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First Drive: Kia Optima Hybrid
While the world's motoring press was busy soaking up the second day of the Frankfurt Motor Show, Autoblog sneaked out the back door for an early drive in a very special Kia.
I was given the keys to a model from the Korean firm which points the way for future models from the manufacturer – the US-spec Kia Optima Hybrid.
Although we won't see it in the UK, the impressive petrol and electric powered car shows just how advanced the green technology is for Kia and gives an early glimpse of what we can expect to see in the Cee'd when it gets a hybrid set up.
But firstly, why won't we be getting this Optima powertrain? That's mostly because it's just not eco-friendly enough for the UK market. Billed by the manufacturer as a "performance hybrid", the combination of a 2.4-litre petrol powerplant and electric battery pack means it produces 136g/km of Co2 - too much to see it fall under the magic 99g/km mark which would enable it to claim free road tax in the UK.
However, in the States where this Optima is sold, the improvement in fuel economy is far more beneficial. The hybrid set up returns 40mpg.
Our drive took in the suburbs of Frankfurt and here the powertrain was certainly impressive. In town the electric unit powers the front wheels and only when speeds pick up does it require the back up of the engine.
It was wonderfully refined and quiet in town – the loudest thing most of the time was the whir of the air conditioning. The ride quality was also impressive, dealing with the rutted roads extremely well. But to ensure it continued on electric power we were forced to drive particularly carefully – more so than we would in a similar offering from Lexus, for example.
I wasn't so keen on the sound of the petrol powerplant when it was forced to kick in either – it was unrefined and tinny, sounding more like a one-litre than a 2.4.
I also found the steering slow and the gearbox a little too eager to kick down for my liking. My test car was generously specified, though, boasting sat nav, 12-speaker stereo system and even heated and cooling leather seats. It was also very comfortable with a stylish, futuristic interior.
But if we're not getting it in the UK, why should you care? Well, that's mostly because it shows exactly what Kia is capable of. Hybrids are desperately desired by Kia dealers across Europe so it's likely it will only be a matter of time before we get one – even if that isn't in an Optima.
"In 2014 we'll get an electric car in right hand drive form," explained a Kia spokesman. "Hybrid will likely be first in the Cee'd, but we're more keen on a diesel hybrid set-up which our R&D department is already working on.
"This Optima shows we have got hybrid technology ready. This car might not be right for our market, but it shows what we can do now and leads the way for the future."
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On Nov 15, 2007 9:47 AM, Karim A. <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > I read here: http://validator.w3.org/todo.html > that in the 0.9.x series you'll start using Last-Modified > to cache validation results and request again only > if-modified-since. > > I'm very interested in that since the release of > our humble project http://xhtml-css.com > and I struggle with some say chaching "standards". > Not all servers provide "Last-Modified", some provide > "etag", other servers nothing and some others both![1] Hi Karim, Providing both is valid. According to the HTTP 1.1 spec, "[T]he preferred behavior for an HTTP/1.1 origin server is to send both a strong entity tag and a Last-Modified value." http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html#sec13.3.4 A server may also legitimately not send any cache information if it doesn't want its responses to be cached. When no cache information is sent, a strictly-complying user agent must assume that what it has in its cache is stale. In this case the UA can still use what is in its cache ("A client MAY also specify that it will accept stale responses...") and some browsers do so very aggresively to improve performance. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec13.html#sec13.1.6 > The best, of course, will be to use Last-Modified > and etag, but I'm not sure how reliable they are. Good news -- it isn't your job to decide how reliable they are. If the server sends out this information, your user agent must respect it or be in violation of RFC 2616. If the information looks odd (e.g. a Last-Modified date of 1 second ago along with an ETag that's the same as the one you saw one month ago), that's the business of the server admin. Caching is complicated enough without trying to second-guess what the server sends out. =) Good luck -- Philip http://NikitaTheSpider.com/ Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and moreReceived on Thursday, 15 November 2007 16:07:54 UTC
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text: While growing up overseas in multiple African countries, Dr. McCurry was first inspired to become a physician. After moving back to the US and claiming Prescott, Arizona as her adopted "hometown", Dr. McCurry completed her undergraduate studies at Biola University in Biochemistry and English History, medical school at University of Arizona COM Phoenix and residency at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at South Campus Family Medicine Residency. She concurrently completed both the Global health and Integrative Medicine tracks during residency. During her adult life, her global health interests have taken her to multiple countries in both Central America and Africa. She has also spent time at rural hospitals on the Navajo and Whiteriver Apache reservations in Arizona. Currently, she is an attending hospitalist/nocturnist for both U of A residencies, as well as associated faculty for the Global Health track. Experiences and interests include global health, medical education and development, rural and underserved healthcare, women's healthcare, and medical ethics. She is also involved in quality improvement at the hospital. She has a passion for medical training, and thoughtful, ethical, and holistic patient care.


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Mulch zones around new trees and shrubs are extremely helpful in protecting the young plant from mowers, string trimmers and other threats. However, mulch zones are often applied incorrectly, and actually contribute to the decline of the tree or shrub. The most commonly seen example of this is termed a "mulch volcano."
A mulch volcano occurs when mulch is applied too deep and pushed up against the trunk of the tree, as shown in the photo to the right. Mulch volcanoes can kill by:
Girdling Roots. If mulch is piled around the trunk, the roots will start to grow into it. These roots will then grow around the trunk in the mulch. As the root grows thicker, it pushes against the trunk, which is also increasing in size. These roots will eventually strangle the trunk and cause eventual death.
Onset of Disease & Decay. Mulch piled against a tree trunk tramps unnecessary moisture and decaying organic material against the bark. This often leads an the onset of disease and decay around base of trunk which prevents food and energy from traveling up and down the tree. It also creates an ideal environment for fungal and canker development in the trunk, leading to eventual death.
See the examples below for a comparison of a mulch volcano vs. a proper tree mulching. And say no to the mulch volcano!


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Right before Bethel Board meetings in 1977, President Harold Schultz found his office full of balloons. Reportedly, they were all blown up by mouth (no helium tanks involved).
In convocation that morning, Schultz invited students to come by his office and take some balloons — his secretary, Ilene Schmidt, would provide string so they could make "balloon bouquets."
Years later, after the statute of limitations on breaking and entering had expired, Steve Carlson sent Schultz a sales receipt for 2,000 balloons. All 23 pranksters, from Carlson to Mark Ediger to Jesse Huxman to Blair Loganbill to Brent Voran, had signed the receipt.
As the balloons were being cleared away, Schultz's young son, Christopher, age 9 at the time, found an incriminating backpack in a corner of the office. The student to whom it belonged, knowing he had left it behind, showed up and offered Chris a dollar to give him the backpack and forget the whole thing. Chris refused and said he was going to take the backpack home. In a panic, the student offered $5. Chris gladly took the money and handed over the backpack — then went home and reported everything to his dad, including his delight over suckering a college student out of five bucks.


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The Children's Secretary said such manoeuvring would be "not only hugely self-indulgent but hugely counterproductive".
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Balls stopped short of accusing senior figures of organising any coup, but he said: "There may be some people on our side whose self-interest is served by that kind of speculation.
"Others, from party activists to my Cabinet colleagues, think the job is to persuade the undecided to vote Labour. It would be very difficult if anyone started to play other agendas."
Mr Balls's intervention comes amid rumours that Lord Mandelson is considering lining up a replacement for Mr Brown should Labour win the smallest share of the popular vote but still gain the largest number of seats.
David Miliband has been talked of as a possible successor, but both men strongly deny any involvement in such a plan.
While Mr Balls also called the rumours "fantasy speculation", he acknowledged that coming third in votes but winning a majority of seats was a possibility.
Asked if Mr Brown could continue in such circumstances, he said: "Of course, but that's a big leap. There is no point in starting to speculate now on what Gordon might do if the [current] polls were to translate into a general election result."
He also described as "nonsense" suggestions that talks were afoot with the Lib Dems about a possible coalition. Mr Balls hit back at the "senior colleague" quoted as saying that a centre-Left alliance would be the final realisation of the New Labour project.
"That is a superficial reading of the past 10 years," he said. "We proved we could govern for the country."
Last week, he appeared to rule out any Lib-Lab pact when he said that "coalition politics were not the British way of doing government".
However, in what could be interpreted as a significant shift, he accepted for the first time that Labour may have to enter into such a pact.
"Holding a joint programme together is really, really difficult, but we'll deal with the world as we find it after the election," he said. "If that [a hung parliament] is the eventuality, we'll deal with the consequences.
"I don't believe in proportional representation because I don't think coalition government is a better consequence. History shows that coalition governments are less good at making difficult decisions. It's the worst outcome. But we'll deal with the issues as they come."
However, he conceded that a Lib-Lab coalition would be preferable to a David Cameron victory.
"The one thing we and pretty much all the Lib Dems I know are agreed on is that a Conservative majority government is absolutely the worst outcome," he said. Mr Balls expected next week's final leaders' debate to play to his mentor's strengths as its focus would be the economy.
Even so, he appeared to soften his previous assurance that Mr Brown, if elected, would serve a full term.
Asked if the Prime Minister would stay in office for five more years, he said: "Of course," before adding: "Who knows what Gordon himself will decide? In politics, you always know that the proverbial bus may turn up on any one day."


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Mark Ruffalo Covers 'Details' May 2011
Mark Ruffalo wears a Burberry Brit shirt on the cover of Details magazine's May 2011 issue.
Here is what the 43-year-old actor had to share with the mag:
On temporarily quitting acting in 2009: "I'd had it with L.A., and I really had it with the business side of acting, the machinery of it all. You're an artist, but then all of a sudden you're a product at the same time, and there's this company that's sprung up around you. I got depressed. I was losing my love for it. So I said, 'I'm done.' I fired everybody and moved my family out here (Callicoon, NY). I had to make a radical move. The Kids Are Alright was my swan song. I didn't know what I was doing next."
On acting in The Avengers, a computer-generated style movie: "It's the absolute perfect marriage because it relies on your imagination, your ability to project outside of yourself, to be the watcher and the watched. A stage actor has to be able to do that, because you're telling the story with your body as much as your face and voice."
On not training to be The Incredible Hulk: "No, no, no. Look, I'm eating guacamole and potato chips….You think Tom Cruise does this?"
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I love painting at the river. Last Sunday I found a spot near a bend in Bowman's Island and started to set-up. A cloud was right over the sun and so the light was muted but I had a feeling it would pass. As soon as I had everything in place it moved off and the most beautiful light poured over the trees in the distance. It felt like God was saying "watch this."


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Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) Graduates
Lloyd Varga - Graduated BVSc
"I've wanted to be a vet for as long as I can remember. I could never do a job where I was stuck behind a desk, I needed to be hands on, outdoors and constantly challenged. From the first day of the course, I knew it was right for me. Within the first week I was in practical classes and learning about the basics of animal anatomy and husbandry."
John James (JJ) Debenham - Graduated BVSc
"I actually started in a business degree. It was always a choice between business and veterinary science. I initially chose business, thinking I would keep my love for animals as a hobby, then I spent three months in the Congo. My experiences in Africa really focused my passion for wildlife and conservation and I changed over to the veterinary science degree. I haven't regretted the change at all."
Luke Ingenhoff - Graduated BVSc
"While attending an agricultural high school, I discovered how much I really enjoyed working with livestock and decided at the time that I wanted to become a veterinarian. Fortunately, I was offered a place to study veterinary science at the University of Sydney in 2002."
"The first four years of the course consist of lectures, tutorials and practical classes, where knowledge is progressively added to and integrated to provide clinical relevance. Attending practical classes at the Faculty's farms and teaching hospitals in Sydney, Camden and Marulan ("Arthursleigh") has been highly enjoyable as well as educational."
"The final year is a lecture-free year; students work in veterinary practices as junior colleagues ("interns"). This is when knowledge is put into practice under the supervision of veterinarians within private practices, government departments and at the university's two teaching hospitals, while continuing to develop our skills." "The numerous social events that occur within the veterinary faculty has not only contributed to my enjoyment of the course, but has also allowed us to form friendships with our future colleagues."
Prabhpreet Kaur - Graduated BVSc
"I have wanted to study Vet Science for as long as I can remember so when I was given the opportunity to come to Sydney University to do so, I jumped at the chance."
"I was told the Faculty here was very 'hands-on'. Students learn animal handling skills from first year and are encouraged to seek external work attachments at farms and vet clinics to sharpen these skills. We spend the last year of our degree working at clinical rotations, which not only helps consolidate all we're taught but also ensures that when we graduate, we are confident enough in our abilities to handle cases by ourselves."
"Coming from Singapore, I was a little unsure as to how I would fit in with the people and culture but in all honesty, I couldn't have asked for a better place to go. The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed and I feel like I've truly found a home." "The faculty is fantastic in ensuring that everyone is comfortable and settled. The many social events organised by the Vet Society are also great for making friends and meeting new people. Because we're such a small faculty, you tend to know almost everyone and are almost guaranteed a group of friends that you will keep for life."
Patrick Brogan - Graduated BVSc
"I have always known that I wanted to be a vet; the problem was I lacked confidence in my abilities as a student and didn't have enough self-belief to achieve the marks necessary to gain entry into the course straight from school."
"So I completed a BSc at Sydney University in 1999, majoring in biology, with a sense of emptiness; I knew I had to keep on applying to study veterinary science. After a year of doing a Masters of Education, I reapplied to the faculty and my dreams came true: I was offered a place!"
"Now, halfway through my fourth year, I am well aware I may not be the most academic student and would not want to be, but I have a new belief in my abilities." "I have gained so much from doing this course, both in regards to my personal and academic development. When you do a veterinary degree, you become part of the 'faculty family'. Lecturers and other staff actually care about your progress in the degree and there is lots of support around if you need it. The teaching staff are endlessly generous with their time, are
always willing to help out and should all be commended."
"I have enjoyed my degree but I am looking forward to getting out into the real world! All I can say is if the calling to do vet science is something you feel strongly, with the support of those around you and a bit of hard work, you can do it!!"
Madeline Bamford - Graduated BVSc
"Coming from the UK, the experience of living and studying in a city with as much to offer as Sydney, has been fantastic." "I have always wanted to study veterinary science, and doing so in an institution as well-respected as Sydney University has been an amazing experience." "The course offers a great deal of practical, 'handson' experience, coupled with interactive tutorials, as well as the traditional lecture program. The tutors are all very helpful and provide regular structured feedback. As part of the new curriculum we will be spending our fifth year in a variety of clinical placements, which will be fantastic preparation for professional veterinary practice."
"Studying veterinary science at Sydney also offers opportunities to meet people from all over the world, to become involved in clubs and societies such as the Wildlife Group, and enjoy the lively social events for which the faculty is well known!"


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Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America - 1874Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America - 1874. P. A. Crossby. 1874 There's nothing I can say to describe the contents of this book which isn't already printed in it. The title page has: "Lovell's gazetteer of British North America: containing the latest and most authentic descriptions of over six thousand cities, towns and villages in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, British Columbia, And The North West Territories; and general information, drawn from official sources, as to the names, locality, extent, etc., of over fifteen hundred lakes and rivers, table of routes, showing the proximity of the railroad stations, and sea, lake and river ports, to the cities, towns, villages, etc., in the several provinces." The Archive CD Books Project exists to make reproductions of old books, documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians, and to cooperate with local libraries, museums and record offices in providing money to renovate old books in their collection, and to donate books to their collections, where they will be preserved for future generations.
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The Youth at St. John's are very active in outreach and missions. See the other tabs for specific information on all the ways we are serving our community and those beyond.
CTCYM is the Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission. This annual trip allows Youth from across our Conference to serve alongside each other. Multiple churches will be in each Living Center. There is both a Middle School and High School version that we participate in. We raise money year round to make this trip as affordable as possible.
Our High School Youth typically go to a state bordering Texas and our Middle School Youth stay within Texas.
It is a great week of work, worship, and growing together!
You can find more information at CTCYM.org.
Project Restore
Project Restore is a local Georgetown mission week that happens during the summer.
Churches from across Georgetown come together to serve in our community. It is much like a traditional mission trip with work and worship, but you stay at your own home in the evening and gather each morning.
It is coordinated through Main Street Baptist Church.
Eagle Locker
The Locker is run through the Georgetown ISD as a means for teenagers to obtain things they need, especially those who are homeless. St. John's Youth have donated funds and are also involved with the NEST, a place for homeless teens with a Locker site.
Church Under the Bridge
Church Under the Bridge is a division of Mission Possible, which is an organization that provides the homeless in Austin an opportunity to come to one location on Sunday mornings to worship. There is a band and worship service, and various churches bring food for the homeless on that day. It is located under the overpass of I35 between 7th and 8th Street. Youth in our church go to Austin once a quarter to provide food, toiletries and clothing to the homeless.
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Editor's note: Amitai Etzioni is a sociologist and professor of international relations at George Washington University and the author of several books, including "Security First" and "New Common Ground." He was a senior adviser to the Carter administration and has taught at Columbia and Harvard universities and the University of California, Berkeley.
(CNN) -- President Obama has a noble idea. He argues that if the government is going to spend money to give a boost to the economy, whose growth is slow and anemic, why not use those funds to buy goodies we want anyhow?
The goodies, laid out by the president during the State of the Union address, are funds for infrastructure, a fancy word for bridges, dams, roads, pipelines and such; for research, and for education.
The trouble with this idea is that at least two of these "investments" will generate relatively few jobs. Creating jobs is President Obama's No. 1 human, economic and political priority. The real unemployment rate is more than 17%, which includes the unemployed, those who stopped looking and those who work part time but need full-time jobs.
Unfortunately, the last two recoveries, in 1992 and 2003, produced relatively few jobs and the same seems to be the case for the current one. Stocks are doing well. Banks have recovered. Wall Street bonuses are again sky high, but the unemployment rate continues to stay near its high mark.
When you try to generate employment through infrastructure work, you find that that kind of work is what economists call "capital intensive" rather than "labor intensive." In plain English, a good part of the money goes not to hiring workers but to purchasing raw materials.
You can see the point by looking at construction. If you divide the construction costs of an average home in 2010 between material and on-site labor costs, you find that the cost of materials is nearly $90,000 and labor costs are only half that -- around $45,000. The rest of the monies go to profits for the builder and sales. One may argue that if much of the money goes to buying steel and cement, somebody has to make those capital goods, meaning more work and jobs. But many of these goods are made overseas. Only money that goes directly to hiring American workers is sure to generate employment here.
Moreover, infrastructure construction is slow to take off. As of August 2010, less than one-third of the nearly $230 billion in stimulus money allocated to infrastructure projects had been spent. Of $182 billion that had been awarded, only $66 billion was paid out.
This is a problem for the president and the economy. The economy needs more of a boost. It is supposed to be up and running by the next year or two, a point at which we can cut back on government spending and reduce the deficit. All agree that we cannot go year after year spending much more than we take in. But most of the infrastructure boost will come only down the road, when it may not be needed or may even add to inflationary pressures.
As for research, it is a wondrous thing. It is the source of new medications, energies and other innovations that keep our economy growing. But it takes even more time than infrastructure construction. For instance, it takes seven years for a new medication to go from clinical trials to approval for sale in the U.S. And the kind of people who do research are not those found in great numbers among the unemployed.
Investment in education comes much closer to what needs to be done -- if the president changes his tune. In the last stimulus package, the funds for schools were often dedicated to construction projects such as making schools more energy-efficient and introducing wireless technology. For education funds to help reduce unemployment, they must -- as some did -- go to states, so states can fire fewer teachers and maybe hire some back. In short, trying to get two for the price of one may get you none.
Yale economist Robert Shiller put it well: "Big new programs to create jobs need not be expensive.
"Suppose the cost of hiring a single employee were as high as $30,000 a year. Hiring a million people would cost $30 billion a year. That's only 4% of the entire federal stimulus program, and 0.2% of the national debt. Why don't we just do it?"
What would these people do? Send them to the conservation corps to clean up toxic dumps, to serve as assistants to schoolteachers and to teach English to new immigrants.
The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Amitai Etzioni.


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On my way to the appointment this morning, I was talking to my mom on the phone about my fear. As she has for the past few weeks, she reassured me and told me not to worry. I hung up with her and was deep in thought and heard the words, "Let Faith Arise" belting out of the radio. I couldn't help but smile and tell God - "Ok, I hear you-take this worry off of my shoulders." - and I immediately felt better.
When I got there I told them my concerns about her being breech and they were feeling around with the doppler trying to get a heartbeat. Two people tried and couldn't get it, but I had just felt her moving so I wasn't worried at all. He sent me across the hall for a quick ultrasound to get the heart rate and check her position.
I almost cried when she put the wand on my belly and we could see that she is indeed head down and ready to go! She also picked up the heartbeat and all looks well. I'm excited to announce that baby is still a girl-phew! :)
The doctor came back in and did the test for GBS and checked my cervix. I'm 3cm dilated and 60% effaced - so this pregnancy seems to be going on the same track as my last two! I can't even express how much more relieved I feel and I'm going to be doing a better job at letting faith arise and remembering to hand my worries over to God.
I don't have a picture from this week yet, but here is a picture from Friday. I was 35 weeks 3 days(I don't have a 35 week sticker).


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Watch Cougar Town's Josh Hopkins Prove He's the Show's Musical Genius
It's pretty convincing.
Happy Wednesday, Cougar Town aficionados! While there's still a little under six weeks left before the Cul-de-Sac Crew returns to ABC, the good news is that the fourth episode of Vulture's epic mini-series Cougar Town: Writers vs. Actors has arrived, and it's a doozy. In this week's installment, shot in Hawaii where the gang was filming the season-two finale, Josh Hopkins sets out to prove that he writes the lyrics to all of the songs that his character, Grayson, performs on the show. And what better way for a cocky actor to make his case than with a backing track from cocky songsmith R. Kelly? That's right, it's the "Cougar Town (Remix)," guys. Plus, look out for two additional bonuses: an as-yet-unaired clip from a forthcoming episode and a guest appearance by an actor well-known to anyone who watched Scrubs on a regular basis. Be sure to stay tuned till the end for some gratuitous swearing by the show's creators.


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Constantine Maroulis' Greatest Hits
In honor of Constantine Maroulis' return to the 'American Idol' stage tonight, we count down his best performances from the show.
So much about Constantine Maroulis' season 4 audition was prophetic: not only did it open the doors for rockers to enter the competition, inspiring the likes of David Cook, Chris Daughtry and Adam Lambert, it foreshadowed the arrival of a certain American Idol judge. So it's only fitting that one of Idol's first rockers will return to that very stage tonight, as Season 10's Top 9 pay tribute to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Having seen Constantine in two Broadway productions, The Wedding Singer and Rock of Ages, I can honestly say: you just haven't lived until you've heard him belt out Steve Perry's "Oh, Sherrie," or howl at the moon with Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock." While performing in Rock of Ages Constantine simultaneously staged several solo shows in New York and called it A Night at the Rock Show. It was the perfect venue for addicted fans who just couldn't get enough of the long-haired rocker dubbed "the Greek god" who made it from the Idol stage to the Tony Awards.
Thursday, he comes back to where it all began and will perform the classic love song made famous by the Righteous Brothers, "Unchained Melody." The track is currently available for purchase on iTunes, along with a rousing cover of Chicago's hit "25 or 6 to 4," a live performance taken from Maroulis' soon-to-be-released DVD A Night At The Rock Show.
Picking his top five Idol performances was no easy task, which is why I chose six.
6. Aerosmith's "Cryin'" (Audition)
It was the Aerosmith song that started it all. At first, Simon Cowell was unimpressed, saying he wouldn't want to be Constantine's neighbor, but guest judge Mark McGrath saw something in the charismatic singer, quipping that a lot of "chicks" would disagree with that assessment. Thank goodness for Paula Abdul, who opined that Constantine was exactly what the competition needed. They put him through, and the rest is Idol history
5. Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" (1990s)
During top 10 week, the rocker showed his soft side, seducing the camera with what Simon once described as his "smoldering Idol" look. Constantine's pure charisma shone through with very little belting, and moved the audience to thunderous applause with this tender performance.
4. "My Funny Valentine" from Babes in Arms (Classic Broadway)
Who wouldn't want to be Constantine's valentine after witnessing this jazzy ditty? Randy declared the performance "unbelievable," and Paula rose to her feet, demanding a standing ovation from the crowd. "I admit I'm falling in love with you," she said, adding that he is the perfect role model for guys to get into musicals. Simon lauded his growth in confidence, with a 9.5 for "pouting." The song was so good, it was included on the American Idol, Season 4: The Showstoppers compilation.
2. "I Think I Love You," Partridge Family (Billboard Number Ones)
A slam-dunk performance that encapsulated exactly what Constantine represented at that stage of the competition -- a David Cassidy-like presence that drove crowds wild. Emerging in silhouette, Constantine performed the song with the swagger of a star, rocking that mic like he owned it, and once again flashing the trademark brooding Constantine "look." The only thing missing? Full-sized Constantine posters and T-shirts for sale at the concession stand.
2. Blood, Sweat and Tears' "You Make Me So Very Happy" (1960s)
Look no more for the penultimate Constantine performance than this nugget. Everything we love about him is here: the vibrato, the hair, the look, the stage presence, the total command of the operatic and rock vocal melded into one.
1. Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Songs From the Year You Were Born)
Constantine's masterpiece from "Song From The Year You Were Born" week was also one of American Idol's most memorable moments. He set up the performance by describing himself as a "dramatic kid" in his interview segment, then blew away the audience with the most intense, theatrical and electrifying offering of the season. Constantine's flair for musical theater and rock and roll was melded together in one simmering pot, bringing Paula once again to her feet and declaring him "the one to beat." Simon simply said, "Astonishing." One thing was for sure, it's exactly why Constantine went on to star in Rock of Ages and earn a Tony nomination. This is what he was born to do.


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Update: Billionaire investor George Soros said late Tuesday that the re-election of President Barack Obama will open "the door for a more sensible politics." Soros, who has contributed mightily to Democratic causes, told Reuters: "I'm delighted that President Obama has won. The American electorate has rejected extremist positions, opening the door for a more sensible politics. "Hopefully the Republicans in office will make better partners in the coming years, most urgently in avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff."
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Obama rode signature first-term accomplishments
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attack mastermind Osama bin Laden to another four years in the White House.
His victory ensures continued implementation of signature health care
and financial sector reform laws and could bring higher taxes for the
wealthy as part of deficit-cutting efforts.
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North Carolina went for President Barack Obama in 2008 but was seen as leaning toward Romney this year.
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McCaskill, a former Missouri state auditor and county prosecutor, is the incumbent and is completing her first term. She defeated Representative Todd Akin, who stirred controversy with his comment that women who are victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.
Update: ABC projected that President Barack Obama won Minnesota in Tuesday's election.
has 10 electoral votes. The state has voted for the Democratic for 10
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In one the highest profile Senate races in the country,
Warren, a law professor who headed the watchdog panel that oversaw the
government's financial sector bailout, defeated incumbent Republican
Senator Scott Brown.
Update: Fox News projected that President Barack Obama won the swing state of Wisconsin in Tuesday's presidential election.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney had hoped his selection of Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan as his running mate would help claim the Midwestern state's 10 electoral votes. Obama won the state in 2008.
Update: MSNBC projected that President Barack Obama won the swing state of Pennsylvania in Tuesday's presidential election.
Obama won the state, which has 20 electoral votes, in
2008. Although the state traditionally leans toward Democrats,
Republican Mitt Romney made a concerted effort to woo voters there.
Update: CNN projected that Republicans held control of the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's election.
Update:- About 60 percent of early voters in the swing state of Ohio chose President Barack Obama,
while more than half of Ohioans voting on Election Day supported
Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos
exit poll.
Ohio is among a handful of states that could swing to either candidate in Tuesday's presidential election.
CNN projected that Republican Mitt Romney won Kentucky in Tuesday's presidential election.
Kentucky has eight electoral votes and was considered to be a likely Romney victory.


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A Short Stroll Through Huashan Mountain.
With names like Thousand-foot Precipice, Floating-in-the-air Road, Somersault Cliff, and Ear Touching Cliff (where the passage is so narrow that people have to pass with their ears touching the cliff), it's safe to say that climbing the Huashan mountain will either be the adventure of a lifetime or a fatality.
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Pendant's point: "Huashan Mountain" is a (perhaps unavoidable) redundancy since shan (å±±) is literally Chinese for mountain.
My god - I'm terrified just thinking about it.
i climbed that mountain in 2000! it's gorgeous, and there is a scary path to the top, and a slightly-less-scary path. we took the later. the padlocks all along the railings are bought at the base of the mountain, and you make a wish and lock it to the chains on your way up. i forget what my wish was; probably something safety-related.
It's right up there with El Camino de la Muerte in Bolivia as "A Place I Don't Really Want To Go."
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I made this a few weeks ago and just realised that I never posted it. Corey had a few leftover bananas that had gone a bit brown on the skin so I decided to use them to make him banana bread. The recipe came from this book that I picked up at Woolies for $2 the other week. I am not a big banana fan so I didn't really like the bread but Corey loved it so I'll take his word for it that it was good.
Choc Chip Banana Bread
2 cups self raising flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup choc bits
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups mashed overripe bananas
50g butter melted
Preheat oven to 180*C/160*C fan forced. Grease and line a 20cm x 10cm loaf pan.
Combine flour, sugar and choc bits in a large bowl. Pour over combined eggs, milk, banana and butter. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the centre.


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How To Crochet Master Shake
My crocheting skills are pretty minimal (as are my knitting skills, and pretty much all of my crafting skills), but I'm tempted to give Master Shake (he's from Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force) a shot anyway. I think he would look smashing sitting on my desk at work. Great, now I'm going to have the ATHF song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
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never thought about it but MS would be an easy crochet, he's just a cone.
This is super fun! Aqua Teen Hunger Force is fantabulous entertainment! This fashionable hand stitch Master Shake will be enjoyed by the truest ATHF fan!
Have fun! -Dawn
Have fun! -Dawn
the theme song is definately the best part of the show


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text: i'm all for higher wages and good benefits but raley's could be getting ready to fire all their employees and higher the highly skilled (not) walmart workers who leave after 6 months. this is when all businesses make the remaining workers after downsizing make up the difference by having them do more work for the same or less pay. seems labor won't have much power until wages get driven down to nearly a par with china.


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Sun sextile Moon in the natal chart gives a charming and exciting nature. These people are popular and attractive because they express themselves very well, and their spark makes them creative and enthusiastic about life.
The energy is simmering, less fiery than the conjunction and not as harmonious as the trine. The keywords "creative self-expression" comes across when you look at famous people with this aspect in tight orb. Another trait of these people seems to be high ambition.
Sun sextile Moon always gives the Ascendant sextile Part of Fortune, an indicator of reaching happiness of the soul, and general success in life. There should also be a degree of psychic ability, or at least a very acute intuition.
Sun Sextile Moon Transit
Transiting Sun sextile Moon gives a positive boost of energy to the emotions. The creative and expressive nature of the sextile aspect makes for a an outgoing attitude and harmonious relationships with friends and family. Feelings are good because the conscious and subconscious are balanced, less cares and worries for this day.
The perfect time to take the initiative to deal with any relationship problems you have been having lately, especially with someone of the opposite sex. Also a favorable time to promote yourself and ask for favors as others sense your self-confidence and balanced focus.
This interpretation for Sun sextile Moon transit can also be read for a Solar Eclipse and New Moon sextile Moon.
Sun Sextile Moon Celebrities
Lord Alfred Tennyson (18′) was one of the greatest poets of all time due to the sheer beauty of his words. George Eliot (43′) refused to let her sex impair her creativity and credibility, she was one of the most intellectually rigorous writers of the 19th century.
Venus Williams (52′) displayed her creative flair on the tennis court with her physical appearance and gestures, and more recently on the catwalk with her fashion design company. Another tennis player, Billie Jean-King (68′) also expressed her creativity outside sports through publishing and promotion of women's tennis. Other famous people with Sun sextile Moon are Angelina Jolie 0°20′, Jane Mansfield, Indira Gandhi and Joe Pesci.


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"The Borgias" returned Sunday, with Francois Arnaud literally racing back to our TV screens as cardinal-turned-vigilante-killer Cesare Borgia.
Cesare has become a breakout role stateside for the 26-year-old, Montreal-bred actor, who will play a soldier in an indie movie about the Civil War before going back to Hungary to film Season 3 of "The Borgias" later this year. (If the show is renewed.)


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hello everyone!
Just like my travels I love being part of the community and getting to know the locals around. This lovely site of tea and all things tea is just a site for me to touch up on the shrub and the talk about tea. To be around the company of tea enthusiasts is to be around family and friends, sort of like friends or family members I never knew. I guess thats a part of being a traveler, there are so much around the world you discover and found all along to be a part of you: the food, culture, and the many peoples. This in away reflects me as a tea drinker, as tea is alive with history of many peoples and varieties of cultures, just by drinking it and even engaged in the topic of tea in a way brings out the explorer out of us…tea drinkers and travelers.
Greetings and welcome to Steepster. I am not a traveling tea drinker, but I do believe that drinking tea takes us on a journey. :) It would be nice to hear of some stories of your travels, perhaps I can travel vicariously through your storytelling.
I love traveling… I only wish I could do more of it! Welcome to Steepster! : )
It is always fun to read other people's stories and opinions! I agree with LiberTEAS in that hopefully I will get to travel through your writtings!


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Ahmedabad: City-based poet Aqeel Shatir has been asked by the state-run Urdu Sahitya Academy to return money given to him for publishing a book alleging that a guest piece in the book showed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in poor light.
Shatir, however, claimed that the guest piece with regard to Modi was just a cover-up and he was being penalized for seeking information about grants received by the Academy from the government and its utilisation under the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
"I received a notice from the Academy a few months after filing RTI application seeking information on financial grants received and its utilisation over the last five years," Shatir who runs an STD PCO in Gomtipur area of city said.
"I am being targeted for seeking information on issues that would expose corruption within the Academy. Allegation of violation of academy rules and printing guest article showing Modi in poor light is just a cover-up," he said.
"My book `Abhi Zinda Hoon Main` (I am Still Alive) which is being made the bone of contention was published in 2008 with Rs 10,000 grant from the Urdu Sahitya Academy for printing it," he said.
And the paragraph critical of Modi for 2002 communal riots was written by another poet Raunaq Afroz of Bhiwandi. The piece by Afroz was part of preface written by eight guest writers for Shatir`s book.


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Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012.
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012.
It's Malaya, 1949. After studying law at Cambrige and time spent helping to prosecute Japanese war criminals, Yun Ling Teoh seeks solace among the jungle fringed plantations of Northern Malaya where she grew up as a child. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo.
Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012.
Maya Jaggi, Chair of the Man Asian Literary Prize judges, said: "The winner, The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng, revisits the traumatic aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Malaya, and the post-war insurgency against British rule, with stylistic poise and probing intelligence. Taking its aesthetic cues from the artful deceptions of Japanese landscape gardening, it opens up a startling perspective on converging histories, using the feints and twists of fiction to explore its themes of personal and national honour; love and atonement; memory and forgetting; and the disturbing co-existence of cultural refinement and barbarism."
Sir Peter Stothard, Chair of Man Booker Prize 2012 judging panel, on The Garden of Evening Mists...
'The Garden of Evening Mists is the second novel by the Malaysian writer, Tan Twan Eng, and is also from a discerning small publisher. In some of the most poised, precise prose offered to us this year, it is the story a Japanese garden created in honour of a Japanese victim of war - and is sternly paced to match its subject. One of us, I remember, likened its beauty to that of 'slowly clashing icebergs'. We all admired the serenity of the gardener, Aritomo, former servant of the Emperor, and one of the most memorable characters in all the 30,000 pages or so that we have read.'
Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo, the exiled former gardener of the Emperor of Japan, to create a garden in Kuala Lumpur, in memory of her sister who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses, but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice 'until the monsoon comes'. Then she can design a garden for herself. As the months pass, Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to her sensei and his art while, outside the garden, the threat of murder and kidnapping from the guerrillas of the jungle hinterland increases with each passing day. But the Garden of Evening Mists is also a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? Why is it that Yun Ling's friend and host Magnus Praetorius, seems to almost immune from the depredations of the Communists? What is the legend of 'Yamashita's Gold' and does it have any basis in fact? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all?
Closing date: 07/09/2018
Publication date: 11/02/2012
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Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang but lived in various places in Malaysia as a child. He studied law through the University of London and later worked as lawyer in one of Kuala Lumpur's most reputable law firms. He also has a first-dan ranking in aikido and is a strong proponent for the conservation of heritage buildings. His debut novel, The Gift of Rain was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Tan Twan Eng lives in Cape Town where he is working on his third novel.More About Tan Twan Eng


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Like Norton Mobile Security for Android 1.5 beta (Free) and Lookout Mobile Security ($2.99 immediate), Smadav incorporates various choices to manage a lost or stolen telephone. You can remotely send it an order to report its area, decided either by GPS or by unit tower triangulation. Assuming that that doesn't help discover it, an alternate summon will sound a boisterous caution. Smadav likewise gives you a chance to remotely bolt the telephone, to keep a cheat getting access to your information. Furthermore if the telephone is hopelessly lost you can remotely wipe its substance.
The contacts reinforcement characteristic will make a duplicate of your contacts to the Sdcard if wanted. More of service, however, is going down to the server utilizing your Smadav account. By utilizing the Smadav account you can "backup/restore your contacts consistently between diverse working frameworks, for example, Blackberry, Android, Symbian." Lookout Mobile likewise incorporates contact reinforcement, and includes reinforcement of photographs and call history. Smadav for Blackberry for Blackberry is accessible instantly, for free, from the Smadav Web website.


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Peaches are a great source of zinc, which has anti-aging properties. Consuming zinc-rich foods such as peaches slows the aging process of male reproductive organs by boosting the levels of testosterone in the body.
Burro bananas have an even balance of bromelain enzyme in them. This helps to boost testosterone levels in the body.


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Anyone who has downloaded the migration guidance from http://www.codeplex.com/tfsintegration or has spoken to any of the Rangers involved in this project will know that the second anyone mentions history as part of a migration, the atmosphere cools down by a few degrees, frowns appear and hectic discussions commence on whiteboards.
To begin, why do we need history?
Ask most people and they all reply that history is important. Historians will say that we need to know our history, where we came from, what challenges we had and conquered … they get very passionate and serious when we start to question or ignore history. I will never forget my history teacher in high school … which in itself is part of ancient history … who insisted that we knew names and dates for all historical events, while the likes of Willy questioned the value of knowing on which day Vasco da Gama actually sailed around South-Africa for the first time, or when the insane battle for Stalingrad was lost by the German forces.
Now a few decades later in 'history', we are again asking partners and customers as to why history is important in terms of their source control management environments. While most will have similar arguments as the historians arguing that the history is important to know what makes up a solution, our finding is that most will insist on and keep history, but work predominantly with the latest known good version.
A really good argument for keeping history is in terms of intellectual property, where a precise audit trail and ability to drill down to the origin of the solution is often mandatory.
However, if this is not a requirement we nudge you to the tip-of-the-iceberg (also referred to as starting over or from scratch) with tenacity, or worst case to a partial or focused history (we are still coming up with a suitable name) where you cherry-pick the history that is important.
To continue, why does history scare us in terms of the migration strategy?
We have been using Team Foundation Server (TFS) to TFS migration and synchronization in the Pioneer Dogfood environment for some time now and are busy in non-TFS to TFS migration and synchronization environments as well. Through all of these adventures is has become apparent that migrations vary greatly in terms of complexity and size, that gremlins emerge even after comprehensive assessments and preparations, and that no migration is a simple drag-drop-and-click pleasure excursion.
Some typical gremlins that spring to mind:
- If the "source" from which we want to migrate data from has a complex branching strategy we need to assess whether it is appropriate for the "target". If not, we need to define the appropriate branching strategy and appropriate mapping.
- If the "source" supports features that the "target" does not support, for example labels, then we need to assess the impact and the work-around.
- If the "source" consists of data accumulated over 20 years
- … we are looking at migrating (re-executing) the historical events of 20 years, which potentially takes substantial time.
- … we need more hardware, processing power and storage capacity on the "target" … not to mention the maintenance and support resources.
- If the "source" owner does not really know or understand the exact requirements … and none of us do … surprises, complexities and compromises start queuing.
- If conflicts occur … and they typically do … the human intervention, effort, processing time and cost increases.
- … Grant could add tons more, as could all of the Rangers and members of the TFS Integration Platform team.
We all start off by assuming that a move from point A to point B will be straight forward, only to get stuck and realising too late that no documentation, no guidance and no assumption can replace a detailed assessment and analysis of all possible factors involved in a migration … especially the need for history. What we cannot define at this stage and I doubt anyone ever will, is the definition of "all factors", which means we will always welcome the odd gremlin or odd limitation.
I have watched a custom adapter development team run into unexpected issues and I know how challenging the new WSS Adapters have proven to be. At first it all sounds so easy and straight forward, but the moral of the story is "migration and especially synchronization is not an easy adventure"! Spend time understanding the platform, spend time understanding the source and the target environment and in particular … spend "lots" of time testing with real data.
To conclude, what are the Rangers planning in this area?
The following external Rangers are active feature leads of the dream team embarking on a new adventure to deliver more focused guidance for TFS-TFS, ClearCase-TFS, ClearQuest-TFS and Perforce-TFS migrations, covering important planning strategies, migration scenarios, question & answers and consolidating experience and knowledge from the field in checklists, illustrations and templates that will allow you to assess and plan your migration adventure.
We will start with the base questions we posted here, consolidate the experiences, knowledge and "oh" moments we collected in the field and deliver the base guidance needed to perform a migration assessment. Whether there is a suitable migration tool for your requirements and which scenario to pursue will still remain your call, but we hope that the guidance will make your call a bit easier to make. Note we are saying easier, not easy … because, we do not believe that there is an easy migration.


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Hope is in the airwaves for Palm V and Vx owners. The OmniSky Corporation and AT&T have teamed up to provide a wireless modem and Internet services for the users of the tiniest of the Palm organizers. The combination package is undergoing a public beta trial by thousands of Palm V owners, and OmniSky plans to release the final version in the spring. Prices have not been set.
There are wireless modems for earlier Palm handheld organizers, and Palm VII owners have enjoyed wireless Web and e-mail functions since last year. A regular corded modem is also available for the Palm V.
OmniSky's wireless Palm V modem, which weighs 4.6 ounces and is about 5 inches long, can support a data speed of 19.2 kilobits per second. Users will be able to send and receive e-mail and browse the Web. Internet channels created by AvantGo can be browsed, and OmniSky's service can also support the Palm Query Applications used by the Palm VII for weather forecasts, airline schedules and stock quotes.
For $299, beta testers received the OmniSky Minstrel V wireless modem unit and unlimited service until the end of March. Users still wishing to participate can check OmniSky's Web site (www.omnisky.com) or call (800) 860-5767.
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eEye RetinaRating
The eEye Retina Community is a free vulnerability scanner that identifies vulnerabilities. The software comes from eEye Digital Security. It is a vulnerability management software that is suitable for any business or industry in need of endpoint protection and a secure configuration compliance.
"Retina is an ideal network security platform for reporting on threats that may compromise IT systems," said Kevin Hickey, eEye CEO." [1]
Overall score: Thumbs up. The eEye Retina is a prominent product that will provide "zero-day vulnerability identification.""With Retina Community, enterprises and SMBs can strengthen security and compliance posture"[2]
Note: In addition to the eEye Retina Community, the company has other Retina products (which are not free): Retina Consulting, Retina Network, and Retina CS Management, so it may best to compare them to see which one is most suitable for your environment.
Advice: Check out the latest information on eEye Retina from eEye Digital Security's own Community Forum at http://forums.eeye.com.
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Prospective users can download the free tool powered by eEye from the Retina Community website.
Note: To activate the product, users must provide a valid email address. Also available for downloading at the eEye Retina Web site are the other "Vulnerability Management, Network, and Consulting Solutions" for a trial period. You may want to compare each product to see which one is more suitable for your needs before downloading. Alternatively, request access to all the eEye video demos.
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Installation of the free eEye Retina scanner is quick and easy. There will be a RetinaSetup.exe file that will do the installing of the product.
The minimum requirements for the install is 80MB of Free Hard Drive Space and 512 MB RAM. This free scanner can only be used on Windows: 2000/XP/2003/Vista SP2/2008 SP2/7/2008 R2.
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Configuration and UpdatesRating
Retina can be configured to scan one IP address or a domain. Users will receive regular vulnerability updates.
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Performance and OperationRating
According to reviews from SC Magazine, the eEye Digital Security Retina performs very well. Once setup, management and scanning is done through the Retina application and can be controlled with REM, eEye's central management console for complete threat coverage.
The Retina is easy-to-operate on PCs. It is capable of providing a scalable vulnerability assessment for any size network environment. Note: There is also an Eye Digital Security Pocket WiFi Retina Scanner too for the wireless community.
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The eEye scans for malicious activities on a system. Users can rely on the product's Wizard for a brief introduction to how it will perform a vulnerability scan. To begin a scan, simply enter in an IP address or a domain in the address window. Once the scan is complete, users can then analyze the results of the information and details for the address(es).
Note: The free eEye vulnerability assessment scanner can provide reliable protection against the Conflicker worm as well as target other threats. It can be downloaded at http://www.eeye.com/html/downloads/other/ConfickerScanner.html.
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The eEye Retina is an average rated functional vulnerability scanner. It is suitable for those users who do not have the MS08-067 patch and for those that want to try a product capable of scanning and reporting vulnerabilities.
Price-wise, the eEye retina Community is, of course, available at a good price (free), and the other Retina products may be of value to users as well (depending on how much they want to spend). But, compared to other free vulnerability scanners (like the Shadow Security Scanner and Nessus) the Retina is less favorable to some users (as shown by SecTools.org's "Top 10 Vulnerability Scanners"), but it is still among one of the top picks for Windows platform users.
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Related Sources
[1] eEye Digital Security. U.S. Department of Defense Chooses eEye Digital Security for Vulnerability Management Solution.
[2] PRWeb. eEye Releases Free Vulnerability Scanner with Zero Day Identification and Configuration Auditing.
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References Section
Retina Reviews: http://www.amtsoftware.com/Retina/docs/Reviews
Vulnerability Assessment: eEye Retina Network Security Scanner v5.10: http://www.nsslabs.com/research/network-security/va/eeye-retina-network-security-scanner.html
REVIEW: eEye's Retina CS Is the Management Console the Blink Agent Always Deserved: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/REVIEW-eEyes-Retina-CS-Is-the-Management-Console-the-Blink-Agent-Always-Deserved-104485/


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RAHWAY — It's only the beginning of the month, but students at Madison Elementary School have taken part in a wide variety of activities.
Pictured above, students perform at the school's spring concert
Fourth grader Ryan Beenders was the top winner for Madison School in the district's first Multiplication Bee . The elementary schools held school wide multiplication bees for the third, fourth, and fifth graders. The first place winners from the three grade levels went on to compete in the district wide bee, which was held at the Middle School.
Also pictured are fourth grade students with the presenters at Madison's Earth Day Assembly.
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With the 2017 Northern Territory speedway season now well underway, the NT Wingless Sprints are gearing up to host the Total Tools – Winnellie Top End Challenge next month over four huge nights of racing at Darwin's Northline Speedway, off the back of last season's encouraging running of the event.
Set to commence on the Saturday night of August 12, with subsequent rounds being held on August 18, 19 and 26, each round of the Total Tools – Winnellie Top End Challenge will be run in conjunction with another standalone event. These events include the KQ Autos and JG Lawn Mowing Malidook Challenge, the Keenquip Racegear Northern Territory Title, which takes place over two nights, and the Des J Nash Outlaw Challenge and Hugh 'Pablo' Britton Medal, which will both be run as a part of the Freo Crane Hire Twin Feature Night. Each night of racing will also incorporate a round of the Burson Auto Parts Club Championship.
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With a total prize pool of $7,000, in addition to a number of contingency prizes, this season's running of the Challenge is expected to be even bigger and better than 2016, with a number of interstate drivers already expressing their interest. While the NSW team will once again be led by Troy Carey, multiple drivers from other states including Victoria will also be amongst the nominations.
"The Top End Challenge gives drivers a great opportunity to get some extra laps in, prior to the start of the 2017-18 season throughout the rest of the country, so we're expecting to have around 16 local and interstate cars nominated," commented NT Wingless Sprints Secretary and Treasurer Mike Borchardt.
"Without the great support from our sponsors, last season's Top End Challenge wouldn't have been nearly as successful as it was, so we're very grateful to have such dedicated supporters on board once again this season."
If you'd like to find out more about the Total Tools – Winnellie Top End Challenge or you'd like to nominate for the event, please contact NT Wingless Sprints President Shane Norman on 0418 838 789 or Mike Borchardt on 0447 089 511.
NT Wingless Sprints would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the Total Tools – Winnellie Top End Challenge: Total Tools – Winnellie, KQ Autos, JG Lawn Mowing, Keenquip Racegear, Freo Crane Hire, and Burson Auto Parts.
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This report by the Telegraph journalist Ian McPhedran includes a video of the Australian Bushmaster firing the Electro Optic Systems' Remote Weapon Station on operations in Afghanistan. The video displays better than words the excellent stability of the system and provides an insight into how simply it is to operate from the interior of the vehicle. The system shown is our standard R-400 with a .50 calibre machine gun. The system will take smaller calibre weapons and with a minor equipment change, can also mount an automatic grenade launcher.
The system takes the basic infantryman to a completely new level with the ability to apply force. Soldiers can hit the target; first round, first time. This not only assists in saving lives, it reduces the incidence of fratricide through enhanced accuracy and better target identification. The Remote Weapon Station removes the necessity for soldiers to expose themselves in the hatches of the vehicle, ultimately making them less vulnerable to enemy fire and better protected.
Electro Optic Systems is proud of the system we have developed and it continues to illicit praise from the Australian Defence Force, the United States Army and the Netherlands, all of whom are using or have used the system on operations in the Middle East.


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Article "Can logging save biodiversity"
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Tropical forests account for a proportion of around fifty percent of the world's forested area of around 4 billion ha. According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2008), the world lost about 3% of its total forest area from 1990 to 2005, with an average decrease of 7 million ha of forest per year from 2000 to 2005.
Rapid population growth in the developing and threshold countries of the tropics is affecting tropical forests in various ways. More and more land is being used for subsistence farming by shifting cultivation, large forest areas are being converted to the cultivation of food and agricultural products for export, cleared for industrial and energy projects or for settlement, as well as used to provide wood for building and fuel. In the developing countries of the tropical zone, the greatest portion of the wood is used as fuel wood (about 85 percent of wood use).
Depending on the source, conversion of forests to agricultural and livestock land accounts for 70 to 90 % (Kanninen et al, 2007) of global deforestation. A selective logging operation in the tropics does not usually reduce forest cover, can lead to forest degradation. In Asia and Latin America where the intensity of harvest (volume per ha) is higher than in Africa, forest degradation is more important.
Interholco is mainly active in the Congo basin (Central Africa) with a total forest cover of about 1,1 million ha. The main causes of deforestation in Africa are the conversion of land for agriculture and fuel wood collection: 87% of the wood in the Congo basin is used as fuel wood (calculated from FAO, 2007 Status of the world's forests 2005).
Even if industrial forestry is often seen as a main driver of deforestation and forest degradation, this is not correct in particular in Africa.
The Congo basin constitutes the second largest tropical forest area after the Amazon. The average annual deforestation rate in the Congo Basin from 2000 to 2005 was 0,2%, much lower than in the other tropical forest areas of South-East Asia (1,2%) and south America (0,5%). A study on potential REDD+ mechanisms for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shows the different causes of deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation has been relatively low in the last 20 years in D.R.C. (0,2% per year) The study estimated that from 2007 to 2030, industrial forest harvesting will not contribute to deforestation and will cause only 15% of forest degradation. On the contrary, fuel wood and agriculture are estimated to cause 77% of deforestation (19% and 58% respectively) and 80% of forest degradation (64% and 16% respectively). Industrial forestry is estimated to make up only 7% of total Carbon emission in the D.R.C.
Rather than accusations towards Industrial forestry, means should be provided to tackle the real causes of deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. Solutions should be provided for poverty, the lack of technical and financial know to improve agriculture, the lack of fuel wood production and good forest management etc.
The most important way that sustainable forest management helps tropical forests is by maintaining the value of the forest. This calls for managing and exploiting the forests to ensure that local industries can thrive and for making tropical wood processing for export the basis of the local wood industry. Interholco has been taking an active part in African industry for decades already. Its commitment is accompanied by investments in competitive and social structures aimed at building up a sustainable and economically profitable local wood industry.
Using wood for industrial purposes is one of the few functioning industries in West and Central Africa, for instance, which is creating jobs and income, as well as tax and export revenues. Sustainable forest management can help decisively to promote the economic and social development of these countries while at the same time helping conserve tropical forests.
Boycotting tropical wood, by contrast, is counterproductive and damages the tropical forests more than it helps preserve them. A boycott does nothing to change the primary causes of deforestation. Refusing to buy products made of tropical wood causes their price to decline. But the consequence of sinking revenues from wood production is that some developing countries will make increasing use of forested areas in other ways, such as for agriculture.
Internationally, approximately 126 million cubic meters of tropical wood are produced each year. Of this amount, 64 percent comes from Asia, 26 percent from Latin America and ten percent from Africa. In the Congo Basin, for instance, around 0.5 cubic meters per hectare of forested area are logged in 2003, 1.0 cubic meter in the USA and 2.5 cubic meters of wood per hectare of forest in the European Union. While in Europe, logging is almost exclusively for industrial use, in the Congo Basin 87% of the timber is harvested by the local population for fuelwood (2). Deforestation in the Congo Basin is mostly due to conversion of forest to agriculture. Industrial roundwood harvest per ha of forested area in the Congo Basin represented in 2005 only about 0,06 m3 / ha (2). Within a period of thirty years, Interholco fells on average 1 trees per 2 ha or one tree in the size of 4 soccer fields in its three million hectares of forest concessions in the Congo Basin.
(2) Calculated from FAO, State of the World's Forests 2007.
Another important principle of sustainable wood processing is checking the origin of the logs to make sure that no wood from illegal logging operations comes into circulation. Illegal logging not only destroys important ecosystems, it also has far-reaching economic consequences. Owing to unfair competition from illegal tropical wood, companies that invest in sustainable forest management can hardly hold their own. Illegal logging is particularly a problem in Indonesia. It is estimated that half of the wood logged in this country (sixty million cubic meters) is illegal – nearly twice as much as the entire amount of tropical wood from Africa.
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Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren is a familiar face on Millennial Facebook feeds, by those both condemning and supporting the controversial views she espouses on the Web series she hosts for Glenn Beck's network The Blaze.
But the 23-year-old really went for the jugular last week with a tweet equating the Black Lives Matter movement to the KKK.
The now-deleted tweet, which quickly went viral, received media backlash and sparked a change.org petition calling for her removal from the Web show, and for other media outlets not to hire her. So far, it's racked up over 56,000 signatures.
"Everyone has a voice and an opinion," the petition reads. "However, when the wrong voice is given a platform and is allowed to influence an audience of millions by perpetuating derogatory ideology toward select groups of individuals, this is where the injustice lies."
The Dallas-based commentator posted the tweet soon after five officers were fatally shot and many others wounded July 7 during a protest following the fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota by police officers.
Lahren then appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources to defend her tweet. Media critic David Zurawik from the Baltimore Sun, also a guest on the segment, then confronted Lahren about it.
"You did go too far Tomi," Zurawik said to Lahren in reference to her tweet. "That's really reckless, that kind of tweet at the situation we're in. As a journalist, what you did appalls me."
"I stand behind the things that I say," Lahren fired back. "What those on the other side want to do is criticize, label and silence those that disagree with them. I don't play that game."
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This is not the first time Lahren has been in the spotlight for controversial comments. In February she released a segment of her show Final Thoughts speaking out against Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show, calling it "a way to politicize and advance the notion that black lives matter more."
Two weeks ago her segment against Jesse Williams' BET Humanitarian award acceptance speech sparked opposition after she said, "The BET definition of a humanitarian is someone who perpetuates a war on cops."
Lahren remains with The Blaze at this time.


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The INGENIO material pre-heaters are modular waste-heat utilization concepts for the plastics processing industry. In many cases, warm/hot exhaust heat or water from different production areas can be suitable to heat up plastic resin prior to processing it in the extruder.
By pre-heating the material, the extruder has to overcome a much lower enthalpy difference to melt the resin for processing. Exhaust heat which until now was vented to the environment unused, can now be utilized to decrease the electric power consumption of the extruder and thus safe energy costs.
The usage of a passive dry bulk heat-exchanger like INGENIO passive becomes lucrative when the temprature level of the available heat is higher 60°C and the thermal energy stored therein is at least 50kW. Amortization times of such systems are usually less than two years.