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Pointless Pro Bowl: Why Honors Should Stay, but the Game Should Be EliminatedJanuary 28, 2012
The executives that make up commissioner Roger Goodell's front office staff surely have to realize, even with the changing of the game's date from the weekend after the Super Bowl to the weekend before, that the Pro Bowl is the most meaningless all-star game in sports. It has no representation of what the NFL season is all about and it dampers what has been a great playoff January. Quite frankly, it may be more meaningless than preseason games, which is a shocking truth.
There is no blitzing, no defensive alignments allowed besides the basic 4-3, no more than two wide receivers lined up on one side, no attempting to block punts or field goals, no offensive shifts or movement on the offensive line prior to a snap. Even intentional grounding is legal. It actually could be considered a whole other game with the lack of NFL attributes and intensity. It is like a two-hand touch game in your backyard on Thanksgiving. This game truly shows the lack of effort that we see in the preseason and are lucky enough to not see the rest of the season.
And not only us fans think this. In 2010, a record 29 players skipped the game. There is no extra payment or necessity for these players to feel obligated to go.They have to change the purpose, if that's what it takes. Because at this point, it serves none. It is a game of attempted entertainment, yet with the lack of purpose or effort, the game has no meaning or point in watching.
If you listen to players, though, you will see that they truly respect and hope for the Pro-Bowl honors. It is what they work for in a personal sense. At the end of their careers, it is something that they can look back to and feel proud of. Going to Hawaii in January dignifies their hard work and nonstop efforts throughout the season and rewards them with the label "elite". They have worked for countless hours, day after day, to achieve this prestigious honor and it seems worth it, until they get to Hawaii and are captured by the less-than-amazing atmosphere of the weekend, from the practices to the dreadful game.
Goodell has made countless reforms and harsh changes to the NFL since he became commissioner, and this is another one that has to be made. This awful display of, excuse my language, half-ass football has been a disgrace to this prestigious league for so long that reforming the game may be out of reach. Therefore, this game should be bulldozed down and be changed into a weekend of fun events and celebration of these fantastic athletes. A suggestion may be to do what other sports do transformed into football, with dunk contests, home run derbies and other skilled competitions.
The NFL is probably the most watched and talked about sport in the country, and this is the culmination of all players who we love the most. They should be showcased in more than just a game of catch and tag in a warm place. Goodell and his crew of suits need to realize the problem with this weekend of boredom, and fix it or eliminate it, but regardless, things need to change.


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Kinkster and Author Nookie Notes joins Bakji and Floss in this episode to discuss Female Led Relationships and her new website datingkinky.com. Part of what makes the kink community great is people with good insights on relationships and people who are will to present the community with new ideas and opportunities. Having followed Nookie Notes on Fetlife for some times and finding myself continuously loving lots of her writing, I thought why not invite her on the podcast.
There were quite a few technical issues to overcome with this episode, the first time a Skype session has ever given is this much trouble, so please do bear with the episode even if there is the odd drop in sound.
Once we got chatting though we had a brilliant discussion chatting with Nookie Notes. We asked her about her writing, which you can find via her Fetlife account, she has also written a fair few books which you can find on amazon. Her books are predominantly about Female Led Relationships, with her erotica containing a good dose of cuckolding. While her Fetlife writings cover a wide range of subjects including consent, feelings, orgasms and much more.
We were very interested to discuss Nookie's take on FLR's and what they involve and how they relate to Kink, or if indeed they need to be related at all. Here at ProudToBeKinky we are big FemDom fans, not sure if anyone has ever noticed that, but FLR's are different in and of themselves, so it was interested to hear where the similarities and differences lay.
As the podcast that likes to discuss the social side of kink we couldn't have Nookie on without asking about the dating website she has created, datingkinky.com. She told us all about how she came to the decision to start a dating website, and how it has been developing over the last 6 months. We are really excited to see how this pans out in the future, and hopefully hear lots of great success stories of people finding great matches through it.
Quick fire questions return, as does out nosiness about what our guest is doing at the weekend, and as always there a fair few tangents that uncover some interesting topics of conversation, bidets and toilet roll included.
Regular listeners will have noticed our introduction now has a new addition, from our friends over at Off The Cuffs who kindly invited us into the Podcast Jukebox Network, please do listen to the great podcasts included in that, and leave them and us a great review if you are listening on iTunes/Apple Podcasts.
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Dear Members of the Marseille Community.
Two days and it is Christmas! Some of you will go on holidays, to visit your home country and your families. Maybe you have to do a lot of things: work a lot, organize Christmas parties, making long journeys, buy presents, cooking the Christmas meal etc, etc…..
I hope that these last days before Christmas will not be too hectic for you and you will lead to relaxing, peaceful and reflective holidays. Wonderful moments of quiet and joy I wish you.
And I would like to thank you all, for our first year together, in which you accompany Souvik and me. We have had the possibility to exchange us with you. We still are at the beginning with our Marseilles Community. I hope in the next year we can share much more moments of happiness and joy.
I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!
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12 Oct 2012
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"With these pieces of paper, he causes all payments on his own account to be made; and he makes them to pass universally over all his kingdoms and provinces and territories. And nobody, however important he may think himself, dares to refuse them on pain of death."
Such was Marco Polo's description of how Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis, convinced merchants across his dominions to accept the new paper currency of his Chinese empire.
China's currency reformers today lack an equivalent mortal threat. But they are relying on trade to drive acceptance of the renminbi in lands far from home.
In Rise of the RMB last year we talked to HSBC specialists in Hong Kong and China about some of the benefits of settling cross-border trade in yuan, as well as how they were working to encourage more of their customers to do so.
But in this latest edition WiC steps back to look at the bigger picture to see what it tell us about the renminbi's journey as a trade settlement currency.
Total trade settled in renminbi increased by a factor of four in 2011 to reach Rmb2.1 trillion ($330 billion) or about 9% of China's total trade last year.
Total trade settled in renminbi increased by a factor of four in 2011 to reach Rmb2.1 trillion ($330 billion) or about 9% of China's total trade last year. That meant that a period of consolidation was almost inevitable this year, especially as the earlier surge in trade settlement was prompted by two major expansions of the scheme, the first to 20 provinces in June 2010, and then to the remaining provinces in August last year.
Without similar triggers, volumes were unlikely to explode as they did before. Events this year have also been shaped by an export slowdown, as well as changing expectations for renminbi appreciation. Even so, the latest quarterly data (from the end of June) still suggests that settlement in yuan is ahead of where it was this time last year, at Rmb1.7 trillion. The share of China's foreign trade being conducted in RMB (about 10% of the total) has also been maintained – further evidence of a trend holding solid rather than skyrocketing once again.
Data from SWIFT, a global messaging provider for financial transactions, gives more background. In the most recent totals (for August), the renminbi moved up one position to fourteenth in global payment volumes, with a market share of 0.53%. To give that some context, it means that the renminbi overtook the Danish Krone and now trails the Russian rouble one place above it. It has been climbing the rankings this year – back in January it was in 20th place, with 0.25% global share – but the ascent has been solid rather than spectacular.
For instance, to be one the top five payments currencies, the RMB will need to quadruple its global share to at least 2%. And that would still leave it trailing the euro and the US dollar by a huge distance, with their 44% and 30% shares respectively.
The SWIFT data is also useful in outlining where the yuan is starting to enjoy more say in payments made between trading countries and Hong Kong or China.
In the leading group in July were trading relationships where at least 10% of payments were settled in yuan. Here the Gulf countries topped the list, with nearly 40% adoption. Singapore also scored well, with more than 30% of its China payments in renminbi.
Next up were trade partners with 4-10% usage of the yuan, including Germany, Canada and South Africa. After that were the laggards, with volumes below 4%. This group includes some of China's key trade partners like the United States and Japan. Without getting more traction among these key trading partners, the yuan is going to struggle to establish a deeper international presence.
For instance, to be one the top five payments currencies, the RMB will need to quadruple its global share to at least 2%.
Behind the reams of data, a more nuanced understanding of the numbers is starting to emerge. At the forefront is a change in the composition of who has been paying with the renminbi. Previously, this was heavily skewed towards Chinese buyers, something noted by the HSBC executives interviewed in our earlier publication. They pointed out that as much as 80% of renminbi payment was made by Chinese paying for imports into the country, with only 20% coming from foreign buyers paying for exported Chinese goods or services.
The conclusion: usage of the renminbi was rising as a payment currency for imports arriving in China, but less so for exports sold overseas.
This year has seen a rebalancing, away from the 80:20 ratio towards something less weighted to the foreign exporters. The split is now thought to be closer to 60/40.
Why has that happened? One take is that until the beginning of this year foreign firms selling goods into China were happy to take payment in renminbi but reluctant to purchase goods with it, because they expected it to make more gains against other currencies. But when hopes of further gains began to erode, so too did some of the preference for payment in yuan.
Another explanation is that the imbalance between imports and exports suggests that something other than trade was going on.
One area given particular focus was inter-company transfer of the Chinese currency, as firms sought to capitalise on the difference in exchange rates between the renminbi offshore (often referred to as the CNH) and its equivalent in China (known as the CNY).
These arrangements were highlighted by Yu Yongding, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the PBoC, in an article picked up by media in July.
In Yu's view, much of the trade that seems to have been paid for with Chinese currency may not have been settled in it. Instead, Chinese importers were sending their renminbi to Hong Kong and then switching into dollars at better rates, before using the proceeds to pay international vendors.
"It is not unreasonable to conclude that the bulk of yuan used in the name of import settlement is actually used to buy dollars in the CNH market and imports in fact are still settled in dollars," Yu warned.
This trend also goes some way to explaining a sudden reversal of flows at the end of last year, when anxiety about Eurozone debt and the US economy saw a sudden scramble for safe haven dollars.
It is not unreasonable to conclude that the bulk of yuan used in the name of import settlement is actually used to buy dollars in the CNH market and imports in fact are still settled in dollars,
As a result, investors started selling down their holdings of CNH (offshore RMB), forcing the exchange rate with the dollar below the equivalent with the CNY (RMB in China) for the first time. The arbitrage trade then reversed as Chinese exporters bought cheaper renminbi via their offshore trading arms and sent the money back to China through the trade settlement scheme.
This looks like an arrangement in which currency was being channelled through the cracks in China's capital controls – not part of the plan when the trade settlement scheme was established.
From a similar standpoint, the Financial Times highlighted another discrepancy in May this year, this time between the percentage of international payment showing up in renminbi (0.34% at that point) and the global share of letters of credit (4% by value) issued in the Chinese currency.
This also seemed like an anomaly, the FT reported. In global payment terms, the renminbi was in sixteenth position but in letters of credit (LCs) it was the third biggest currency.
The newspaper's explanation was that this was another arbitrage opportunity between the onshore and offshore markets for the RMB, although in this case on differences in interest rates. This time it was more of a financing ploy. Companies were making renminbi deposits at a bank in China on a higher interest rate than in Hong Kong. Then they got RMB-denominated letters of credit to pay for shipments of goods from their Hong Kong subsidiaries. But the subsidiaries used the documentary credit as collateral to obtain US dollar loans in Hong Kong at lower interest rates than they could onshore, with a currency swap to eliminate the foreign exchange risk.
That may look trade-related. But it's really a way of raising money more cheaply offshore. For some firms in China it proved a useful option, especially when the policy cycle was tightening last year, making credit difficult to get.
This matters because trade settlement is held up as the flag bearer for a wider international acceptance of the yuan, as well as the first phase of the three-step plan (a trade currency; then an investment currency; and finally a reserve currency). If the numbers aren't all that they appear, what might this mean for renminbi internationalisation?
The comeback is that the most lucrative days for arbitraging between the two markets for the renminbi (onshore and offshore) may already be over. Lower expectation of an ever-appreciating yuan has helped to reduce the discount in the offshore exchange rate. But also important is the steady increase in channels for cross-border capital flow, as well as wider scope for a greater number of investors to access them. This opens up more opportunity to take advantage of pricing anomalies between the two exchange rates, ensuring that major pricing mismatches won't survive for long. Policy changes in China, like the PBoC's decision to widen the daily trading band of the USD-CNY exchange rate, are also driving this convergence process.
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Siri's Name Recognition Seems to Be Getting Worse, Not Better
November 11th, 2011
Obviously for filing under first world problems.
I have not, until a month ago, had a smartphone. I joined the rest of the people I knew in the modern world when I bought an iPhone 4S. This is somewhat amusing, as three years spent in IT left me with Facebook and Google+ feed full of people posting reasons they won't ever buy another Apple or MS product. Well whatever, I got a damned iPhone, and those friends can deal.
For the first two weeks, Siri actually did a fantastic job recognizing the names of my friends. I was flat out amazed. It did it right out of the box, and never seemed to miss a beat. But over the past two weeks, results have progressively declined in value. My wife's name is Kelli. She spells it with an i, and I tease her for it. But Siri handled it just fine until a week an a half ago. Then I would ask it to call Kelli, and it would say I didn't have any contacts named Kelly. It stuck to this, and eventually I got it to work around based on using both first and last name. Now Siri insists that it can't call anyone named Kelly McCloud. It handled my last name just fine last week. It brings up, a list of my family members, all spelled Macleod, as an example of how it doesn't have any McClouds, but it could call one of these other wastrels if you want. But fuck all if you want to call someone on that list, it won't do it. You have to add the layer of telling it, no, you idiot, you pronounce it right when you read it out to me but you insist on some other spelling.
It's really this break between the insistence on spelling while still being able to correctly pronounce the names that makes it infuriating. Two of my best friends ever are named Eric and Erik. I will continue to omit their last names, but those are different. When I ask that it call Erik 2 it says it doesn't have an Erik, but it could call Eric 1 or Erik 2. Note that I use his full name to give it context. It pronounces both first and last back to me, saying it doesn't have an Eric 2 but it could call x where Erik 2. So, it really gets it all right, but insists that no one would ever name their child Erik or Kelli.
I understand that when two spellings are pronounced the same way, it has to make a choice for display, but it sees that there is an alternate spelling in my contacts list, indexes that alternate spelling, suggests that alternate spelling, but insists that the only valid spelling of the pronounced names Erik and Kelli is Eric and Kelly.
The overall effect is darkly comical. Siri is the spelling police. No you crazy Americans with your alternate name spellings, Siri draws a line in the sand, a line that says Erik is wrong. Only hateful idiots would use a spelling other than the Siri approved one. Have you considered misspelling the names of your friends in Siri to get them to index correctly? Siri would like you to consider doing that.
I've read over this, and I think I'm having a hard time expressing how surreal it feels. I just said: "Call Kelli Macleod" and Siri replies with audio and text: "I don't have a Kelly McCloud, but perhaps you meant one of these "Jamie Macleod or Kelli Macleod" and reads those names to me with correct pronunciation. Madness. I would have just said, "Oh well, it's voice technology and it's not quite there yet" if it had not worked perfectly well two weeks ago.
2 Responses to "Siri's Name Recognition Seems to Be Getting Worse, Not Better"
Erik not Eric Says:
August 25th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
I have changed ALL CONTACTS with the name Eric to the spelling Erik on my phone. My name is Erik.
Siri continues to give Eric as the default when I use voice to send text. Just like you the voice recognition errors in names are worse. I live in Hawaii and have added a LOT of Hawaiian names and words that SIRI did not recognize so I would prefer to edit the word database that she has "learned" surgically – not detonate the whole list and start again. Did you find a solustion?
Ian Macleod Says:
September 19th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Sadly, no, I had this problem just yesterday.


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Several hundred fans jammed the Macy's Memorial City store on Saturday as Mexican pop star and actress Thalía debuted her fall collection. During a meet-and-greet, the 44-year-old singer/actress, affectionately known as the Queen of Latin Pop, mingled with admirers as they chanted her name — like Madonna and Cher, she's a one-name superstar — and sang her most popular songs. Some had arrived as early as 5:30 am to be among the first in line.
The star of the popular Maria trilogy of telenovelas, who is also called "The Empress of Beauty", held babies, hugged fans and even allowed one man to pick her up in his arms.
The Thalía Sodi Collection, which includes nearly 250 items, ranging from clothing and shoes to jewelry and accessories, retails from $26.50 to just under $100. For fall, the collection emphasizes figure-flattering leopard print dresses and skirts, black-and-gold jacquard slacks, peplum tops, fitted jackets and an array of studded stilletos and glittery jewelry.
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Installing RMagick on OSX
I am working on a little app (link coming soon) with a friend of mine in an effort to practice my rails and now Rmagick skills since my day job doesn't allow me the opportunity.
One of the things that I am building is an logo generator so I need to have an image manipulator/generator of some sort. I have used ImageMagick on many projects in the past so I looked forward to spitting out the classy logos uswing Rmagick.
Like most open-souce installs on OSX and Linux there were some issues that came up along the way.
I first ran the following command on my OSX terminal but got a couple of errors.
# sudo gem install RMagick
Can't find Magick-config or GraphicsMagick-config program.
I fixed this error by installing the imagemagick-dev version as opposed to imagemagick.
Then when I tried it again I received this error:
Can't install RMagick. Can't find libMagick or one of the dependent libraries
I resolved this error by searching google and finding this thread so I toldfink (one of my osx package managers) that I wanted it to build imagemagick from source with the following command:
# fink --no-use-binary-dist install imagemagick-dev
After I rebuilt ImageMagick form source and inclused all of the dependent libraries i was able to successfully run the following command with no problems:
# sudo gem install RMagick
It worked! Yeah!
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To make Mr. Linky a little easier for us to use, please type your name and then a description of what you are linking (ie: kit, mini challenge, ect…).
Lovely choices. I've sorted mine out, must now arrange photograph and link!ReplyDelete
WOWZERS! I just love these kits, great summer time scrapping to do with it and the prize I won from the challenge here last month will fit perfectly with either kit! Fantastic! Shoot gone today so gotta wait till tomorrow to get my kit together! Thanks a bunch to the to you all Bethany and the Design team for what you do on the blog, I enjoy it very much!ReplyDelete
What a feast for the colour hungry. Appetizing colours playing of supportive blacks and wood grains. Makes me think of a scrapbook sandwich.
BTW, link for Summer School, not working for me.
wow, these kits are amazing!!
Sorry to see Milissa going..... a wonderful contributor!
Summer school not working for me either..and no June linky yet?ReplyDelete
These look like big fun! I just didn't have time to play last month, but I'm back and can't wait to get stuck in!ReplyDelete
Aww, thanks, ladies! I'll miss you girls but I'll still check in and play along as time permits! :)ReplyDelete


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Controversy has begun to trail the death of a commercial sex worker in a brothel on Empire Street, Mushin, Lagos, and the police are yet to unravel the circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
The deceased simply identified as Ifeoma, a mother of eight, was reportedly found dead inside her apartment in one of the brothels, recently.
While some of her colleagues are of the opinion that she could have been poisoned by one of her male customers, others, are of the view that a 'Judas' among them, could have perpetrated the deed. Crime Guard gathered that the late Ifeoma who was in her early 40s, left Enugu State for Lagos, in search of greener pasture, after the demise of her husband.
When Crime Guard visited the brothel, some of her colleagues kept sealed lips on the matter. But others who spoke on condition of anonymity said she left the brothel that fateful evening, for a junction where she usually 'hustled.'
One of her colleagues narrated thus: " The last time we saw her was when she was going out in the evening. At midnight, some neighbours informed us that she was seen throwing up at the junction where she 'worked'. From there, she managed to stagger back to the brothel. As she was staggering home, her colleagues who thought she was drunk hailed her while others booed her.
On getting to the hotel, she went straight to her room, without talking to anyone and locked herself inside. The next thing we heard was the sound of music. She later increased the volume and we thought she could be having a good time . But when the noise persisted, we had to knock on her door to at least caution her to turn down the volume of her radio because it is against the rule of the brothel".
Apprehension as gathered, set in following silence from Ifeoma after several bangs on her door. Out of curiosity and anger over Ifeoma's defiant attitude, her colleagues decided to forcefully open the door.
" We called in some boys to come and break the door. But to our shock, when it was forced open, we found Ifeoma lying on the floor. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was confirmed dead. From there she was taken to the Lagos Island General Hospital mortuary", a colleague said.
Continuing, she said, her death baffled all of us. We suspect she must have been poisoned. But the question is, who could have poisoned her and for what reason? If it was one of her male friends, what will the person achieve? And if it is one of us, particularly those she fell apart with in the course of the job, what will the person achieve"? She asked.
But on further investigation, Crime Guard learnt that few months before her demise, Ifeoma was struck with a mysterious ailment. On whether she was adequately treated remains a riddle to be unravelled.
Shock, disbelief greeted bereaved family
When news of Ifeoma's death filtered into her family's house back in Enugu, her aged mother was reportedly shattered. But family members were reportedly greeted with shock on discovering their daughter's profession. Worst hit, was her mother in whose custody are Ifeoma's eight children.
Since she left the village, Ifeoma was said to have been sending money home on weekly basis for the upkeep of her children,with a promise that she would come for them when she was financially stable someday.


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How can you tell the Jazzfest neophytes from the veterans? Check their backpacks. The rookies throw a couple of water bottles and a camera into a tote bag and consider themselves party-prepped. But frequent festers know you're not good to go to the Fair Grounds unless your carryall includes these essentials.
Binoculars -- Or, depending on how late you try to find a place to park your chair for the Simon and Garfunkel singalong, maybe a telescope.
Handheld mister -- It not only keeps you cool, it makes you instant friends with the people sweating around you.
Coozie -- Because this is still America and we like our beer cold, dammit.
Sunscreen and lip balm -- Skin cancer is a disease, not a souvenir. Protect yourself.
Raincoat -- Disposable ponchos cost just a buck; pack a couple extras and brighten a stranger's stormy day. If it doesn't rain, you can sit on it.
Toilet tissue to go -- The only legal way to roll your own.
Wet wipes -- A little Crawfish Monica sauce here, a little Creole mustard there, a little dirt under the nails . . . you get the picture.
Lidded plastic containers -- If you've never gotten Jazzfest food to go, make this the year. That stuff's just too good not to have leftovers.
WWOZ backpack cooler -- Costs $20 and supports the funky community radio station at 90.7 FM. To order, go to www.wwoz.org and click on Swamp Shop.Did we miss any of your festival essentials? What's in your Jazz Fest backpack? Leave your thoughts in the comment stream below.


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When you are using a proxy, the "proxy exception list" (also known as "ignore-hosts list") is sometimes necessary. The proxy exception list basically tells an application or desktop (which uses a proxy) to not use the proxy for particular destinations or websites. The proxy exceptions are needed when you are trying to access web servers on local LAN or those with private IP addresses which are not reachable from outside. You need to directly connect to those web servers, not through the proxy.
Some applications (e.g., Firefox) come with their own in-app proxy settings. In this case, you can use the app-specific proxy settings to define proxy exceptions.
If you want to rely on the system-wide proxy settings of Ubuntu desktop, you can configure proxy exceptions as follows. Note that if you are looking to set up proxy exceptions in a headless server environment, refer to this tutorial instead.
Add Proxy Exceptions from the Command-Line
On GNOME-based Ubuntu desktop, you can use the gsettings command to adjust proxy settings from the command line, and that includes proxy exceptions.
Type the following command, and it will print the current proxy exception list (or "ignore-hosts" list) of your desktop.
['localhost', '127.0.0.0/8', '::1']
The default proxy exception list contains three local hostname and addresses. '127.0.0.0/8' is an address block resolved for loopback, and '::1' is the IPv6 loopback address.
To change proxy exceptions, use set option with gsettings command as follows.
Permitted items in the proxy exception list are hostnames (e.g., www.cnn.com), domains with wildcard (e.g., *.xmodulo.com), IPv4/IPv6 addresses, or CIDR blocks (e.g., 192.168.1.0/24).
Now verify that the proxy exception list is successfully modified.
['localhost', '127.0.0.0/8', '192.168.1.0/24', 'xmodulo.com', '::1']
The desktop settings modified by gsettings are preserved across desktop reboots.
Add Proxy Exceptions via GUI
The graphical counterpart for gsettings command-line tool is dconf-editor.
First install it on your desktop.
To configure proxy exceptions, launch dconf-editor and go to "system"->"proxy" on the left side bar.
Then on the right-side pane, modify "ignore-hosts" field.
Similar to gsettings, any change made with dconf-editor remain permanent across system reboots.
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Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, Paid Time Off, Free Parking, Discounted Meals, and Travel Discounts
The Crowne Plaza Kansas City, managed by The Hotel Group (THG) is looking for a courteous, customer service driven, happy, energetic, ambitious, inspired, ego-free, and 'open for business' type Line Cook to join our growing hospitality team! If you think you are ready for the exciting world of hospitality then The Hotel Group is for you!
Summary of position: Prepares all food items according to standard recipes and/or as specified on guest check to ensure consistency of product to the guest. Visually inspects, selects and uses only food items ideal cooking, in preparation of all menu items. Checks and controls the proper storage of product, monitoring age and condition of all food items to rotate and maintain highest quality. Keeps all refrigeration equipment, storage and working areas clean and clutter free, complying with Health department regulations. Full job description available upon request.
Qualifications: Prior hotel or hospitality experience preferred. Must be able to work nights, weekends and holidays.
We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits, and industry discounts. Potential for promotional opportunities to other THG properties including Marriott & Hilton brands.
Who We Are:
With a name like The Hotel Group, we don't just aspire to set new standards in the hospitality industry; we promise it - to team members, guests, partners and investors with national recognition on the Top 40 hotel management companies. Founded in 1984, THG currently manages and/or owns 38 properties in 12 states, representing 19 brands and employs more than 2,000 team members. Our guiding principle of integrity leads us to respect client partners and encourage team members' growth. THG keeps potential in mind, judging prospective properties by what they can be, not what they are. Because of this drive, we have consistently made poorly performing hotels into market leaders and attracted the industry's finest people to our ranks along the way. As our legacy and success continue to grow we will maintain the core values of integrity, initiative, innovation, and inspiration that have brought THG thus far.
To learn more about our company please visit our web site at www.thehotelgroup.com
The Hotel Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, offering employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, sex, veteran status or other classifications protected by law.


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Sustainable Cities for the Future
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on July 9th, 2009
Image: amirjina via Flickr
Graduate Research Conference: Sustainable Cities for the Future
Globally, economies are facing challenges to future sustainability and are investing in strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, the potential of new climatic realities. People are increasingly moving into urban areas, placing stress on transport and other basic infrastructure. Australia provides an excellent 'laboratory' to review the future sustainability of cities, with climate scientists suggesting it will be one of the first countries to be impacted by climate change. Universitas 21 is holding a second conference for graduate researchers to be held in Australia from 29 November 2009 to 6 December 2009. The conference builds on the highly successful inaugural graduate research conference held in Birmingham in July 2008 on the themes of Water and Sustainability.
The conference will explore issues of sustainability of cities including: energy; water; the built environment; cultural, historical and social issues; human health; transport and the natural environment.
Dates: 29 November – 6 December 2009
Venue: Universities of Melbourne & Queensland, Australia
Participants: All U21 graduate students with an academic / research interest in city sustainability and associated themes.
The conference provides an inclusive, multi-disciplinary context to examine the topics listed above. Participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own research through oral and poster presentations. Graduate research students from all disciplines are invited to apply.
Deadline: 30 September 2009
For more information, visit the Universitas 21 website.


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Koch on film
By Ed Koch
Seraphim Falls (-)
This pretentious western film set in 1868 seeks to convey some highbrow message. I was put off by the movie, and the message escaped me.
A five-man posse led by Col. Morsman Carver (Liam Neeson) is tracking a man we later learn is Gideon (Pierce Brosnan). The question is who is the bad guy. Is it Col. Carver who makes derisive comments to his posse, or is it Gideon who kills some of his pursuers in ingenious ways? The two men fought on opposite sides during the Civil War Gideon for the North and Carver for the South. A flashback to 1865 involving both men explains the intensity of their personal struggle.
The scenes of the untamed areas are beautiful and Gideons physical exploits are fascinating. Nevertheless, Seraphim Falls in no way matches the greatness of the old westerns and, at least for me, is a failure.
HS said: The movie reminded me of Zabriskie Point with an overlay of And Then There Were None. The plot is confusing but the mountains, waterfalls and desert of what appear to be Nevada or California are magnificent. Although the film is wildly implausible descending into illusions, it has its points particularly if you go for male bonding.
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Brazil holidays
Travelling on private tours to Brazil affords the freedom of choosing an itinerary suited perfectly to you.
While we have created suggested itineraries, including those off-the-beaten-track journeys, cruises down the Amazon and programmes suited to families, you are able to adjust these how you wish – or even create one from scratch.
To design a bespoke itinerary, please contact a Cox & Kings South America expert.
This tour focuses on South America's cultural and natural highlights, revealing the continent's diversity, and passing from high Andean scenery down to the thundering Iguazú Falls. Stop in buzzing...
Discover the colonial treasures of Minas Gerais
and learn about Brazil's history, travelling
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combines the elegance of Buenos Aires
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This journey travels across six countries and explores South America's greatest cultural, historic and natural wonders, visiting Rio de Janeiro, the Iguaçu Falls, Buenos Aires, Santiago and the...
Visit Brazil's spectacular sights while staying
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Get a taste of vibrant Brazil on a journey
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This package excludes international flights.
Take a self-drive tour of the rugged landscapes of the north-west, discovering colourful hills, dramatic gorges, colonial towns, adob...
We have highlighted the standard of accommodation featured on a tour immediately above the tour itinerary.
In some cases, tours include some departures in one category and some in another: you can see and select the different tour types under 'tour variations'. For these tours, the itinerary is generally the same and just the standard of accommodation varies. However, if there are any variations in the excursions included, these are shown within the itinerary.
Superior: Most Cox & Kings tours fall under this category and are based in 4- or 5-star accommodation, or the best available.
Luxury: These tours will usually feature 5-star de luxe accommodation throughout.
Standard: Simpler in emphasis, these itineraries typically feature 3- and 4-star accommodation throughout.
Discovery: This type of holiday is best suited to the hardier traveller, as it will typically include some quite basic accommodation, possibly longer and rougher road journeys and, in some cases, more arduous activities, such as trekking.


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Ancient Dragon Zen Gate will hold a half-day meditation retreat on Sunday, October 16, from 7:30am to 1:30pm.
An opportunity to deepen awareness
Attendance for the half-day retreat is limited and registration is required. Zendo lunch will also be included as part of the retreat. Suggested donation is $35, sliding scale available. Please register no later than Tuesday, October 11! Please contact [email protected] or (773) 899-3841 to register, or for more information.
Following the half-day retreat, we will be holding a priest ordination ceremony at 3:00pm, open to the public, everyone welcome.
PUBLIC WELCOME to the regular zazen period at 9:20 am, and Dharma talk at 10:15 am, even if you are not attending the all-day sitting. There will be no meditation instruction class Sunday morning, October 16.
Ancient Dragon Zen Gate is located at 1922 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, near Damen Avenue and the Irving Park Brown Line station. Free parking is usually available on nearby cross-streets.