimensions. Your higher dimensional abilities – things like telepathy instant manifestation bilocation levitation etc.– these abilities will be awakened in your brains and bodies.
Your higher dimensional awareness already knows that you are capable of these things it is just a matter of training your car old carbon-based brain and body to accept these things as being part of its new operating system. It's like the channel, when she upgraded the operating system on her computer recently she had a difficult time… her brain had a difficult time first accepting the new operating system, but after a short period of time it became very easy to use and like second nature. This will be happening now for your brains and bodies …they will begin to accept the new operating system that you are existing in. You can help this process along with your intentional awareness, telling your brain and body that it's okay to adjust. It may sound silly but really it will help speed along the process for all of you.
What you focus on and place your attention and awareness on, so choose what you think say and do carefully because everything will be manifesting more quickly now for all of you.As far as the rumored re-evaluation of currencies global reset and prosperity programs, this is a collective manifestation. Collective manifestations are a little more challenging than individual manifestations because everyone has to be on the same page so to speak. The way for you to bring about the re-evaluation of currencies and the deliverance of prosperity to your world is to begin to manifest it through both your individual and collective thoughts words and actions, and to be ever aware of service to all and oneness as opposed to service to self and separation.
If a large group of you begin to do this you will begin to manifest this on a collective, society-wide level. Always your choice as you are all free well-beings… if you wish to bring this into being then simply create it through your thoughts words and actions. And so it is and so it is done. Higher dimensional manifestations happen very rapidly and quickly and you are all going into this now see you must all be very careful of what you think say and do. Do not focus on the "Cabal", do not focus on the mass media news, do not focus on the Federal Reserve, do not focus on the current powers in charge. If you focus on those things it will assist in their continuing to exist. If you wish to create an alternate reality or a different holographic reality you must simply think it feel it see it and create it through your loving thoughts words and actions. Creating a new earth through loving thoughts words and actions… your new earth in paradise is such a beautiful thing.
You have many angels archangels ascended masters star system beings higher dimensional beings from other star systems who care so much about your development and ascension and as you may have heard before from this channel the earth is the first in what is a line of "Dominos:… when the earth clicks into its higher dimensional resonation, it will trigger a domino effect so that each piece of the domino puzzle falls into place; namely, other star systems are also going through an upgrade at this time. The earth is the trigger or catalyst for this entire upgrade throughout the many worlds and universes. Yes all of creation is now going through an upgrade and the earth is the star player in the game.
So know that each one of you is a very important piece in this puzzle, and although some of you may not realize it, all that you think say and do is extremely important in the creation of your new earth society. So choose your thoughts words and actions carefully and focus only on that which you wish to create. If you wish for the reevaluation of currencies, think it feel it and see it. If you wish for abundance and prosperity for all, think it feel it and see it and it will come into being. All is created from thought and intention and as you raise your frequencies into the higher dimensions, you will create more quickly with thought and intention. The more strongly you feel something, the more it will affect the manifestation of it; so that if you feel something very deeply in your heart and all your being, you then create a strong energy vibration of manifestation.
Part of the key to manifestation is using your heart with your mind to create. Your heart plus consciousness and intention equals creation. Your heart is connected to your soul. Your brain does play a part in this as well, but it is more of a follower then the leader …it follows your consciousness. So it is upon you to allow your brain to follow your consciousness now, to sort of bring your brain along for the ride so to speak. The idea is to get your brain and body on-board into propelling your entire being into these higher dimensions which are actually all around you now and have been for quite some. Your ascension as Earth human beings and hue-mans is about making this transition while you are still in your original physical bodies, but your bodies will be transforming from Carbon to crystalline-based. Most of you already know this, you have heard this before, we are simply reiterating it.
It is about harmonizing your multidimensional being and your higher self as well as your brain and body with the higher dimensional frequencies which surround your entire being and your holographic realities. Your holographic realities are in the process of rapidly changing now. This change is being accomplished through the power of collective thoughts feelings words and actions. As more and more of you begin to accelerate your consciousness into the higher dimensional qualities, you then begin the dismantling of the old hologram and the creating of the new one. This is the process that is occurring now for each one of you individually as well as collectively. The ones who are still asleep, and there are many, could possibly hold you all back from creating this new holograph… although this is a situation that is an ongoing changing morphing hologram being created and re-created moment by moment.All is in the now, there is no past or future and as you raise your consciousness you begin to see this and to live outside of time. Time is a third dimensional earth creation, it is not real, so that as you breathe yourself into the higher dimensions you begin to raise yourself out of time that is why time seems to be accelerating.
It is important at this time to enliven and enlighten your minds; this will assist in this process of acceleration. The higher dimensions are a very light-filled world now there will be a new human being created that is a combination of your Lightbody and your former carbon-based body this is the new crystalline human and it is part of My Creation Plan. And you all signed up for it before you came into this life time. More and more of you will begin to remember this plan…if you're wondering what your soul missions and soul contracts are on this earth in this lifetime… well many of you have that as your number one soul contract item. You signed up to participate in the experiment of transitioning from a carbon-based to a crystalline-based human. You will be living in an incredible world of your own creation, in fact you are already living there now as time is an illusion. Your homes will be crystalline homes, you will create instantly, you will communicate with telepathy, you will be able to levitate… this is how the pyramids of Egypt were built by the way is the beings from other star systems who lived on the earth at that time had the ability to levitate objects. The pyramids were transmitters of higher dimensional energy and powered many many cities. Their energy collapsed during the fall of man.
Atlantis and Lemuria were also higher dimensional civilizations, and many of you lived there, as the channel has brought forth in her other communications. The Agartha beings living in the earth are from Lemuria… they built the inner cities when they knew that the Lemurian civilization was going to be devastated. Their civilization has thrived inside the earth for over 20,000 years. These higher dimensional beings wish to reunite with you when your brains and bodies and consciousness have reached a point in acceleration where you're 80 to 90% transmuted into crystalline light beings … in other words, when you have raised your vibrational frequencies high enough to match theirs. This is also the point at which you will meet your star families or reunite with your star families again it is the same with these higher dimensional beings of the universe and from other star systems such as Sirius the Pleiades Andromeda Arcturus and other star systems… it is the same, wherein the Hue- beings and Hue-mans must raise their vibrational frequencies to a high enough level that they can resonate on the same frequency as these higher dimensional beings. It is too much of a risk for them to lower their vibration to yours… this is why you could never see them before. All this is rapidly changing and all will coalesce for you.
The most important thing right now is to raise your frequency… train your body, including your brain, to live in the higher dimensions… help your body and brain to accept the higher frequencies… tell them it's okay… remind yourself that you agreed to this plan before you came here.
I, your Source Creator and we of the Angelic realm and we all of the higher dimensional star systems and we all of the Inner Earth and Agarthan Network wish to tell you that we monitor your progress often… that we love you most dearly… and that we await your homecoming into these beautiful higher dimensional love-filled and light-filled realms.
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Danish Production Schools
The Danish Production schools were created in the 1980s with the aim of combating youth unemployment. Production Schools offer alternative education opportunities to improve labour market integration. The fundamental aim of this type of school is to create a practical learning environment to support young people to complete and earn qualifications in general and vocational upper secondary education and/or maintain a job. The students are offered the opportunity to develop professional, social and personal skills through counselling, participation in practical work experience and production in different workshops ranging from areas such as metalwork, carpentry and textile work in theatre, media and music-based workshops. The focus is on social, personal and physical skills which are complemented by more formal knowledge and skills. Learning processes are organised through workshops and classroom teaching, but every young person is free to organise an individual course where they may challenge themselves and build their confidence.
The most significant challenge for production schools is to prepare and motivate "non-academic" students for the ordinary school system. The last legislative change in 2006focused the aims of Production Schools so that its most important task has been to build a bridge to vocational education and training through relevant practical and academic qualifications. In 2009, there were over 6,000 students in production schools. The student capacity at each school can vary from 20-25 to over 200. Generally speaking the schools are small, with half of the schools accepting fewer than 50 students. Today there are 78 Production Schools in Denmark.
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NEW YORK (AP) Superstar singer Beyonce has serenaded a different New York City venue: The United Nations.
Beyonce performed her song "I Was Here'' on Friday in the UN's General Assembly Hall in honor of World Humanitarian Day, which is Aug. 19. A music video of the performance will debut the same day.
Beyonce sang in front of hundreds, including Julia Stiles, R&B singer The-Dream and songwriter Diane Warren, who wrote the song.
Warren said in an interview that she initially called Beyonce's husband, Jay-Z, and played the song for him over the phone. He quickly called Beyonce, and days later she recorded it. It appears on her album "4,'' released last year.
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1. Introduction
This document serves as a study guide and source commentary for Linux i386 boot code. In addition to C-like pseudocode source commentary, it also presents keynotes of toolchains and specs related to kernel development. It is designed to help:
kernel newbies to understand Linux i386 boot code, and
kernel veterans to recall Linux boot procedure.
Current release is based on Linux 2.4.20.
The project homepage for this document is hosted by China Linux Forum. Working documents may also be found at the author's personal webpage at Yahoo! GeoCities.
1.1. Copyright and License
This document, Linux i386 Boot Code HOWTO, is copyrighted (c) 2003, 2004 by Feiyun Wang. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
1.2. Disclaimer
No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and information at your own risk. There may be errors and inaccuracies which could be damaging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely, the author(s) do not take any responsibility.
Owners hold all copyrights, unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
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In this document, I have the pleasure of acknowledging:
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People who use electronic cigarettes do not report higher rates of quitting than regular cigarette smokers, according to a US study out Monday.
The findings were based on survey answers from 949 smokers, reported in a research letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine.
Just over 13 per cent of the people in the study reported quitting smoking within one year.
E-cigarette use "did not significantly predict quitting one year later," said the letter, written by three researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
Among participants who reported using both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes, e-cigarette use was not associated with a change in cigarette consumption, it added.
The fact that there were so few e-cigarette users in the study -- just 88, and nine of whom quit -- may have made any trends more difficult to spot, said the letter.
"Nonetheless, our data add to current evidence that e-cigarettes may not increase rates of smoking cessation," it said.
"Regulations should prohibit advertising claiming or suggesting that e-cigarettes are effective smoking cessation devices until claims are supported by scientific evidence."
E-cigarettes deliver nicotine through a vapor, and are currently not regulated by health authorities in the United States.
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2005 Ford Mustang GT - Snakebit
It'll leave you charmed and dazed all at once
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We passed this car on the road thinking it was a stock '05 Mustang GT with a set of aftermarket wheels. That was until we heard the car pull up. The twin turbos sounded like an irregular heartbeat, as each blow-off valve discharged independently of one another. We just had to get the story straight from the owner.
"I originally bought the car on the Internet with only 15,000 miles. It had a Vortech supercharger and a Ford Aluminator block that made 611 rear-wheel horsepower," says owner Zach Northrup, a general contractor from Burnsville, Minnesota. "I wanted to have a real, 1,000hp car I could actually drive, enjoy, and get some use out of. I can take this car to work, on road trips, or just to the track--all while running the A/C and stereo! In that configuration, it went 11.0 in the quarter. While walking through the pits with my wife, Sheila, I was explaining other people's cars and how they ran 9s or 8s. She looked at me and said, 'Well, you better step it up.' Right there, I decided to take it to APS Autoworks in Shakopee, Minnesota."
Zach made the decision to go with turbochargers after a talk with Todd Hardy at APS. They wanted faster spooling for the street and determined a twin-turbo setup would be the way to go. After long Internet searches and countless phone calls, the guys decided on a pair of 61mm Garrett turbos controlled by an AMS 1000 boost controller. They even had to ratchet down the gearing from 4:10:1 to 3:27:1 so the car wouldn't rev too quickly.
"APS tuned it for E85 on the street and E98 on the track if I want it. I can even run it on pump gas in the event that E85 is not available. So far, it has made 950 rwhp on only 25 pounds of boost, so there's a lot more left in it. At 75 mph, the engine is turning 2,000 rpm and pulls like a freight train when I stand on it. We kept the stock appearance, which makes it that much more fun to drive. We've gotten quite a few surprised people that tried to beat it on the street."
Zach has a lot of people to thank for this build, namely his wife, Sheila, who drives a '72 Challenger (what a gal, huh?) and the folks at APS Autoworks: Todd Hardy, Rob Torgerson, and Casey Wittmer. "If it weren't for those guys, the car would never have been on the road this year."
Zach has yet to take it to the track for an official pass down the old 1,320, but suffice it to say, it should post a solid time well below his original 11.0 e.t.
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Who: Zach Northrup
What: '05 Ford Mustang GT
Where: Chilly Burnsville, Minnesota
Engine: It's a Ford 4.6 Aluminator block with twin, 61mm Garrett turbos feeding the JPC intake manifold with 25 pounds of boost. A Walbro fuel pump nourishes 160-lb/hr injectors and a BBK throttle-body carefully mixes all the air. The fact that the block can handle this amount of abuse with no modifications is testament to its durability. On the chassis dyno, it made 950 rwhp at 5,700 rpm and 866 rear-wheel torque.
Transmission/Rearend: Lentech Motorsports built the 4R70W with a transbrake and a PTC torque converter. Zach makes precise shifts with a TCI Outlaw shifter. The stock 8.8-inch rearend is stuffed with 3.27:1 gears.
Exhaust: A very quiet MagnaFlow system adds to the stealth factor.
Paint/Body: Stock as the day is long. Why mess with a good thing and give away the tasty surprise?
Suspension/Brakes: No shocker here. Not much was changed other than a set of Eibach springs in the front with the stock sway bar removed. The rear suspension uses BMR springs, a sway bar, and an adjustable Panhard bar combined with Metco upper and lower trailing arms and QA1 shocks to help plant all that power.
Wheels/Tires: 18x9 front and 18x10.5 rear FR500 wheels are wrapped in super-sticky Nitto 05R drag radials.
Thanks: Tom Hardy, Rob Torgerson, and Casey Wittmer of APS Auto Works, and, of course, his wife, Sheila, and their two kids, Mike and Lindsey.
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Tyffani Clark Kemp has been writing since she discovered in the sixth grade that it wasn't enough just to read about fantastic places, but she could create her own. She weaves small bits of herself into everything she writes whether it be a science fiction piece about aliens or a dramatic romance fraught with conflict and love. She lives in South Carolina with her family and her fluffy shii tzu-mix dog who thinks he's a Saint Bernard.
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I'll be running a software radio workshop at ToorCon in October. It will be similar to the workshop at ToorCamp but with more electricity and less volcanic ash! With a more pleasant environment and more structured lessons, a greater amount of material will be covered.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
building an all-channel Bluetooth monitor
video (179M) of my presentation with Dominic Spill at ShmooCon 2009 has been posted.
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Google unveiled more details about its much-anticipated Chrome OS at a press event at its Mountain View, Calif., campus today, but those who were hoping for a beta release of the OS were in for a disappointment. "We aren't launching the product today. There is no beta today," said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management. "Our target is the end of next year. We want to be there for the holiday season."
Developers who want a closer look at the project, however, will get their wish. Effective immediately, Google is releasing the Chrome OS code to the public under an open source license, along with the associated design documents. "As of today, the code will be fully open," said Chrome OS director of engineering Matt Papakipos, "which means Google developers will be working on the same tree as external developers."
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An OS that is a browser
Chrome OS is Google's latest attempt to further its concept of browser-based computing, in which the traditional PC desktop is deemphasized in favor of a completely Web-based experience.
At the heart of the new OS is the Chrome browser, which Google has been developing as an alternative to competitors such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera.
A Chrome OS computer will run no local applications, Pichai explained, and user documents and other data will be maintained via Web-based cloud storage. "With Chrome OS, every application is a Web application," Pichai said.
Papakipos also demonstrated Chrome OS applications based on Flash, and he said Google's Native Client technology would also be available on the platform. Native Client is an ActiveX-like technology that provides plug-in capabilities to interact with local system resources. "Everything that comes in Chrome will be available in Chrome OS, and we think Native Client is an important part of this story," Papakipos said.
But Chrome OS will have an additional advantage over browsers running on traditional operating systems, Papakipos said, because it will be tightly integrated with the underlying hardware. That means Web applications running on Chrome OS will be able to take advantage of such features as multiprocessing and GPU acceleration.
Chrome OS will rely on third-party applications to handle non-Web file types. By way of example, Pichai demonstrated opening and Excel spreadsheet in Microsoft's Excel 2010 Web App. "It turns out Microsoft launched a killer app for Chrome OS," Pichai joked.
Conspicuously absent from Google's presentation, however, was any mention of the L-word. Although Chrome OS is based on the Linux kernel, users should not expect a traditional desktop Linux distribution, à la Suse or Ubuntu.
Instead, Google aims to deliver small, portable Internet devices that power on quickly and deliver users directly into the browser. "It takes about seven seconds for a Chrome OS machine to boot," Pichai said, "and we're working really, really hard to make this shorter."
Netbooks with a Google twist
Papakipos demonstrated Chrome OS running on "an off-the-shelf [Asus] Eee PC," but he declined to cite the specific model number, explaining that it was unimportant.
Google doesn't expect users to download Chrome OS and install it on their current PCs. Instead, it will come pre-installed on new, netbook-like devices. "You will have to go and buy a Chrome OS device," Pichai said.
According to Pichai, while today's Chrome OS runs on the current generation of netbooks, Google is working closely with hardware partners to produce its own devices that manufacturers can use as reference designs for Chrome OS-based products.
When the first wave of Chrome OS devices appears next year, they will be small computers in a familiar clamshell form factor, Pichai said, with a screen, a touchpad, and a full-size keyboard. They won't be phones or tablets -- but they also won't have hard drives. "We support only solid-state drives," Pichai said. That insistence on SSDs could help reduce power consumption and contribute to fast startup times.
Pichai declined to speculate what Chrome OS devices will cost when they appear a year from now, and he said Google had not suggested a target price for its manufacturing partners. Lacking hard drives, however, and with limited onboard storage and low processor power, Chrome OS devices could cost considerably less than today's Windows- and Linux-based netbooks.
In addition, Papakipos reiterated that Chrome OS will run on so-called smartbooks based on the ARM processor architecture, which could drive prices even lower.
Web-based computing for everyone
Papakipos emphasized that the most important goal of Chrome OS was to create devices that were fast, easy, and enjoyable for the average person to use. "We want to make it a very fast, delightful system to use. We want you to be able to push the On button, it immediately comes on, and you're on the Web as quickly as possible," Papakipos said.
Because Chrome OS applications will be Web-based, users will not need to install or maintain any software. What's more, the system will boot and applications will launch more quickly. "We don't run conventional applications, so we don't need to start up background services for them," Papakipos said.
Papakipos acknowledged that security exploits would inevitably appear for Chrome OS as they do for other platforms, but said Chrome OS will be inherently more secure than traditional operating systems because the latest software updates and security patches would be installed automatically over the Web. Chrome OS devices will be able to detect whether the latest security patches have been installed, Papakipos said, and will even be able to re-image the system while preserving user settings.
Storing user data in the cloud also has advantages, Pichai added, explaining that one goal of Chrome OS was to allow users to move from device to device, or even to share devices, while still preserving their individual experiences.
This article, "Google's Chrome OS: A Web appliance, not a PC," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Follow the latest developments on cloud computing, Google, and Chrome OS at InfoWorld.com.


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April 8, 2013
Student body president cabinet applications now being accepted
K-State Students,
Applications are now being accepted for the student body president's Cabinet and a variety of universitywide committees.
Cabinet applications are due by 4 p.m. Friday, April 19, and university committee applications are due by 4 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the office of student activities and services, or OSAS, in the K-State Student Union.
Eli Schooley and Jake Unruh
Student Body President-Elect and Vice President-Elect
Kansas State University