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Gainesville Menu – Gainesville, FL
Includes choice of meat or grilled vegetables
Super Burrito $6.50
12" flour tortilla. Recommended with rice, beans, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, and salsa roja
Quesadilla $7.25
Flour tortilla grilled and rolled up with extra melted cheese. Recommended with pico de gallo and salsa roja
Two Tacos $4.75
Soft corn tortillas with cilantro and onion, & guacamolillo sauce
Two Baja Style Tacos $5.00
Soft corn tortillas, choice of shrimp or fish, pickled cabbage, pico de gallo & baja sauce
Plato or Bowl $6.50
Served with soft corn tortillas. Recommended with rice, beans, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, & salsa roja
Nachos $8.50
Tortilla chips with melted cheese. Recommended with refried beans, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, corn, and pickled jalapeños
Two Tostadas $5.00
Crispy flat corn tortillas with refried beans, pico de gallo, and lettuce
Taco Salad $6.75
Shredded lettuce, recommended with beans, pico de gallo, corn, crispy tortillas, and choice of chipotle ranch or tequila-lime vinaigrette
Felipe's Combo $3.00
Add a drink, small chips and dip to any entrée
Meat Selections:
Tinga Chicken Breast spicy shredded chicken breast
Grilled Chicken citrus marinade
Shrimp lightly breaded*
Al Pastor caramelized pork, pineapple, cinnamon/guajillo marinade
Carnitas slow cooked pulled pork
Steak char grilled*
Chorizo spicy Mexican pork sausage
Grilled Vegetables marinated & fresh
Fish lightly breaded*
*additional $1.50 for starred options
Entree Add-Ons:
Guacamole – $ 1.25
Queso – $1.25
Cheese – jack or cotija – $1.00
Pico de Gallo
Fresh Corn
Mexican Crema
Cilantro & Onion
Pickled jalapeños
Chips & Dips
Felipe's Special $6.75
Large chips, Guacamole, Salsa Fresca, and Queso
Tortilla Chips $1.75
Queso Dip $2.25
Guacamole $2.25
Salsa Fresca $1.50
Apps & Sides
Tortilla Soup – $4.00 cup, $7.05 bowl
Chicken soup with vegetables, rice, crispy tortillas, avocado & cotija cheese
Queso con Carne $6.75
Felipe's Queso with chorizo and pico de gallo, served with chips
Tamale $2.85
Served with Mexican crema and pico de gallo. Ask about today's special.
Taquitos $4.70
Rolled corn tortillas filled with chicken or pork, fried, topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, Mexican crema, & cotija cheese
Mini Quesadilla $1.40
Tortillas grilled with cheese & pico de gallo
Rice or Beans (8 oz. each) $1.75
Flan $2.60
Churro $1.65
Soft Drinks $2.25
Aguas Frescas $2.25
Horchata $2.25
Jamaica $2.25
Iced Tea $2.25
Bottled Water $1.75
Jarritos Sodas $2.25
Mexican Coke $2.25


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My body chemistry was changing, and I could say goodbye to chemical peels, bleach on the scalp and gel nails. I knew it was time to reassess my routine. My skin is already sensitive so I would have to get back to basics.
I started to get these strange red marks on my cheeks which I later read was from hormonal shifts and changes in blood flow which resulted in red marks on my face.
I tested out a lot of products to rid this but Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair did the trick. It was calming, cooling and in the morning the redness was gone.
For any other blemishes I cover up with Hourglass Vanish Foundation Stick its so easy to use on the go.
For hair I have stayed away from bleach on my scalp and have only gotten highlights away from the root twice in the last 8 months, which was probably the hardest thing but I told myself it was my time to get my hair really healthy and let it breathe for a while. I do hair treatments religiously. Here are some great ones.
I also recommend getting your hair trimmed every 6 weeks if you aren't already. If you are taking prenatals your hair will grow fast and long and its also great way to pamper yourself.
This seriously is all purpose and I don't leave the house without it. I also make sure to exfolate my lips everyday.
It wasn't until month 7 that I got the so called "pregnancy glow". It also wasn't until month 7 that I started feeling good. Morning aka all day sickness had taken over my life so to fake that glow I used Paula's Choice Suncare which left my skin looking dewy.
I also use this sunscreen cause its 50 SPF and Melasma is real and runs in my family. Melasma is brown spots that appear on your cheeks, chin, nose and forehead due to hormonal changes during pregnancy & sun exposure. So since I had a predisposition I stayed clear of the sun when I could and if not wore a hat and used sunscreen religiously.
Last but certainly not least stretch mark prevention. Pai Skincare Oil plus some Spoiled Mama Tummy Butter.. My husband says I have over used it but as I write I am happy to report I have no stretch marks.
I would lather up twice a day morning & at night after a nice hot shower. This started to become my guilty pleasure; a steamy shower with candles lite and lights out. After getting out I would treat myself to a ton of oil on my belly, thighs and breasts and then mix in the butter.
Looking back I was really excited about going natural and cutting back on everything but I also realized that pampering myself is the most important thing. I mean, you're creating a baby…. a human life and you deserve to put your feet up and get your hair done.
CONTEXT Night Cream
NARS Eye Cream
MAKE Marine Salve
ESTEE LAUDER Advanced Night Repair
PAI SKINCARE Stretch Mark Oil
HOURGLASS Vanish Skin Foundation Stick

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.SIT File
File extension:
File type:
Compressed Archive File
Notes about the SIT file extension:
Incorrect file associations could be the result of underlying issues within your PC system. As such it is highly recommended to scan your PC for invalid registry entries, unused processes and other unfavourable system settings to identify slowdown issues.
The SIT file type is primarily associated with 'StuffIt' by Smith Micro Software. StuffIt provides compression solutions for your Mac or Windows PC as well as your PDA and SmartPhone. Allume Systems, Inc. has taken over this product from Aladdin Systems, Inc. Smith Micro then acquired the product.
Detailed information for file extension SIT:
Primary association:
Smith Micro Software
Mime type:
application/stuffit, application/x-stuffit, application/x-sit
Identifying characters
Hex: 53 74 75 66 66 49 74 20 28 63 29 31 39 39 37 2D , ASCII: StuffIt (c)1997- , or... , Hex: 53 49 54 21 00 , ASCII: SIT!
Other applications associated with file type SIT:
IRT Cronista
(Infrared Image)
GRAYESS Inc.
Created by NEC-Avio infrared cameras.
PDP-10 (Steven's Institute of Technology Load-and-Go Fortran-77 Compiler Source)
The PDP-10 was a mainframe computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from the late 1960s; the name stands for Programmed Data Processor model 10. The PDP-10 was eventually eclipsed by the VAX supermini machines. The PDP-10 product line cancellation was announced in 1983. Compilers output REL files. Related links:
Wikipedia PDP-10 Page
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ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.Expand, FileType: StuffIt Archive, AppName: StuffIt for Windows 8.0
EXEFile: stuffit.exe
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
ProgramID: StuffItArchive, FileType: Aladdin StuffIt Archive, AppName: Aladdin Expander
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.Expand
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\StuffIt Standard\stuffit.exe -expand %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Aladdin Systems\StuffIt Standard\stuffit.exe -view %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Aladdin Systems\StuffIt\\stuffit.exe -view %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: StuffItArchive
EXEFile: f:\Cserve\Download\Aladdin systems\Expander.exe %1
ProgramID: StuffItArchive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Aladdin Systems\StuffIt 7.0\Expander\Expander.exe %1
ProgramID: StuffItArchive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WinZip\winzip32.exe %1
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Allume Systems\StuffIt\stuffit.exe -view %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: PowerDesk.Archive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\VCOM\PowerDesk\PDExplo.exe %1
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.Expand
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Allume Systems\StuffIt\stuffit.exe -expand %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: Qzip.sit
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\QuickZip\Quickzip.exe %1
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Aladdin Systems\StuffIt 7.5\stuffit.exe -view %1 -from_shell
ProgramID: SecureIt
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Secure IT\secureit.exe
ProgramID: StuffItArchive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Aladdin Systems\StuffIt 7.0.2\Expander\Expander.exe
ProgramID: StuffIt.Archive.View
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Smith Micro\StuffIt\stuffit.exe -view -from_shell
ProgramID: StuffIt11.Archive.Open.Sit
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Smith Micro\StuffIt11\StuffIt11.exe -o
ProgramID: MimarSinan Codex
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L
ProgramID: DeCypherIT
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\DeCypherIT\decypherit.exe
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Buy the perfect gift that everyone will enjoy! Our gift cards never expire and are the total value of each gift card may be applied to any service offered by JC Bartending, Inc.
Note: The gift cards will be mailed within 2-4 business days and will be shipped in a standard envelope. No gift wrapping options available at this time.


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My all-time favorite paper crafting tip: When you finish a layout and there are scraps left, use them to make a quick card. It makes perfect sense. The supplies are already out and you know they work well together.
When I finished my 2011 layout, there were enough leftover scraps for three cards. I cut the largest pieces into backgrounds, then filled in with the smaller scraps.
Here's the first card. Super simple and extremely fast (except for Stickles and Glimmer Mist drying time!).
Here's the second one I made:
I'll share the third card on Monday!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Using up Scraps
Posted by Cindy deRosier at 5:00 AM
4 comments:
Love them!! LOVING that paper tearing on the second one! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)ReplyDelete
These are so pretty! and just scraps!!! Inspiring!ReplyDelete
Hi Cindy! I love how you used your scraps here! TFS!!!! Oh, and I love your blog and am a follower now!ReplyDelete
What a great idea! Such lovely cards! ~ Blessings!ReplyDelete
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- Woodworking
- Metalworking
- Power Tools
- Dust Collection
- Hand Tools
- Cutting Tools
- Air Tools
- Clamps
- Shop Essentials
- Router Bits
- Misc. Tools
- New Products
- Outlet Store
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Precision Tilting and Swivelling Machine Vise
This precision machine vise is manufactured from close grained high tensile seasoned cast iron. The angular slide allows tilting that can be set to any desired angle 45-degree on either side. The 360-degree swivel base allows the vise to be set at any angle along with vertical axis. Jaws are fully hardened and ground within a parallelism of 0.0012" (30 microns). The hardness of jaws is 55+-3 HRC.
Jaws Opening: 2"


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Here's a particularly timely event given the 'slow down on agriculture' advice given by the review panel's report on the ETS. Three of New Zealand's leading climate experts will discuss the significant environmental and economic benefits of embracing sustainable practices in farming as part of a regional speaking series already underway.
Hosted by Horizons Regional Council, Maintaining farm productivity and profits in an uncertain climate is a free public seminar featuring presentations from former NIWA scientist Dr Jim Salinger, Lincoln University professor Caroline Saunders and business journalist Rod Oram.
According to Salinger, you need only look at events like melting Arctic ice and the recent heat waves in the US to see that climate change is happening.
"It's an issue that needs to be addressed, but it's also an opportunity for New Zealand to be proactive and take the lead," he said.
The seminar isn't just for farmers. Anyone interested in agriculture, climate change and the future of the region is welcome to attend.
30 September: Palmerston North
11:00am - 1:00pm (morning tea 10.30am), Horizons Manawatu, Palmerston North Convention Centre, 354 Main Street, Palmerston North. For more info. contact email@example.com
10 October: Oamaru
12:00 - 2:00pm Inkbox Theatre, Oamaru Opera House (Waitaki District Council). For more info. contact email@example.com
10 October: Palmerston
6:30 - 9:00pm. East Otago High School Library, Palmerston. For more info. contact firstname.lastname@example.com
11 October: Dunedin
10:30am - 12:30pm. Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment CSAFE, University of Otago, Edgar Centre, Portsmouth Drive, Dunedin. Title: Preparing for White Swans: Climate change and opportunities for the agricultural economy. For more info. contact: email@example.com.
A second seminar will look at ethics and international issues at the Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago. Venue to be confirmed.
For more info. contact. Andrew Bradstock email@example.com
27 October: Invercargill
1:30pm - 3:30pm. Invercargill, Environment Southland. Invercargill Workingmen's Club, 154 Esk Street, Invercargill. For more info. contact firstname.lastname@example.com
November 1: Wellington
4.30 - 6.30 pm. Victoria University of Wellington, Hunter Building, Council Chamber. Hosted by the Climate Change Research Institute.
Title: Preparing for White Swans: Climate change and opportunities for the economy.
For more info. contact: email@example.com
7 November: Blenheim
3:00 - 5:00pm, Marlborough Wine Research Centre, 85 Budge Street, Blenheim. For more info. contact email@example.com
Idealog has been covering the most interesting people, businesses and issues from the fields of innovation, design, technology and urban development for over 12 years. And we're asking for your support so we can keep telling those stories, inspire more entrepreneurs to start their own businesses and keep pushing New Zealand forward. Give over $5 a month and you will not only be supporting New Zealand innovation, but you'll also receive a print subscription and a copy of the new book by David Downs and Dr. Michelle Dickinson, No. 8 Recharged (while stocks last).
Idealog is part of ICG. We work with clients like Woolworths New Zealand, All Good, Huffer, Liquorland, Resene, Citta Design, TVNZ, Spark and FCB on their event activations, in-store, in-office or out-of-home signage, content creation and vehicle wraps.


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- By:
- Roy Butler
There are Fredericksburgers living today who well remember the carnival activity of Scott's Island. Most of those interviewed had difficulty pinpointing the exact dates of its beginning and end; however, judging from a handbill from the 1920s, the emphasis appears to have centered around Saturday night.
Obviously a warm weather enterprise of the early twentieth century, the business was referred to as "Southworth's Pleasure Island," and its forms of entertainment ranged well beyond those of a typical carnival of later generations. There were comedians, minstrel troupes, Dixie jazz bands, dancing, boxing and wrestling, shooting galleries, and, no doubt, the usual wheels of fortune and side shows.
These were the days when the horseless carriage was becoming popular. The crystal headset was giving way to the Atwater Kent Radio and the Victor Recording Machine. The telephone was as much talked about as on. Entertainment was an "in person" matter ranging from a quiet checker game, a backyard croquet contest, an evening at the Opera House, to a Sunday afternoon ball game.
But for many, a quick stroll to Scott's Island was a much looked forward to Saturday night outing that offered considerable contrast to the otherwise routine forms of entertainment. No doubt the boxing match of local contestants created a high level of excitement among observers that was comparable to that at any such present day event.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sullivan, who operate a service station at Fauquier and Princess Anne streets, recall attending the carnival around 1927. They cite the participation of well known local boxer "Barefoot" Green, who once operated Barefoot Green's Seafood on Sophia Street.
An interview with Mrs. Richard Southworth of 628 Stuart Street in Fredericksburg, whose husband operated "Southworth's Pleasure Island," revealed some interesting information. Mrs. Southworth recalls that her husband ran the concession in the 1920's and that it was open nightly, but Saturday night was the busiest with the Dance Pavilion, boxing and other activities going on at full pace. Mrs. Southworth said that the island flooded occasionally, but it was not a deterrent to continued operation of the concession.
Scott's Island, earlier known as Brown's Island, reached no farther upriver than the present bridge during the early eighteenth century. Siltation has extended it upriver to the Sophia-Lewis Street area, and it continues to lengthen rapidly as urban agricultural run-off increases. Once a busy seaport, the area's direction was long ago altered by siltation and other factors. About the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson made this comment concerning the Rappahannock River: "Four fathoms of water to Hob's Hole and two fathoms thence to Fredericksburg." (A fathom is six feet. Hob's (Hobb's) Hole is the site of present-day Tappahannock.)
Perhaps the future will see the rejuvenation of the Rappahannock River, and once again the island "Where the birds sing and the cool breezes blow," may resound with the laughter and excitement of an earlier day.
Editor's Notes:
This article first appeared in The Fredericksburg Times magazine and is reprinted here with Mrs. Elizabeth Butler's permission. It may also be found in the collection, Fredericksburg Underground: Archaeological History with Roy G. Butler.


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Intelligent assistant Xperia Ear
Xperia Ear is a smart product from Sony Mobile — an in-ear personal assistant to help you communicate and get things done via conversational voice interaction and simple head gestures.
It's designed to bring a new way of communicating, without compromising on enjoying the world around you. It provides you with useful information such as your schedule, weather and the latest news to keep you up-to-date on the go. Powered by Sony Agent Technology; an adaptive platform, Xperia Ear responds to verbal commands, so you can ask it to make a call, perform an internet search, dictate a message or navigate to a certain location.
It will read out incoming texts, WhatsApp or Facebook messages and allow you to initiate a response with a simple nod and then reply instantly with your voice.
To illustrate the benefits of smart and personal technology, premiering today Sony Mobile has launched a mini-documentary series, partnering with creative personalities from the world of photography and blogging, across three European cities — Berlin, London and Paris.
Sony Mobile tasked fashion photographer, Dan Zoubek (Berlin), beauty and lifestyle blogger, Mademoiselle Stef (Paris) and portrait photographer, Tom Oxley (London) to integrate Xperia Ear into their lives, to show how smart technology can help facilitate modern, busy lifestyles.
Tom Oxley, portrait photographer, based in London, said: "As a photographer, I like to be aware of the world around me and I found it a liberating feeling not being tied to a smartphone. I was able to travel and work around the city, knowing Xperia Ear would remind me of my schedule and messages."
The videos document each contributor as they travel around their city, inviting the viewer on their individual journey, as they shoot up-and-coming artists, attend fashion briefings or catch up with friends and collaborators. With the ability to schedule and manage appointments, provide navigation to reach meetings and the power to search for information, Xperia Ear enabled each creative to be fully immersed in the world around them, giving them the freedom to look up from their smartphone.
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August 12th, 2012 by WCBC Radio
According to WBAL News, there is a confirmed case of the West Nile virus in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported Friday that an adult male in Central Maryland has the state's first confirmed case of symptomatic West Nile virus. The case announced Friday is the first case in Maryland in 2012.


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The collection bæggla arose from a graphic abstraction of different cultures, especially in terms of craft. Graphics and patterns from various corners of the earth, amongst others Franconia, are laser-cut into wood veneer. By filling this with silicone, a new and flexible material is created. It is applied to four bags and a poster for complementing and perfectly representing the patterns and material. All designs can be combined with six available patterns, each in five dif-ferent colours. The pencil cases in two different sizes are made for daily use at school, university or work. Depending on the individual necessity there is enough space for writing tools which are protected by the case. Simultaneously, bæggla is a real eye-catcher. For our digital tools' protection bæggla also comes as a sleeve for tablet computers or laptops up to thirteen inch.
Bæggla is a bit of Franconia and a bit of the world. Combined within a bag.


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Sales Through Service
Coaching and Training in Sales and Service that's Guaranteed to work!
About Sales Through Service
Welcome to Sales Through Service Website
Why you need a different approach to Sales and Service
The best kind of customer service – common sense!
Manage your Feedback Effectively, whilst using it to leverage Reputation (and Sales)
Everyone seems to be gathering feedback these days: by email, the web, and (occasionally) by phone. In fact, it's becoming a bit of a bore… not only is it tedious for customers, it's often confusing and annoying for you. The reason for this is simple: in the old...
Sales Through Service is a set of powerful systems that measurably boost sales and reduce marketing costs at all levels.
About Guy Arnold
Guy is the published author of 'Great or Poor', and 'Sales through Service'. He works with Business Advice Organisations (large and small), offering simple and hugely powerful advice, audit and accreditation systems to their clients that generate cross sales, repeat sales, referrals and reputation sales to both parties. He believes this is perhaps the single most critical area for businesses to focus on in this new age of the empowered customer and social media.
Follow us on Twitter
Contact Information
By far the best way to contact us is by: Email: email@example.com
Or call 07990 550057
Join us on social media


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Courtney Kulikowski
Courtney Kulikowski started with Grammar Chic in 2012, and made the work environment a true family affair. As Amanda's younger sister, Courtney graduated from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, in 2011 with a BS in General Management, allowing her to be a great candidate to fill the position of Grammar Chic's Business Manager. Moving from Michigan and relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina, Courtney has previous experience managing a couture bridal salon and is an avid traveler, visiting Japan on three separate occasions. A fan of all things Boleyn, Courtney has a trip to England on her to-do list, if only to visit the Tower of London and possibly grab the chance to snag one of the Queen's corgis as her own. When not managing Grammar Chic's day-to-day, Courtney is a golfer, or at least keeps up appearances to humor her father when he comes to the Carolinas for a visit.


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PubCon 2009 Las Vegas – A Guide To Competitive Analysis
One of the best sessions I attended during PubCon 2009 in Las Vegas was one about Competitive Analysis. In SEO and Internet Marketing, competitive analysis is most often used to try to discover how a more successful competitor is out ranking your business or website online.
Many times by performing comprehensive competitive analysis you will find information and be able to develop strategies to better compete and/or over take your competitors market share on the web.
Competitive Analysis Tools
- TrendWatching.com: http://trendwatching.com/
- MajesticSEO.com: http://www.majesticseo.com/
- Trackur: http://www.trackur.com/
- Compete.com: http://compete.com/
- SeoBook Firefox Extension: http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
- Social Media For Firefox: http://www.97thfloor.com/social-media-for-firefox/
- Twitter.com: http://www.twitter.com
- Topsy: http://topsy.com/
- TweetMeme: http://tweetmeme.com/
- Social Mention: http://socialmention.com/
- Twitter Circles: http://twittercircles.com/
- SeoRush.com: http://www.semrush.com/
- Quantcast.com: http://www.quantcast.com/
- DomainTools.com: http://www.domaintools.com/
- Oodle.com: http://www.oodle.com/job/
- WhosTalkin.com: http://www.whostalkin.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com
Posted by Chris von Nieda, Director of Search Marketing at Vertical Measures. Twitter: @SEO4Vertical
Tags: competitive analysis strategies, internet marketing, online competitive analysis, pubcon 2009, SEO
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Streko Nov 18, 2009
"The next 3 (9,10,11) could be considered "Black Hat" and even "Unethical" & "Deceptive" as most reputable companies won't need to incorporate these tactics in their analysis. These were shared and worth reporting so we will let you decide if you want to use them. We are NOT recommending them."
– Still not sure why you wouldn't want to look at a robots.txt of a competitor or consider it blackhat? Its kinda like saying, my neighbor build a 6 inch fence and I will never look over it.
Double Vee Nov 23, 2009
TrackUr is a great reputation management tool; would definitely recommend using it for your own company as well 😉 I would however like to add KeywordSpy to the list: it allows you to know which PPC campaigns were run by your competition over the last few months, their budget and keywords. Very useful, neat reports…
Chris von Nieda Nov 25, 2009
Thanks for the input Double Vee. Sounds like a good tool!
Double Vee Nov 28, 2009
You're welcome, Chris. Thanks for your articles, always a good read!
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Now we have just finished the academic year, I assume I'm not the only one who unnervingly waits for the final grades to be published. While we wait, I thought it would be nice to show a brief recap of the last year. In November I began writing here on the blog. Before that, the Social Club had already organized a welcome dinner in the beach club Shôko, with more …[ seguir leyendo ]
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End of academic year dinner
The social club is organizing the last event of the academic year! It will take place the 12th of June at 20.30 in Bollywood Restaurant, …[ seguir leyendo ]
The Culture Lab
The company The Culture Lab was established by three La Salle students, who wanted to convey that data does not necessarily have to be presented …[ seguir leyendo ]
The results of the fundraising for Nepal
Last week, Tuesday the 19th of May, the Social Club threw a fundraising breakfast at La Salle, to support those suffering in Nepal as a …[ seguir leyendo ]
Professor Interview: Ricardo
A while back, I met up with Ricardo Torres Kompen for an interview. Ricardo teaches Internet and Multimedia, IT Software and two courses of mathematics …[ seguir leyendo ]
Alumni: Jörg Arens
29-year-old Jörg Arens graduated from La Salle in 2010. Jörg is from Germany, and the first job he took after graduation was in Hamburg. There …[ seguir leyendo ]
The Final Four – Study trip to Madrid
The Final Four is the finale of the annual Euroleague, which can be thought of as the Champions League of basketball, where the main teams …[ seguir leyendo ]
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The 25th of April Nepal was struck by an earthquake, killing over 8,000 people and leaving more than 19,000 injured. This week, the 12th of …[ seguir leyendo ]
London Sports Management trip in photos
Last week, a group of La Salle students went to the annual Sports Management Study Tour in London. This was the 5th time the Sports …[ seguir leyendo ]
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Black Fedora Jazz are a quintet featuring vocals, saxophone, piano and percussion. Black Fedora Jazz features the vocal talents of Kristine Karahalios. The band members include Nigel Bourn, Michael Boehm and Satomi Ohnishi
We play Jazz standards, a few soul tunes and some re-imagined newer ones with a dash of swing. We're sometimes funky.... and always cool.
We're most comfortable in lounge bars, cafe's and wedding receptions, pre-dinner drinks or cocktail parties. If you are looking for some stylish music for an event, we'd be happy to come along and entertain your guests. Looking to dance? We have plenty of Swing, Soul and Funk to get your night groovin.
We are based in the Adelaide suburbs in South Australia.
Kristine has been singing and performing since the young age of 7 where she began her singing journey in the Australian Girls choir. Kristine has a vast vocal repertoire, however she favors smooth soulful vocals, powerhouse ballads and rich jazz tunes. Kristine has been singing with bands and vocal groups around Adelaide for the past six years, she has been a regular vocalist with Black Fedora Jazz since 2011.
She is also a regular performer at Cabaret live and has featured in numerous musicals with principal roles including Joseph and the Amazing Techni-coloured Dream Coat, Pirates of Penzance, SHOUT and the Dusty Springfield Tribute show to name a few. Kristine teaches voice and classroom music at a primary school in Adelaide. Kristine holds a Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in Music and Drama and has completed a one year long Certificate IV in music, majoring in jazz voice at the Elder conservatorium of music, Adelaide University.
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The Swift Current resident enjoys the challenge of creating lifelike flowers from sugar.
"It is my meditation," she said. "When I'm making those, I go really in a trance — so focused."
It requires a lot of skill, concentration and patience to create these detailed flowers and leaves from sugar.
"One flower sometimes takes eight hours to make altogether, from starting until you put it together," she said. "Some small ones are very difficult to make actually, because they take a longer time. It's very fiddling, and then you have to make them in stages."
Part of the challenge is that the sugar paste starts to lose its consistency once she starts to work with it.
"When I take the paste out, I have to work there and then, because as soon as it hits the air, it will dry," she explained. "So I (have) to work very fast, without stopping."
She will therefore work at night, when it is quiet and she can carry on without any interruptions. Sometimes she will not realize how much time has past.
"Recently I was working the whole night and I pulled my head up and saw the light," she recalled. "I saw on the watch it was quarter past six. From 11 o'clock I started working and I didn't realize at all that I was awake that long. Lots of days I work like that, until dawn."
She uses food colouring in the sugar paste to create the appropriate colours for different flowers and leaves. Sometimes she cannot find a colour and she will then make her own, for example from beetroot and spinach.
She has become used to people's surprised reactions to her art. They can often not believe it is made from sugar because it looks so realistic. She will sometimes put a fragrance in a vase, which then adds to people's confusion when they look at the sugar paste flowers.
"Everybody wants to go and touch that," she laughs.
These delicate works of art cannot be touched, but she once provided a flower for people to touch and feel when her work was on display at the Art Gallery of Swift Current.
Her sugar paste art has been on display in four different group exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Swift Current since 2005. Four of her art pieces are on permanent display in the Shurniak Art Gallery in Assiniboia and others are in private collections around the world. She donates most of the proceeds from the sale of her works of art to charity.
"I only keep how much I need for material, otherwise everything goes to charity," she said. "Some people I sell to, they support their own charity, so I make sure that I give to them."
Ashtekar was born in Bombay, India. She learned to sculpt in clay and sugar paste after she and her husband moved to England.
She took on all kinds of challenges in England. She studied clay sculpture as well as cooking, and she is a trained chef. She discovered sugar paste art while she was doing a catering course.
"It was one of the techniques you can present and get more marks," she said. "That's how I learned. I always wanted to do something like that because I used to do sculptures. So I learned the basic technique from one lady and I started getting the real flowers and I copied the real flowers."
She also qualified as a family counsellor in England and still had time to raise a family. She is also an experienced musician who has performed on the tanpura, a long-necked plucked string instrument, with well-known musicians from India, including Hariprasad Churasia, Shivkumar Sharma; and Zakir Hussain.
She is a good singer too and she has performed with her cousin, Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal, in Winnipeg. Ashtekar was also the co-producer of a music program for BBC radio while she lived in England.
She and her husband moved to Swift Current about 18 years ago when he accepted a job offer at the health region.
"When I came here, I thought that nobody will really be interested in these flowers," she said. "So I was really depressed."
A friend saw her creations during a visit to her home and could not believe it was made from sugar.
Her friend encouraged her to continue her art work and the curator of the Art Gallery of Swift Current was immediately interested when he saw her work.
Due to some health issues, she is now thinking about training another person in this delicate art and there is already someone who is interested.
"I don't know how long my hands will work," she said. "So somebody keen enough to take it. I will train that person."
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With the gift tax exemptions set to expire at the end of the year Richard Behrendt, Bairds director of estate planning, is warning some clients not to overreact.
As part of the tax cuts scheduled to end at the end of the year under the fiscal cliff, the gift tax exemption of up to $5,120,000 could drop to $1,000,000 in 2013, and many wealthy clients are looking to take advantage of that closing window of opportunity. But making a large gift now may not be for everyone, he cautions.
One of the things that Ive been careful about is urging caution, he said. Yes, its an opportunity, but Ive been urging our clients dont give away what youre going to need.
Some wealthy clients are nervous and, feeling backed into a corner, have reached out looking to move their money around because they have heard the stories or know of friends and neighbors who are bestowing large gifts, Behrendt noted.
Im a little concerned that some folks are going to see this and read about it and get caught up in the hype, he said.
While it make sense for a $20 million or above high net worth individual or someone who may be in their nineties to look into giving, the move may be premature for a number of individuals who are just entering retirement, for example.
Behrendt reminds many such clients that there are no half-measures whereby an investor can still continue to reap income from the assets once they have been gifted.
You cant transfer the title to your home and still live there, he said. You cant have your cake and eat it too. There are slight variations to that, but as a general rule you have to be willing to part completely with any use or enjoyment [of those assets].
There are other strategies that Behrendt is bringing up in lieu, such as smaller gifts. He reminds many clients who may have a longer time horizon that they can gift tax free for up to $13,000 this year and $14,000 in 2013.
Theyre not making that big up front commitment, he said. So for probably the vast majority thats all you need.
Moreover, Behrendt has not taken the option off the table that the gift tax exemption could be extended at the full $5,120,000 next year.
I may be in the minority on thinking thats still a possibility with all the discussion you hear and every time you turn on cable news about raising taxes, he explained. But what I think is imp in that debate is the estate tax counts for less than 1 % of overall revenue so theres room for it to be kind of a bargaining chip.
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IMDB: A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder looked so perfect that ever since I was randomly watching trailers on YouTube and stumbled across its trailer, I've wanted to see it. Murder, deception, violence, lovers, lies, intrigue.....oooh, it's a delicious premise.
And so I bought it. And I don't regret it.
This is a hard film to review. I don't have a lot to say, so it'll be short :)
- The acting was excellent. Micheal Douglas was as brilliant as always; creepy and commanding as the husband trying to keep his head above water and being prepared to use whatever means necessary to do so. Gwyneth Paltrow gave a strong performance as his innocent-turned-woman-with-a-plan wife, and Viggo Mortensen was also very good as the lover who had more on his mind than just a tumble in bed.
- The cinematography was very fitting to the tight, beautifully chilly atmosphere.
When there was music, it was great; and certain scenes were so perfectly enhanced by it, I got goosebumps.
- The script was definitely clever, and the tension increased solidly. It was exciting :)
- The start was a bit slow and slightly random. Throughout the movie, references are made to Steven and Emily being a perfect couple on the outside & in view of society and yet inwardly they're struggling with scandal and distrust, but I personally would have preferred more 'backstory' and grounding before the plot launched into the actual thriller aspect. It is a thriller, yes, so it will head straight for the action, but I think that theme (trust no one; no one is as they seem ) would have come across stronger if the story had started with a better set-up.
- The ending was VERY disappointing. Steven and Emily had their confrontation, but it was far too quick and easy. In addition, it lacked intelligence, wit, and 'went down without a fight' so to speak.
It also ended without certain things being resolved properly.
I did really enjoy this film, but the ending let me down.
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Answer: Pediculus humanus, body or head lice.
It is not possible to tell body lice and head lice apart morphologically, although as L.R. says, head lice are generally smaller than body lice. Furthermore, as Vanessa CH points out, body lice are hardier than head lice and are much more likely to remain alive after being separated for more than 24 hours from their host. These lice were definitely separated for more than 24 hours (probably more like 48-36 hours) and therefore are more likely to be body lice.
Now as for what the 2 on the right are doing, that's an interest question! Thank you for the guesses. Despite some interesting speculation (fighting? mating? feeding on each other?) I think that B.A.M. got it right by saying that they probably are just stuck together and are trying to get loose. Recall that lice are used to attaching to hairs and probably just got tangled up in this artificial environment.
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Explaining SNARKs Part II: Blind Evaluation of Polynomials
Ariel Gabizon | Mar 13, 2017
In this post, we recall the notion of a polynomial, and explain the notion of "blind evaluation" of a polynomial, and how it is implemented using Homomorphic Hiding (HH). (See Part I for an explanation of HH. ) In future posts, we will see that blind evaluation is a central tool in SNARK constructions.
We denote by \(\mathbb{F}_p\) the field of size \(p\); that is, the elements of \(\mathbb{F}_p\) are \(\{0,\ldots,p-1\}\) and addition and multiplication are done \(\mathrm{mod}\;p\) as explained in Part I.
Polynomials and linear combinations
Recall that a polynomial \(P\) of degree \(d\) over \(\mathbb{F}_p\) is an expression of the form
\(P(X) = a_0 + a_1\cdot X + a_2\cdot X^2 + \ldots + a_d\cdot X^d\)
, for some \(a_0,\ldots,a_d\in\mathbb{F}_p.\)
We can evaluate \(P\) at a point \(s\in {\mathbb{F}_p}\) by substituting \(s\) for \(X\), and computing the resultant sum
\(P(s) = a_0 + a_1\cdot s + a_2\cdot s^2 + \ldots + a_d\cdot s^d\)
For someone that knows \(P,\) the value \(P(s)\) is a linear combination of the values \(1,s,\ldots,s^d\) - where linear combination just means "weighted sum", in the case of \(P(s)\) the "weights" are \(a_0,\ldots,a_d.\)
In the last post, we saw the HH \(E\) defined by \(E(x)=g^x\) where \(g\) was a generator of a group with a hard discrete log problem. We mentioned that this HH "supports addition" in the sense that \(E(x+y)\) can be computed from \(E(x)\) and \(E(y)\). We note here that it also "supports linear combinations"; meaning that, given \(a,b,E(x),E(y),\) we can compute \(E(ax+by)\). This is simply because
\(E(ax+by)=g^{ax+by}=g^{ax}\cdot g^{by} = (g^x)^a\cdot (g^y)^b = E(x)^a\cdot E(y)^b.\)
Blind evaluation of a polynomial
Suppose Alice has a polynomial \(P\) of degree \(d\), and Bob has a point \(s\in\mathbb{F}_p\) that he chose randomly. Bob wishes to learn \(E(P(s))\), i.e., the HH of the evaluation of \(P\) at \(s.\) Two simple ways to do this are:
- Alice sends \(P\) to Bob, and he computes \(E(P(s))\) by himself.
- Bob sends \(s\) to Alice; she computes \(E(P(s))\) and sends it to Bob.
However, in the blind evaluation problem we want Bob to learn \(E(P(s))\) without learning \(P\) - which precludes the first option; and, most importantly, we don't want Alice to learn \(s\), which rules out the second [1].
Using HH, we can perform blind evaluation as follows.
- Bob sends to Alice the hidings \(E(1),E(s),\ldots,E(s^d).\)
- Alice computes \(E(P(s))\) from the elements sent in the first step, and sends \(E(P(s))\) to Bob. (Alice can do this since \(E\) supports linear combinations, and \(P(s)\) is a linear combination of \(1,s,\ldots,s^d.)\)
Note that, as only hidings were sent, neither Alice learned \(s\) [2], nor Bob learned \(P\).
Why is this useful?
Subsequent posts will go into more detail as to how blind evaluation is used in SNARKs. The rough intuition is that the verifier has a "correct" polynomial in mind, and wishes to check the prover knows it. Making the prover blindly evaluate their polynomial at a random point not known to them, ensures the prover will give the wrong answer with high probability if their polynomial is not the correct one. This, in turn, relies on the Schwartz-Zippel Lemma stating that "different polynomials are different at most points".
|The main reason we don't want to send \(P\) to Bob, is simply that it is large - (d+1) elements, where, for example, d~2000000 in the current Zcash protocol; this ultimately has to do with the "Succinct" part of SNARKs. It is true that the sequence of hidings Bob is sending to Alice above is just as long, but it will turn out this sequence can be "hard-coded" in the parameters of the system, whereas Alice's message will be different for each SNARK proof.
|Actually, the hiding property only guarantees \(s\) not being recoverable from \(E(s)\), but here we want to claim it is also not recoverable from the sequence \(E(s),\ldots,E(s^d)\) that potentially contains more information about \(s\). This follows from the d-power Diffie-Hellman assumption, which is needed in several SNARK security proofs.


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CCI: Fringe Stars and Producer Thank Fans in Their Final Panel
Stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick and Jasika Nicole took the stage with executive producer J.H. Wyman at Comic-Con International for the very last Fringe panel, in anticipation of the fifth and final season of the Fox sci-fi series.
Moderated by Damian Holbrook, the panel began with an exclusive reel for "all members of the resistance" (see below).
After cheers from the audience died down, Holbrook introduced the panelists, who assembled as the audience held up drawings of a white tulip (a reference to the Season 2 episode "White Tulip"). At Wyman's request, the crowd also sent a "We miss you, Blair!" video to co-star Blair Brown, who couldn't make it to San Diego.
Wyman revealed the Comic-Con reel required the actors come back to shoot new footage for a season that isn't in production yet. He also spoke about his ideas for the ending of the show.
"I had ideas since Season 1, but those changed, to be honest," he said. "You get people bring things to the pie that you don't really expect and that makes you think about a whole different way to go. I had two and a half versions of what we should do for the end, and I decided three months ago or a month and a half ago."
The showrunner also said the cast was informed how everything was going to end.
"Usually we're all in the dark," Torv said. "It's interesting to pluck a little more out than usual. Thank you."
Wyman said that having just 13 episodes for the final season is an interesting limitation because he wanted to make sure the actors had enough advance warning — something that Jackson noted was particularly helpful in crafting character. "Just as you guys want to show to end well, we want the show to do well," Jackson said.
Wyman said the Fringe team decided it would be a good idea to release an Observer book detailing September's experience going through the program. Tara Bennet and Paul Terry, who wrote something similar for Lost, will craft the book, which will feature a fun twist for those who pre-order. "We're actually going to have some kind of contest and your names will be included in the book as a person of interest," Wyman said. "We're trying to give you guys back so much because without you guys, we would not be here. This is the little show that could. We appreciate it so much."
Nicole, who plays Astrid, spoke about her character's unusual connection with fans from the start of the show. "In Season 1, when she didn't even have much to do!" she said, admitting she thought Astrid might get killed despite fan response to the character. "The relationship that John [Noble] and I have in real life transferred to camera a bit."
"I think Astrid's first episode was realized because of her relationship with the doctor in 'Snakehead,'" she said, adding that it would've been okay if she got killed in her first TV show. However, she "made it to the fifth season, I'm still here!"
Reddick, who plays the stern Broyles, noted the differences between his character and himself. "People are still surprised that they see me smile," he said, prompting Nicole to recall a humorous convention experience.
"When we got here, I thought I was going to do my hair different, and that was going to be my disguise for Comic-Con," she said. "Lance was going to wear a Breaking Bad hat, and it was going to be his disguise for Comic-Con."
Jackson, who came to the show, as Holbrook put it, "a slightly more grown-up Pacey," talked about what he learned about himself by playing Peter. "I would like to aspire to the nobility Peter has developed over the last five years," he said. "I don't know how much I've learned about myself, but it has been a great joy, particularly with John to go from being the son to back to the father figure. The process has been a pleasure."
Torv, meanwhile, thought long and hard about what she's learned from playing Olivia. "When you called me Liv, my heart melted, so I must be attached. The biggest lesson is to come, I think," (and the entire room lost it due to the unintended innuendo) but Torv went with it, saying, "I'll tell you what, I think that's what we need to teach Olivia to do."
After the laughter died down, Noble was asked whether he was prepared to say goodbye to the cast. "They have become family, and I don't think you can work with a group of people for five years without developing a relationship," he said. "Even though we may disagree on many things, and we do, but we have a real sense of solidarity. I love that and I don't think that'll go away anyway. … What we've learned is about the power of love in this story. The thing that holds it together is the power of love. I'm sure that's why you guys have followed it through, the wonderful bonds between these people that work together."
Jackson and Torv spoke briefly about the overall story of Fringe to great effect. "It's your typical, boy meets universe, boy crosses universe, girl goes to other universe, boy sleeps with her doppelganger story," Jackson said as the crowd laughed. "Doppelganger gets pregnant, has baby too fast, baby gets tied up in interdimensional war … finds dad searching for mom story."
As for spoilers, the actor teased, "This'll just stay between us, right?" and continued by simply saying, "I think these two will get the final chapter of their story."
"I concur," Torv said.
Jackson elaborated, saying that part of the fun of watching the series is the process of discovery. He referenced Breaking Bad, saying he wanted to be able to discover the story for himself, avoiding all spoilers. "The characters don't end when the show ends, but we'll tell our final chapter."
The cast was asked to go down the line and say their favorite scene that wasn't their own. Nicole chose the scene with the phone booth where Walter couldn't remember the number to contact Peter, and when Olivia goes into her house and realizes the doppelganger had been washing her clothes. The two actresses began to cry.
Torv, still teary-eyed, described the silence and the care and the love during the Astrid-centric episode from last season.
Reddick became choked up when he asked whether the scene Torv was describing was the one in which Astrid spoke with her doppelganger. He said it was one of the few episodes he actually watched, and he became teary while he described them. "You can't go out and tell anybody this happened," he said.
"I too am sensitive," Noble said in a flat voice as the audience laughed. "I liked when Peter chopped that guy's fingers off. I think there was one scene when Olivia shot 17 men."
"I feel like an abusive father right now," Jackson said. "I apologize I don't have tears for you guys." He went with Seth Gabel, particularly, when he was doing his doppelganger portrayal of Lincoln Lee. "The way he contrasted his two selves were really well-performed, so I'm going to have to go with Lincoln and Alt-Lincoln."
The cast ran a video clip made exclusively for Comic-Con to thank the fans. "We feel like you have a brick in the building," Wyman said. "It's not saying goodbye, it's saying we're successful. From all of us sitting here and all the people in Vancouver and all the people at Fox who stuck with us."
The panel then took questions from the audience, which led off with the assembled cast attempting to give advice to their Season 1 selves.
"Get a good night's sleep," Jackson suggested.
"I think I would've loved somebody to say, 'It's okay, Anna, take a breath, television is fluid,'" Torv said.
"I don't think any advice could've prepared me for the first day on set," Nicole admitted.
A very excited fan asked whether Henry Ian Cusick, who played Agent Simon Foster in Season 4, was going to appear in future episodes, leading Wyman to reiterate that he wants to keep a tight lid on story developments. "Henry was an astounding performer last season," he said. "Let's see if he makes his way into the season this year."
One fan asked about the possible expansion of Fringe in comics, leading Jackson to note that Nicole is a comic writer and artist.
"I'd be happy to keep the story on in my own head," Nicole said. "It'd be called 'The Adventures of Astrid.'"
Noble was more optimistic for the show's future, saying, "If this season finishes up as we think it will, I think there's a possibility for a film."
"I think the show will live on in some form or another," Jackson said.
However, one of the more hilarious answers was Nicole's when she mentioned that fan fiction was a part of the show's mythology — and that she and Torv had seen some of it. "By the way, Anna and I have read some of that fanfic out there," she said. "You guys are scandalous."
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There's a remarkable video in which a couple of white guys, Belgians, I think, are hanging out in the rainforest waiting to make contact with a group of Papua New Guinea tribesmen. This is sometime in the late seventies. The tribesmen were apparently one of the last untouched peoples of the world.
Can you imagine? For better or worse the Westerners had about ten thousand years on the hunter–gatherers: ten thousand years using markets to allocate resources, ten thousand years using the written word to accumulate good ideas—enough to make them aliens, basically, visitors from an incomprehensible future.
It's worth watching the video if only to see the look in the tribesmen's eyes the first time they see and touch the Europeans, their camera, matches, mirror, tape recorder, knife—each simple object overthrowing in its own way a lifetime's worth of thinking about how stuff works and what might be possible. Watch as the tribesmen sing and play instruments and then a moment later listen to the whole thing played back to them. Imagine what they must be thinking, what must be happening inside a mind that's never heard (or even conceived of) recorded sound.
There's something oddly endearing about the whole thing. Partly because it's nice to see others marvel at our gizmos, ones as plain as matches and mirrors. But mostly I think it's because we delight in delight, if only because genuine astonishment and scenes of seeming magic, of the kind a muggle might find at Hogwarts, are so uncommon in our world.
It's worth asking why that might be: what is it about "our world" that makes delight, particularly among adults, so unusual? Is it that we're short on magic? Are we jaded?
I think the first thing that ought to be said is that, yes, the world we live in isn't magical. That's the price of our Enlightenment: we know now there are physical laws that can't be broken, like the laws of thermodynamics, which say that energy cannot be created or destroyed, and rule out so-called "perpetual motion machines," and, in general, guarantee that there ain't no such thing as a free lunch: that the universe on the whole doesn't want to do interesting things—that on the whole it wants to decay into states of higher and higher "entropy," the disorder of random heat.
So "interesting things," like Harry Potter's Golden Snitch, can't be willed into action with a magic wand, because in the real world there are costs associated with snitch-like intelligence, dynamism, and precision, costs that stem, ultimately, from the overcoming of disorder by energy. Indeed, the closest you'd probably come to a real-life snitch is a hummingbird, whose snitch-like behavior is driven not by magic, but by biomechanical machines (brains, muscles, lungs, wings, etc.) a thousand times more sophisticated than anything humans have built, machines that must be fed constantly with high-energy foods lest they run out of molecular gas and die.
That is no doubt the source of magic's appeal: the most wonderful things are simultaneously easy to imagine and implacably difficult to make real—which is like the dictionary definition of "tantalizing"—and magic cuts straight to the good stuff. Trouble is, in so doing it elides all the bits that matter, the work that would bring it to life. That's what makes it fantasy—and why it leads so often to disappointment.


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Fried Kool-Aid is trending after the seeming nutritional nightmare made its debut at the San Diego County Fair.
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Raymond L. Johnson, Jr.
Age 71 of Joliet, passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home.
Born July 29, 1946 in Pekin, Illinois, Raymond is a son of Raymond L. Johnson, Sr. and the late Pauline (Valla) Johnson. He was a graduate of Joliet Township High School with the Class of 1964, and went on to serve in the United States Army (1965-1969). It was during his tenure in the service that Ray was honored to have served in the Joint Chiefs of Staff Office. Following his honorable discharge, Ray gained employment with Caterpillar in Joliet, where he worked for 35 years until his retirement.
Survivors include his father Raymond L. Johnson, Sr.; sister Connie (Chuck) Kostelc; two daughters: Jennifer Johnson and Debbie (Rich) Serling; three grandchildren: Fernando, Jr. (Sarah) Hernandez, Angelica Hernandez and Nicole Brown, and two great grandsons: Boose and Michael Haberkorn.
Ray was preceded in death by his mother.
Ray leaves behind love and thanks to his special caregivers Tracy Rieder and Courtney Blan.
Visitation will be held at Families of Faith Church, 24466 West Eames Street in Channahon on Wednesday, October 11, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service 12:00 p.m. Pastor Randy Blan and Pastor Joe Pospischil will officiate.
Burial with full military honors will follow in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood at 1:30 p.m.
Pallbearers will be: Richard Serling, Fernando Hernandez, Jr., Vern Foster, Jeff Rieder, Mike Blan, Dave Apgar, Andy Allen and Connor Allen.
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Caught in his web of contradictions, Donald Trump lost ground in the presidential debate in Houston, on Thursday; he seems to have run out of his gambler's luck. Marco Rubio demolished the Republican frontrunner. Here's a report.
Donald Trump is a bundle of contradictions. Like the proverbial joker in a pack of cards, he proved to be a 'Trump card' a few times.
Earlier, he had managed to get away with various inconsistencies in his records and had remained convincingly unfazed. But, on Thursday, he seemed to have run out of his gambler's luck at the Republican presidential debate. Unlike three other primaries, Trump did not get a victory at Houston.
Marco Rubio ripped Trump for hiring unauthorised immigrants from Poland, in 1980, for his real estate project, the Trump Tower. It was a scathing attack. Rubio asked the audience to Google and check that Trump was fined $1 million for hiring Polish workers on a project of his.
Rubio was not totally off the mark. Trump did pay a substantially large sum, an undisclosed amount, in an out of court settlement for hiring 200 undocumented (read illegal) immigrants. But it was not $1million.
Rubio heckled Trump. Got under his skin and made him look exhausted and irritated. Rubio charged him of repetitions. Trump repeated himself even in his denial and his response was drowned in the thunderous applause for Rubio. Despite his efforts to spring back, he failed. It was his worst debate.
Rubio reminded the audience that Trump is predictably repetitive. He parrots few slogans, time and again. These are, 'Make America great again', 'Build the wall', 'Win' and 'Stop losing at trade'. Take these away from him and Trump is lost. He is confused.
Rubio launched a searing attack when he said that if Trump had no inheritance from his father, he would be 'selling watches in Manhattan'.
Rubio slashed Trump, ruthlessly, in the debate. It was a free-for-all circus. The three-way clash between Trump, Rubio and Cruz had Rubio shining. Trump, however, had an edge over Cruz.
The sidelight is that Trump wants to deport all 11 million unauthorised immigrants and impose ban on Muslim immigrants from entering the US. The piquant situation is that despite his anti-immigrant stance, he is married to Melania, an immigrant. His third wife had immigrated to New York via Milan and Paris, in 1996. She had a visa and became an American citizen in 2005. That is when they married.
Trump calls the Mexican immigrants 'rapists' and 'murderers'.
In other news, former Mexican President Vicente Fox made it categorically clear that Trump's wall at the US-Mexico border should be paid by him. In an interview with Jorge Ramos of Fusion, Fox said, "I'm not going to pay for that fucking wall. He should pay for it. He's got the money."
Furthermore, the current Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is in no mood to cough up the money either.
Trump had claimed that he would make Mexico to pay for the wall. This proved to be another bogus claim of the Republican frontrunner.


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Country Music Radio, Top Streaming Music Services and Cox Cable Lawsuit News, December 7, 2015
Billboard debated the diversity of the country music genre. And Spotify overtook Pandora as the world's most popular streaming service. Also, Cox Communications willingly failed to disconnect known pirate subscribers and was not protected under the safe harbor law.
Has Diversity in Country Music Died?
A recent article in the New York Times implied diversity may be completely gone in country music. Author Jon Caramanica referred to country radio as "the place where difference goes to die.
A post on Billboard questioned whether this statement is true – whether "the format suffers from a homogenized sound – or if the statement is unfair.
According to Nashville songwriter Mark D. Sanders, "'Where difference goes to die' is a good line that contains a good bit of truth … Hopefully country radio, which is always changing, albeit slowly, will find its way back to songs in which women are more [than] 'shake your moneymaker' sexual objects. The 'blow-job country' we've inherited from hip-hop as an emotionless wasteland."
And Nashville songwriter Chuck Cannon stated, "The day Bill Anderson and I wrote the song 'Too Country' [cut by Brad Paisley], Bill remardked that back when he came along, the kiss of death was to sound like someone else … He said it seemed to him that sounding like everyone else was now the objective. He had a valid point."
Cannon added, "In the country format, you have to be way more than a casual listener to hear the differences in the artists."
Artist Benton Blount said he feels that many artists are afraid that if they do not make a record that sounds like everything else on country radio, no one will listen to it: "They are scared to be different." Still, he said, "There is a place for all types of country. I'm just personally happy to see the kind with Southern rock soul in a rough exterior getting a chance to compete with the kind that seems to require a flat-bill ball cap."
Nashville-based Brian Mansfield, Shore Fire Media director of content said dismissing country music as "homogenized" is over simplifying: "The differences in country music are less obvious from a distance than they are up close … The songs historically move more slowly on the charts, they don't burn as quickly, and the core acts take longer to get established. Demographically, the differences aren't as striking as they are at pop radio. It's almost exclusively white, almost exclusively North American and almost exclusively male … If you're not a person who spends a lot of time listening to the acts on country radio, you're not likely to immediately hear the differences."
Former Billboard senior chart analyst Geoff Mayfield agreed that the Times was over-simplifying the characterization of country radio. However, he said, "historically, there has always been a uniformity to country radio that is even more narrow than most other popular formats … This is the same format that caused the whole 'tomato' headache a few months back." (He was referring to radio consultant Keith Hill's comment that female artists are the "tomatoes" in the "salad" of country music.)
Mayfield added, "Certainly, the indictment then was a lack of variety … but how many times have you heard complaints about how it's hard to get a new record started on country radio? That same tendency to keep those playlists tight holds hands with a narrower sound at country radio than country labels provide."
Rezonant Music Publishing CEO Tim Wipperman said that the rise of new, different country stars like Kelsea Ballerini and Chris Stapleton represent "a welcome shift."
Marco Promotions VP Rick Kelly also noted, "The [Times'] comment hits at the dichotomy of country music and country radio … While country – or country-leaning – artists like Sturgill Simpson and Stapleton and [Jason] Isbell have had banner years, outselling many chart-topping radio artists, programmers have not embraced them. Largely these artists are more critically lauded than the artists that make up much of country playlists. Lots of music fans consider country radio to be a foreign thing that has nothing to say to them. So they go online or to their peers to find the music that they like."
Still, other industry experts continue to claim that country radio has always showed diversity. President of Morris Higham Management (Kenny Chesney), Clint Higham pointed out, "Country music and radio has historically had its sonic ebbs and flows … Go to Apple Music Radio and plug in 'country hits 1968,' and you will find Glen Campbell next to Jack Greene. And then go every year from '68 forward and you will hear music just as diverse. Some good, some terrible, but it's always had bookends of very diverse sounds and artists … I am happy, as I think most are, to see something unexpecfted or out of the norm like Chris Stapleton win and be accepted by the masses, especially when it's great."
The music director of country station WEGX in South Carolina said he feels the country format is good at redirecting when it senses it is getting stale: "The country format, more than any other, grows and changes to meet the needs of its listeners … When the music gets too AC, you get a wave of artists that counters that. When it gets too bro, you have artists waiting in the wings to balance that out."
Radio programmer Clay Hunnicutt, also president of Big Lou Records said he believes that "all styles can coexist … Great music will find its way no matter what."
Spotify More Popular than Pandora
Spotify was named the worldwide leader in music streaming, reported The Next Web. It is the top music streaming app across both iOS and Android devices, ousting Pandora from the top spot in September.
Pandora is still the most popular service in the U.S., but it ranks third globally, revealed App Annie's music streaming report. SoundCloud made it to number two.
China's QQMusic scored fourth, with Japan's LINE Music in fifth, even though that service only launched six months ago.
Revenues from music streaming apps have gone up twofold in 2015, with Spotify earning more for musicians than any other service. More people opted into premium in-app upgrades on Spotify in 2015 than in previous years.
Jay Z's Tidal is also doing well since its launch in March, showing that making people pay for art can be successful. It has become the fifth highest-grossing streaming app globally.
Beats Music was discontinued on November 30 and merged paying subscribers into Apple Music. It clearly made money during its run, weighing in at number four in terms of revenue in the months prior to being shut down.
Apple Music's figures and Google Play Music's figures were not included in App Annie's report, which did not track usage of preinstalled apps. An App Annie representative explained this was because they are not "necessarily reflecting user choice in app use as they are frequently used for purposes outside streaming services."
Still, Apple CEO Tim Cook reported in October that the service had gained 6.5 million paying subscribers and 8.5 million on free trial. If these people become paying customers, the platform could compete with Spotify which has 20 million paid subscribers.
Cox Communications Denied Safe Harbor
District Court Judge Liam O'Grady denied Cox Communications a safe harbor defense last week in the company's ongoing trial. According to TorrentFreak, he ruled that Cox knowingly did not disconnect repeat "pirate" subscribers. This ruling could have a huge effect on all U.S. Internet providers, redefining how they deal with pirating subscribers in the future.
BMG Rights Management sued Cox for failing to get rid of the accounts of subscribers who regularly pirated content. BMG alleged that Cox gave up its DMCA safe harbor protections because of its inaction, and Judge O'Grady agreed in a summary judgment.
This court order will put Cox at a disadvantage as it potentially is found liable for millions of dollars in damages. Judge O'Grady explained his decision in a memorandum published on December 2.
The court felt there was enough evidence to determine that Cox knew about repeat infringers but chose not to terminate their access: "The record conclusively establishes that before the fall of 2012, Cox did not implement its repeat infringer policy. Instead, Cox publicly purported to comply with its policy, while privately disparaging and intentionally circumventing the DMCA's requirements."
Judge O'Grady explained that Cox had a policy in place to help it handle repeat copyright infringers. However, these users were reconnected upon request after they were disconnected and would "start over with a clean slate."
Judge O'Grady noted, "Cox employees followed an unwritten policy put in place by senior members of Cox's abuse group by which accounts used to repeatedly infringe copyrights would be normally terminated, only to be reactivated upon request … One these accounts were reactivated, customers were given clean slates, meaning the next notice of infringement Cox received linked to those accounts would be considered the first in Cox's graduate response procedure."
The Judge also cited emails and other communication from Cox's Manager of Customer Abuse Operations Jason Zabek instructing employees "not to be too harsh." Keeping paying customers was his main objective.
Some employees asked about whether they should reconnect repeat offenders, and Zabek replied with statements such as, "It is fine. We need the customers," "DMCA = reactivate" and "You can make him wait a day or so if you want. ;-)."
Cox eliminated this "unofficial" reactivation policy in 2012, but the number of account terminations still dropped sharply, to fewer than an average of one each month. And employee emails regularly showed that Cox wanted to keep frequently-pirating users signed up.
Judge O'Grady wrote, "BMG has identified specific instances in which Cox knew accounts were being used repeatedly for infringing activity yet failed to terminate … Cox does not seriously challenge these examples. Labeling them as 'nothing more than conjecture and hyperbole,' Cox argues that these snippets of conversations do not show what actions call centers actually took against accounts."
"BMG has identified specific instances in which Cox knew accounts were being used repeatedly for infringing activity yet failed to terminate," Judge O'Grady writes.
Cox argued that a court is responsible for deciding that terminating a subscriber's account is ultimately up to a court, because copyright holders' claims are not always correct.
However, Judge O'Grady said that when an ISP knows that an account holder is regularly pirating content, it is that ISP that is responsible for terminating the account: "Appropriate circumstances arise when an account holder is repeatedly or flagrantly infringing copyrights. Thus, when Cox had actual knowledge of particular account holders who blatantly or repeatedly infringed, the responsibility shifted to Cox to terminate their accounts."
This ruling against Cox means Cox will have a more difficult time defending itself against BMG's larger copyright infringement claims. It could also cause scrutiny of other U.S.-based Internet providers, since at present, ISPs rarely disconnect infringing customers.


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|Intel LGA775 system
|AMD AM2 system
|Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (2.93GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.67GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.40GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13GHz, 2MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 (3.73GHz, 4MiB L2 cache, LGA775)
|AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 (2.8GHz, 2MiB L2 cache, AM2)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (2.4GHz, 1MiB L2 cache, AM2)
|Intel D975XBX Bad Axe rev. 304
|ATI Sturgeon Reference
|2GiB (2 x 1024) Corsair PC8500
|Memory timings and speed
|4-4-4-12 2T @ 800MHz (PC6400)
|Graphics card(s)
|Sapphire Radeon X1900 XTX 512MiB
|Disk drive(s)
|Maxtor 300GB SATA (6V300FO)
|Seagate 160GB 7200.9 SATA 3Gbps
|BIOS revision
|1304 (20/06/06)
|08.00.13 (04/05/06)
|Mainboard software
|Intel Inf Update 220.127.116.119
|CATALYST 6.6 Southbridge package and SATA(AHCI): 2.5.1540.25
|Graphics driver
|Operating System
|Windows XP Pro SP2 32-bit
Testing software
We ran the processors through our usual array of benchmarks
- ScienceMark Memory Bandwidth
- ScienceMark Memory Latency
- HEXUS Pifast calculation to 10M places
- HEXUS Cryptography
- Realstorm Raytracing 2004
- KribiBench v1.1
- HEXUS WAV encoding
- HEXUS DivX encoding
- Cinebench 2003 v9.5
- Far Cry v1.33
- Quake 4 v1.04
- Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Futuremark 3DMark05 b1.2.0
See, we do have 'em. Conroe and Allendale at your service.
We had no problems in running the Core 2-based CPUs in an Intel D975XBX 'Bad Axe' rev. 304 motherboard. Motherboard vendors are now adding Core 2 Duo support to their line of i975X boards. We're adamant that all the top tier guys have compliant boards. However, should you wish to jump on the 965-Express bandwagon, that's fine too.
Rather than give you all the treats at once, we'll wait a couple of days before showing you Core 2 Extreme X6800 performance on i975X vs P965.
We've added in all but one Core 2 Duo processor in our line-up here, and we've compared performance to the fastest Presler CPU around, the Pentium Extreme Edition 965. Further, we've added in benchmark results from AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 and 4600+ CPUs, both run on a reference ATI Sturgeon AM2-supporting motherboard. This way, we feel, you'll better appreciate where each Core 2 Duo processor lies in relation to the competition.
On a heat-related note, using a reference LGA775 heatsink the Core 2 Extreme X6800 idled at 53C in BIOS and the 2MiB cache-equipped E6400 at 44C. Windows load temperatures were similar to these figures. Bear in mind that ambient temperature was 27C and no extra cooling, other than CPU fan, was directed towards the CPUs.
We'll be taking a look at overclocking a retail, off-the-shelf Core 2 Duo next week, rather than offer numbers from engineering samples, so stay tuned for that.
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Cloud Storage and On Premise: Which is Best for Your Signed Documents?
By: Unknown / Thursday, June 18, 2015
The great debate on data storage continues to burn hot, with no signs of letting up. On one side are proponents of the cloud, and on the other are supporters of local "on-premise" storage. While there are good reasons to support either position, many experts agree that the final decision should be made on a case-by-case basis, depending on the type of data being stored.
For your most sensitive and secure contracts — the type of documents you use RightSignature to get signed — cloud storage is best. Here are three reasons why.
You want to focus on your core competency.Does your business specialize in data security against cyberthreats? Or server maintenance and top-of-the-line IT support? If you're betting on your business offering better security and uptime than top cloud providers, you're making an incredible investment in information security that's far outside the mission of what your business actually does.
Cloud storage lets storage experts handle your data storage, so your business can focus more on what you do best. It's telling that even the CIA puts its trust in Amazon Web Services technology. RightSignature, for our commitment to data security, was recently named "Enterprise Ready", the highest security rating by the Skyhigh CloudTrust program.
Even if you did manage to build the perfect on-premise machine, it might not matter because…
Access should not compromise security.On-premise storage proponents argue that local storage makes your data more secure by limiting access — and potential vulnerabilities — coming from outside sources. But according to laws such as the E-SIGN Act that govern electronic signatures, a valid agreement signed with an e-signature must be provided to the signing party after the contract is signed.
For organizations using on-premise storage, this introduces a whole new area of risk. Either you allow your signer to access the document on your own storage solution and open up your own servers to access from outside your organization, or you trust the signers of every single document you send to maintain their own equally robust and secure data storage solutions to store your document, completely outside your control.
RightSignature keeps your documents in a permanent record in our robust cloud storage. Each document is accessible to both its sender and signer behind a secure, password-protected login and can be downloaded by either party as a PDF with a full signing certificate and audit log attached. This also protects your documents from cases where you and your signer might argue that two different versions of your document are valid: RightSignature cloud storage ensures there is only one master copy of any document.
The full data storage cost is large.It's tempting to look at at the monthly cost of a cloud storage solution and imagine that, with a significant investment in money upfront for local servers, you could save money over the life of your hardware. But have you factored in additional costs for bandwidth, replacement hardware, increased IT staff and even electricity?
This article from Beta News tallies the full costs of cloud and on-premise storage and finds a compelling advantage for cloud storage. While the author recommends that each business calculate its own True Cost of Ownership according to its storage needs and resources, the figures cited in the article are impressive.
Indeed, each business should do its own research and make its own determination. But at RightSignature, we offer cloud storage because we believe it is the best solution for your most sensitive signed documents.