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Anticipation of a mobile phone development projects within Google appears confirmed by a recent job posting at the company's Mountain View, Californa, headquarters.
The Google Jobs Web site currently lists an opening for a "first-rate analog designer with more than 5 years experience," to join an internal effort to create a new mobile communications device. The ad states, that "Google is experimenting with a few wireless communications systems including some completely novel concepts."
The posting goes on to invite applicants to consider joining the company's "small team of top-notch logic designers and analog designers aimed at nothing less than making the entire world's information accessible from anywhere for free."
The statements lay to rest any doubts regarding rumors that Google was actively developing a mobile communications hardware platform, although it remains to be seen whether the final product will bear any resemblance to images published by Web sites such as Gizmodo.com.
The job posting will fuel rampant speculation and lend credence to reports such as the one recently published by venture capitalist Simeon Simeonov of Polaris Venture Partners. In his blog entry this week, Simeonov reports that Google has assembled a group of 100 employees to work on the project under the direction of Andy Rubin, founder of mobile device maker Danger.
Rubin's subsequent startup, Android, was acquired by Google in 2005, along with a mobile applications company Reqwireless. Simeonov also draws a link to Google purchase of Skia that year. The company's flagship product was a portable graphics engine designed for low-end devices, such as mobile phones.
Although Google has announced a partnership with Samsung to embed Google's mobile services on select Samsung phones, the search engine giant still has not publicly acknowledged plans to develop its own mobile hardware. Google previously partnered with Nokia to develop a mobile device to communicate over existing wi-fi networks using a mobile version of Google Talk.


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21st Americas Regional Conference
06 July 2011 - 08 July 2011 - Oranjestad, Aruba
English, French, Spanish
The Americas Regional Conference is a meeting where policy and strategy matters concerning improvement of police co-operation between the member countries of the Americas and the crime situation are discussed on the basis of preparatory work carried out by officials of the Americas Sub-Directorate and on the contributions from delegations.
In accordance with the Terms of Reference for INTERPOL Regional Conferences, the Americas Regional Conference may take decisions which involve the development of activities related to basic matters connected with criminality and police strategy in the region.
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This is the alarm clock that gently awakens sleepers with music from a connected iPhone and progressively brighter light. Sleepers can rise to music from an iPhone or iPod that slowly increases in volume at either 30 or 10 minutes prior to the set wake up time in addition to the lamp's light that brightens over the same interval; alternatively, music or light can be selected individually. Users can also wake to the lamp's integrated FM radio (with 10 station presets) or the buzzer. Four forward-firing, 2-watt full-range speakers provide crisp treble response and two rear-firing bass reflex ports provide robust bass, optimized by five equalizer presets. Works with most iPhone and iPod models using the 32-pin connector and three included dock adapters; for playing music, its auxiliary port accepts other music devices, such as Nanos, Shuffles, or Android phones. With headphones port. Plugs into AC with the included adapter. 9 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W x 4" D. (3 lbs.)
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Usermin is a Web interface that can be used by any user on a UNIX system to easily perform tasks like reading mail, setting up SSH, or configuring mail forwarding. It can be thought of as a simplified version of Webmin designed for use by normal users rather than system administrators.
Usermin For Webmail is a modified version of the Usermin package that is pre-configured for use as a Web-based email client. It is designed to work on systems running a local IMAP server, such as Dovecot. By default, users can read email, setup autoresponders and forwarding with Procmail, filter mail with simple rules, change their passwords, and manage folders.
CTWM is a highly-configurable window manager based on the classic TWM window manager. It supports xpms, multiple workspaces, advanced icon managment, animated icons and backgrounds, 3D titles and borders, etc. It offers rudimentary Gnome support and is backwards-compatible with TWM.
fping is a ping-like program which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding. fping differs from ping in that you can specify any number of targets on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping. Instead of sending pings to one target until it times out or replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin fashion.
A Chrome extension that saves images and links to Dropbox and Google Drive.
A Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution for small- and medium-sized businesses.


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text: As the show's eponymous man-child host, creator and star Paul Reubens reinvented children's TV programming in the 1980s by melding the innocence of early TV shows like Howdy Doody with the surreal visual style of music videos. It was the rare kids show that encouraged creativity and individualismand screaming (whenever the "secret word" was spoken). Over its five-season run (198791), the show collected 22 Emmy Awards, won the Television Critics Award for Outstanding Children's Program in 1987, and is ranked in the top ten of TV Guide's Top Cult Shows Ever.


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text: A planning meeting has been scheduled to determine whether there is interest for a multi-year Montezuma-Cortez High School Class Reunion. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. at Empire Electric's Calvin Denton room, 801 N. Broadway. The Class of 1948 is planning their 65th reunion and would like to encourage all other classes to join with them for individual or class gatherings. This meeting is open to all individuals from Cortez High School or M-CHS classes. Participation and suggestions will be appreciated. For more information, contact Jeannie Belden at 565-7915 or Shirley Hansen at 565-4207.


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CUNA Mutual Says Union Ratified Contract
CUNA Mutual Group announced Friday that Local 39 of the Office & Professional Employees International Union has ratified a three-year contract with the Madison, Wis., company.
Salary increases, bigger performance bonuses, modifications to health insurance and to the current defined benefit plan were in the package for approximately 700 employees of the credit union insurance and investments firm.
"Our company has a goal of being an employer of choice who provides good-paying jobs, strong benefits, professional growth and development, and opportunities for employees to make a difference for the customers we serve and the communities where we live," CUNA Mutual's chief human resources officer, David Sargent, said in a company statement.
"Union leadership and the company worked hard in the past two months to reach agreement on a contract that reflected both sides' most important issues," he said.
"Reaching an agreement of this sort during these economic times was difficult, but working together was key and both teams were determined to achieve results" said Debra Eveland, business representative for OPEIU Local 39. "The union looks forward to continuing a working relationship with the company."


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Jeffrey Braatz calls his selection as NIADA's 2009 Quality Dealer of theYear
"The most humbling thing of my life."
"I was blown away by the quality ofmy competition,"said Braatz,as he
described the field of 22 dealers who were nominated by their state
associations to compete on the national level. "They are really great
people. I didn't think therewas anyway I would be selected. Itwas a dream
come true."
He called the experience "surreal."
Braatz is owner of ParadiseMotor Sales, Inc. in Lansing and is a 33-year
veteran of the automotive industry.He and his fellow candidates were
judged by a Northwood University panel which looked at a variety of
factors in order to make their selection including contributions to the
automotive industry and community involvement. The most honoring
part of the award is being recognized for how you did it,not for how many
cars you sell,"he said. "This honor makes me want to be a better dealer
and a better person."
Jeffrey Howard Braatz
of Lansing, MI
A Certified Master Dealer® since 2008,Braatz said his involvement and
dealership allow him to accomplish whatever "I can do for other people"
both in his business and his community. He called helping others among
the most favorite part of his work,especially when he works with
customers, then sees their children and grandchildren come to his
dealership "people who weren't even born when I started in the
business. It's pretty satisfying to sell second and third generation people,"
although he also loves the challenge and risk of the automotive industry.
Braatz's civic contributions filled several pages of his application but
judges especially noted his work with Special Olympics, helping
under privileged children at risk for drug abuse and a 2002 Business
Restoration Award for his support and efforts in re-energizing commerce
in a blighted area of the state's capitol city.
He got his start as a 19-year-old service station attendant who caught the
eye of a car salesman from a franchise dealership. By 23,he was a used car
manager and by age 27,he had purchased his own dealership without
help from family members or partners. "I just risked everything to do what
I loved," Braatz said.
Since that time, Braatz has built Paradise Motors into a thriving business
with a dozen employees who get major credit from their boss. "We have a
great team that works well with one another and treats our customers
with care and dignity," he said." I communicate with all of them daily to
help them keep their great attitude and positive outlook.You can always
do good business,have fun,operate with integrity and at the same time
energize both the people and the process."
He also praised his CMD designation and how it has helped him move
forward in his business." I wish I had done it 25 years ago" Braatz said.
The Lansing dealer has been a member of the Michigan IADA since
1990 and was instrumental in starting a mid-Michigan chapter for his state association.
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Deaf Ministry members, from left, LeRoy Terrio, Coordinator Connie Martin, Chaplain Fr. Ken Robinson, and choir director and religious education teacher Ann Rodenberg.
Born and raised as a Roman Catholic, 41-year-old Tania Rodriguez said she didn't really develop a deep understanding of her faith until about three years ago. That's when she started attending a Deaf Community Mass in the Diocese of Fort Worth.
At that Mass, held the first Sunday of each month at St. Rita Church in Fort Worth, about 75 members of the deaf community gather for services at which they can fully participate and connect with God. The Mass is celebrated with spoken words and in American Sign Language by Father Ken Robinson, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Muenster. He is assisted by Connie Martin, coordinator of Deaf Ministry and Special Needs Services for the Diocese of Fort Worth.
"It's so important to have the Deaf Community Mass," Rodriguez said, as Martin helped sign and articulate her answers. Rodriguez is profoundly deaf, but reads lips and uses oral speech herself.
"I've been going to church all my life. I had no interpreters growing up," Rodriguez said. "I didn't understand my Catholic faith as well as I do now." Through sign language interpretation during the Mass and involvement with other deaf Catholics, Rodriguez said she comes away with a better understanding of the readings, homily, and the entire Mass.
"I can follow along with what's happening better and be with everyone else at the same time," Rodriguez said, comparing her experience at a Deaf Community Mass to that of a Mass for the hearing. Even at Masses with interpreters for the deaf, a lag often exists between the moment readings, homilies, and prayers are spoken and the sign language is relayed. At the Deaf Community Mass, sign language is the primary communication. It is either used simultaneously with spoken words or communicated first and then interpreted for the hearing members of the congregation.
Deaf community members said they enjoy that sense of spontaneity and harmony at the monthly Deaf Community Mass.
Rodriguez has served as treasurer for the Deaf Ministry and is involved as a lector and extraordinary minister of holy Communion. When not attending the monthly Deaf Community Mass at St. Rita, she attends Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denton.
"I have been connected to God all my life," she said. "But now I feel closer. I'm closer to God and connected with our faith community."
LeRoy Terrio has also experienced a closer relationship with God, a greater sense of community, and a deeper understanding of his faith since attending Deaf Community Masses.
Profoundly deaf, Terrio communicated by American Sign Language through Martin.
Terrio said his strengthened journey of faith started in 1998, when he moved from Connecticut to North Texas and became involved with the Diocese of Fort Worth Deaf Ministry. In Connecticut, Terrio said, he attended Masses, but was not actively engaged with the church community.
Catholics take an active part in all aspects of the monthly Deaf Community Mass, including responsorials.
Since becoming involved with the Diocese of Fort Worth Deaf Ministry program, he has become an active participant in his faith community. He is a member of the Deaf Ministry Advisory Board, an extraordinary minister of holy Communion, lector, altar server, and greeter. He also assists in many others ways, including collections, coordinating participation in the presentation of gifts during Mass, and helping find parishioners to participate in the Chalice Program for Religious Vocations, to name a few. He is also involved at his home parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Grapevine. In addition, Terrio stays busy with Knights of Columbus Council 9884 in Lewisville.
"My connection and communication with God has totally improved," Terrio said. "The more I pray, the more I feel relief from the many challenges in life."
Terrio said it also gives him comfort to help others in the local deaf community and said it is gratifying to serve at the Deaf Community Mass. "It gives me great satisfaction to help others and build community. I believe that is what God wants me to do," he said.
The active Deaf Ministry member added, "We are getting more and more people to come to Mass. More people are getting involved and participating in the Mass. I can see that."
Terrio said in addition to participating in a Mass that they can clearly understand, members of the deaf community join in the fellowship that follows.
Like Terrio, both Fr. Robinson and Martin count themselves fortunate to be a part the Deaf Ministry and to serve the Church with this devout group of Catholics.
Fr. Robinson has been celebrating Masses in American Sign Language for area Catholics since 1996. He prepared by studying locally and at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The school is a premier higher education institution for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. It also provides education for hearing students pursuing careers involved with deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
The priest is respected by members of the local Deaf Community for his dedication, understanding of the needs of the deaf, and ability to celebrate Mass in a way all can understand. With assistance from Martin and other members of the Deaf Ministry, Fr. Robinson is able to administer all sacraments, including Reconciliation, in American Sign Language.
Martin coordinates sacramental preparation classes for the deaf, along with many other duties in her role as coordinator of deaf ministry. In addition to the monthly Deaf Community Mass, interpreted Masses are offered weekly at eight parishes in the Diocese of Fort Worth. Retreats and other faith-building activities are also offered.
Both Martin and Fr. Robinson said the goal of the Deaf Ministry program is not only to help the deaf and hard-of-hearing to worship and receive religious education, but to assist them so they may minister to others. This includes participation in all aspects of parish and diocesan life.
"In our diocese, we are truly blessed that the bishops have been supportive of a Deaf Ministry program," said Fr. Robinson. "And the Knights of Columbus throughout the diocese have been major supporters," he added, commenting on the money raised annually by the Knights in the diocese for the Texas State Council's charities program, 70 percent of which comes back to the diocese to fund the deaf ministry and seminarian support.
As a result, he said, the diocese has enabled a dedicated and talented group of Catholics to continue the work that Jesus asked of his disciples when he appeared to them after his resurrection.
The reference was to Mark 16:15 — Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all mankind.
"He didn't say, 'Leave out some of the people,' " Fr. Robinson said.
Reflecting on the fact that the Diocese of Fort Worth Deaf Ministry will be celebrating its 40th anniversary later this year, Fr. Robinson said the diocese has a long history of living true to that gospel directive.
"We always need to remember that everyone in our community has something to offer," Fr. Robinson said.
Born and raised as a Roman Catholic, 41-year-old Tania Rodriguez said she didn't really develop a deep understanding of her faith until about three years ago. That's when she started attending a Deaf Community Mass in the Diocese of Fort Worth.


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I know he's only played 28 games but I'm curious to hears peoples thoughts.
7.8 5.2 1.1 52.4 70.3 0.3 1.1
How is he playing compared to how you thought he would play? (honestly haha - we should check Everything Valanciunas for predictions)
In his 28 games whose style did you see most in him? (Noah, Asik, Chandler, Gasol)?
How do you see his campaign vs other young Cs (Drummond, Leonard, Zeller, Bismack, Kanter, Vucevic) and where do you see him ranking against them going forward?
Personally I've been impressed by his play so far. He's shown a strong bball IQ (probably due playing professional ball in Europe for a few years already). Having said that he seems more raw than I expected it's more energy and effort then natural talent (ie Anthony Davis) that has established his play. He is not as strong or athletic as Drummond but if he can get his FT% higher he could be one of the few Cs in the league where you could keep him in during crunch time and feed him the ball without worrying about 'hack-a-shaq' tactics.


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Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (ICPSR 6854)
Principal Investigator(s): Juster, F. Thomas; Willis, Robert J., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a major national panel study of the lives of older Americans. The HRS includes the "original" HRS and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest-Old (AHEAD) study. These studies were merged in 1998 and now represent the United States population over age 50. The study is funded by the National Institute on Aging to provide researchers, policy analysts, and program planners with current data on the antecedents and consequences of retirement. Questionnaire topics include physical and cognitive functioning, retirement plans, family structure and transfers, demographic characteristics, housing, employment status, income, disability, health insurance, pension plans, job history, and attitudes, preferences, and expectations for the future. The survey data are linked with administrative records from the Employer Pension Study (1993 and 1999), National Death Index, Social Security Administration earnings and projected benefits data and W-2 self-employment data, and Medicare files.
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Subject Terms: aging, attitudes, disabilities, expectations, family relations, health care costs, health insurance, housing, income, insurance claims, job history, Medicaid, mental health, older adults, personal finances, physical condition, retirement, social services, social support, wealth
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Japanese market share of the Western game market has been reduced to 20 percent according to an analysis of the Japanese gaming industry by the CESA. The decline is significant as Japanese game development used to maintain a dominant position in the industry especially for home and portable console game development.
The speed of the decline is also noteworthy as the decline has become impossible to ignore during this generation of home consoles which are roughly 2 to 3 years old.
In October of last year, Square Enix president Yoichi Wada declared that Japan had "lost its position" as the leader in the video game industry. These claims are being backed by evidence which shows the market share for Western-developed titles in their own territories doubled between 2004 and 2007 while Japanese game market share has declined.
Although market share has declined, data summarized by Kotaku revealed the news is not all negative as revenue generated from Japanese game exports overall have increased by 43 percent year on year in 2006 and by 54.3 percent in 2007. The success is attributed primarily to the success of the Nintendo DS and Wii hardware.
According to a senior analyst at Nomura Finance, there are several causes for the decline in Japanese game development. He suggests RPG games which Japanese developers tend to focus are not as popular in the west. He also suggests the right to develop games in potentially lucrative areas such as sports or popular movie franchises is tightly controlled.
Nomura also states since the successful launch of the Microsoft Xbox the quantity and size of the competition in the field of game development has increased significantly making it more difficult for Japanese game developers to maintain significant market share.


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This is the mini-golf course that sets up indoors or outdoors to challenge players with a variety of obstacles. Made in Munich, Germany, from rugged ABS that will not crack or break, it includes nine pieces that allow players to create unlimited courses. A maze obstacle returns balls that miss the 3" wide lane leading to the hole in its center, an inclined corkscrew requires the right angle of attack to reach the hole at its center, a two-way incline demands just the right touch to reach the hole at its apex without dropping down the other side, and two circular 13 1/4" diameter raised platforms tease players with shallow holes that can allow a ball to pass over if hit too hard. A bridge and a banked curve provide additional challenge. Includes one rubberized 29" putter, one plastic golf ball, and two 4 1/4" diam. practice discs. Ages 5 and up. Boxed 21" L x 19" W x 19" D. (13 lbs.)
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In a
press release seemingly from a science fiction movie, a recently discovered
planet about 200 light years from Earth reportedly orbits two different suns.
This is the first time researchers have
witnessed a planet with two stars, but researchers aren't surprised at this
The Kepler 16b planet has two suns that orbit one another in 35 days. If
a person visited Kepler 16b, they would be greeted by a sky that featured two
prominent stars -- and circles both stars in 229 days.
SETI researchers don't believe that life exists on Kepler 16b, but are anxious
to learn more about Kepler 16b. The planet itself likely is extremely
dense, and is close to the size of Saturn, researchers say.
Kepler 16b's larger sun is almost 70 percent the size as the Earth's sun, while
the smaller star is closer to 20 percent. The planet and its celestial
bodies are able to form a proper system because they are an appropriate
distance from one another, so there doesn't appear to be a risk of the planet
collapsing into one of its stars.
When Tatooine was first shown in Hollywood, there was immediate doubt as to
whether or not a similar planet would be found.
"It's possible that there's a real Tatooine out there," said John
Knoll, Industrial Lights and Magic visual effects supervisor, in a
statement. "Kepler 16b is unambiguous and dramatic proof that
planets really do form around binaries."
The findings were published in Science, and were made using the Kepler space
telescope. The Kepler program aims to continue searching for planets
similar to Earth that also orbit stars, along with studying how many stars have
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Stevenson Coffee Table, Polished Nickel
Hotel furnishings of the 1930s and '40s inspired the elegant industrial aesthetic and practical design of our coffee table. Crafted with a sturdy metal frame and tempered glass shelves, its set on casters and topped with ball finials.
- Made from welded steel with die-cast metal joints.
- Non-marring castors roll smoothly and lock securely.
- Each piece is plated and finished by hand.
- Sealed with a clear topcoat to stay tarnish-free.
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- Overall: 50" x 32" x 18" high.
- Shelf dimensions: 47 1/2" x 29 1/2"
- Shelf clearance: 10".
- Product weight: 88 lb.
- Made in China.
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- Dust with a clean, dry cloth. Avoid any harsh abrasives or chemicals as they may damage the finish of this item.
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Please allow up to 2 to 4 weeks for delivery. Item arrives fully assembled and in one piece by our in-home delivery with White Glove service. We'll call you in advance to schedule a delivery time, then bring the item into your home, unpack and inspect it, perform simple assembly and dispose of all packaging material. (Please note that outdoor grills are not unpacked and require owner assembly. Complete beds will be set up; headboards only will be unpacked, but not attached to existing bed frames.) Delivery is by appointment, Monday – Saturday; our delivery service will call to arrange a day. Available in the 48 contiguous states. Please call 888.922.4108 for additional assistance.
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Jessica StormshellFree~ Well Made~ No Ads~ Small (2MB )This game is awesome. If you look through the comments, the majority of negative ones are from people who apparently did not see that this free version does not have a save option. You have to buy the full version in order to save. (Hey, you can't have everything for free, folks. Game developers gotta eat, right? And~ FREE GAME WITH NO ADS! Come on.) The graphics are beautiful and there are plenty of options for crafting your world.
LOL #awesomeIt's greatI play this on my iPad. Never saves progress and won't let U sleep. It needs more items to choose from in the menu too. I'm tired of just blocks and bricks. And it would be cool if you could see you player. The good part is I don't even need Wi fi to use it. I do want it yo be multiplayer
Sydney LaszloThis needs to b updated!!! U need to add a save ur work button! I get so mad when i come in the game the next day and I see all my work is GONE! I also think we should b able to search players and play with them. Me and my sis would rlly enjoy that. Make those changes and it could possibly b a five star!
AnonymousOkayIt's okay. It isn't such a bad game, I just wish you could save your work. Fix this, and I will rate five stars. Oh, and one more thing! Can you have it to where you can create block animals and people, and create your own character? But, please, DON'T make the same mistake Minecraft did and make it to where you have to survive. Thanks for your time! Have a WONDERFUL day!
aishu kvSave button please.!I really really enjoy this game. In fact, I play it like the whole day. But in the end you have to end the application some time or the other. The only problem is that if you end it, you have to restart it all over again and it really sucks. Once I made this huge house with everything and my brother accidentally closed the application and everything was like gone.! I would really give you guys 5 star rating if only you added a save button. Other than that, the game is amazing!!❤❤
sighkimzYou can't SAVE what you builtIT DOESN'T SAVE DO YOU KNOW WHATS ITS LIKE TO MAKE A HOLE CITY THEN COME BACK TO THE GAME AND FIND OUT ITS GONE DO YOU???!!! so help me god plzz fix but other than that its great 5stars if fixed
fab cookieThis game is AWSOMEThis game is amazing. It has good graphics, and you can do some things you can't do in mincraft. Ounce you get the full game you can save your world's. Just 2 things I'd like to fix. 1, animals, and 2 survival mode. That's all. Also to all the people who's creations disappear, buy the full game, beds are for decorating, and there is snow. If you go to where the furnace is and the TV is you'll find it right above the dirt block with white stuff on it. Then you place 2 of the snow slabs on top of each other and you get a snow block.
lily mothAwesomeThe best alternative to Minecraft. I make my own rules, and don't follow what all the cool kids have. This game is great, even if there is no save option. Everything in life requires work, just do it over again! Makes it much more fun to have a clean slate every time, as I don't play games often. You shouldn't be addicted! Read a book!
Miriah Van DuurenGreat alternativeMy son is six and loves mine craft. I downloaded this free version when I didn't have the funds to buy the mine craft version. He really likes it and sometimes plays this over the original. It's great for building with out all the creepy mine craft characters. If you're a parent who is firm on no weapons in games I recommend this app. They get a similar experience creating their worlds with out the weapons options.
Syeda Amina Fatima & Syeda Aisha WaniaAmazing -but there is a prob-This game is amazing It is so addicting Once I made a fabulous mansion with a swimming pool and a garden with a shed and it took me about 5 hours and after I finished making it I took many screenshots to Email my friends and family. THEN WHEN I WENT BACK ONTO EXPLORATION LITE ALL MY HARD WORK HAD GONE!!! There should really be a save button guys You have to BUY the full version So fix it THERE SHOULD BE A SAVE BUTTON!! Also there could be some animals and maybe wind or rain
Kyle sCan you please add:A save option, multi player, TNT, Mine cart/track, an option to make things float in water&air please. I know its a lot to ask but it would make me reaaaaaaaaaaaally happy and I'm sure it would make others happy to. NOTE: Don't make it too much like Minecraft but do make it awesome, and again please & thank you. AND STOP IGNORING EVERYONE'S REQUESTS!!!!!! Please!
sophia wildMine craft lite reviewGood app. You have to pay to save your world. Fun to build things. Inventory is really small. Not many building blocks as in colors and there are no eggs to spawn. NO ADDS WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING! Yass, anyways......cool decorations like flowers and pictures. No animals or modes like creative or survival. Its a good app worth 4 stars!
Carri WallerGood but no saveI like the game but without it saving, it's pointless. You can sort of save if you go to the menu and exit, but it doesn't always work. If you still want to play, here are 3 tips: to fly- go to options (to go up/down press the up/down and jump buttons together), waterfalls and lights can be turned on with the toggle button but waterfalls can't be turned off without placing a block where you put the water block
Peach Perfect YoutuberOne small thingI like it, but please save. You Can't expect people to stay on their android devices all day/night playing this game. They need rest sometimes. I have a way better game l can play, but it needs connection. All l want from this game is that you can save/name your world. Make the lite better for people who don't have any more money on their phones like l do. Thanks!
araloMy daughter with autism addicted!!!I just wanted to say my 5 year old with autism loves your game. She spends hours building in your game and amazes me and her mother on a daily basis. Our daughter has developmental delay as well, so it is amazing how creative she is in the game. She loves her little home, surrounded in lava, mind you. One request please add farm animals for her. She loves chickens and eggs the most. If it is already in the game then ignore my suggestion. Thank you so much it truly brightens or daughters day.


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Philosophy East & West Volume 59, Number 2 April 2009 125-141
© 2009 by University of Hawai'i Press
- Introduction
Skillful means is usually used by scholars and Buddhists to denote the following simple idea: the Buddha skillfully adapted his teaching to the level of his audience.1 This very broad and somewhat oversimplified definition tries to incorporate the whole range of Buddhist views on the subject. However, it does not help to explain why there is an extensive use of the term in central Mahāyāna sūtras while pre-Māhayāna texts are almost completely silent on this issue. I suggest that skillful means has not always been an all-Buddhist concept; rather, it was developed by Mahāyānists as a radical hermeneutic device. As such, skillful means is a provocative and sophisticated idea that served the purpose of advancing a new religious ideology in the face of an already established canonical knowledge. The Māhayāna use of the concept exhibits an awareness, not found in pre-Mahāyāna thought, of a gap between what texts literally say and their hidden meaning.
In 1978 Michael Pye wrote that "'skilful means' has scarcely been attended to at all."2 Since then, some attention has been given to the ethical, practical, and religious implications of the concept.3 Nevertheless, no one has ever asked why an idea that is considered to be so central to Buddhism in general did not become widely recognized before the arising of Mahāyāna. The compound skillful means – upāyakauśalya in Sanskrit or upāya kusala in Pāli – is not entirely a Mahāyāna creation; however, in Mahāyāna sūtras it has become widely used and has been charged with a special and novel meaning. The Mahāyāna interpretation adds a new and crucial layer to the pedagogical meaning of skillful means. It is aimed, eventually, at convincing those at whom it was directed that a new religious path (yāna) was greater than the old one. Critical reading of relevant portions of two early Mahāyāna sūtras – the Lotus Sūtra and the Skill in Means Sūtra – shows how the idea of skillful means is used to achieve this end: it explains how the old doctrine was at the same time not entirely true and not entirely false. This peculiar position is achieved by inventing an interpretive methodology, skillful means, that treats facts as nothing but educational literature. It allows Mahāyānists to challenge central Buddhist paradigms and offer a reorientation of the facts. The idea of skillful means allows a rejection of old literal statements about the life of the Buddha in order to charge them with new meaning. The old ideology is treated as skillful means; that is, it was offered for a specific purpose and is not completely true. On the other hand, as educational fiction, it had its good purpose.
The idea that the doctrine is some kind of a purposeful fiction is one step further from what is sometimes understood by skillful means: the idea that the dharma is designed to serve a purpose. It is based on the explicit idea that what has been said by the Buddha had a different and concealed meaning. The Pāli canon, for example, contains no such distinction. In the Pāli canon the words and actions of the Buddha are taken literally, and are treated as if the Buddha really meant them. There is no recognition of a gap between words or actions on the one hand and their meaning on the other. There is no recognition, for example, that religious goals were put forward only for the sake of achieving different (or, worse, contradictory) goals. On the other hand, in the early Mahāyāna teaching of skillful means, a gap is recognized between what the Buddha said or did and the meaning of his actions and words. The words of the Buddha then stop being taken literally and begin to be treated as textual entities as if they had been originally put together with concealed intentions. Indeed, Mahāyānists came up with a novel and radical idea: in early Buddhist teaching the literal level was different from the intentional level.
Why did Mahāyānists come up with such a radical idea? Primarily, I speculate, because it solved a well-known religious problem: how to suggest a significant doctrinal change without appearing completely heretical. Being part of an already more or less established tradition, "Mahāyānists" (probably not referring to themselves as such) had to consider carefully the relationship with what has already been established as the ruling paradigm. Whether this position was adopted for political reasons or because of real sentiment for the old, they could not criticize the existing body of religious facts by completely ignoring or rejecting it. The idea of skillful means is therefore an ingenious exercise in religious reformation through reinterpretation. In this sense, it is a hermeneutical device.
- 1 – See, e.g., Williams 1989, p. 143; Pye 2003, p. 1; and Gombrich 1996, p. 17.
2 – The quote is from Pye 1978, p. 2.
3 – Schroeder 2002, Schroeder 2004, and Hick 2004.


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Kim Oliver, president/CEO of HealthONE FCU, will remain as vice president of marketing and business development for all niche markets at the 27,000-member Partner Colorado CU.
Ken Olson, board chair of HealthONE FCU, will move to the Partner Colorado board of directors along with one HealthOne FCU advisory board member.
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Lets just say the episodes from the moment the war began, all the way up until Kinkaku's Kyuubi mode were......less than stellar!
But now, I think the people who make it, have realized this, and have stopped rushing everything, applied better voice acting and are implanting soundtracks with good timing!
I have renewed my membership at crunchyroll! Personally the Edo Sasori and Deidara arc did not seem to deserve my money.
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Set of 6 cards. Blank inside.
Item Description
Wee Forest Folk is a small family business, which delights in producing a line of miniatures – most of which are mice.
Annette Petersen crafted her first little critter many years ago. Since then her children have learned the ways of the mice and have created their own! Each miniature sculpture is a casting of an original piece sculpted in clay by either Annette, Willy or Donna Petersen.
Annette's first mice were made of bread dough, which didn't last very long (nibbled by the real thing, of course!). Now, we have much more sophisticated methods of molding which add strength and durability to every piece.
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A congressional advisory panel has said China is perfecting its ability to engage in cyber warfare and other computer espionage against the United States and its allies.
Congress also warned that China is working on better engaging in cyber warfare that could lead to the delay and disruption of U.S. military deployment anywhere in the world. Specifically, the Chinese are using cyber warfare to gain access to classified military documents, along with viewing documents from American corporations that work with the government.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was founded eight years ago in an effort to help learn about and give advice regarding U.S.-China relations. The overall threat of cyber attacks grows year after year, with 5 million computers in the United States last year the target of 43,880 incidents of attacks and other suspicious activity.
The top 10 largest U.S. defense contractor companies all suffered computer espionage from foreign-based attackers, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.
Chinese ability to attack is "so sophisticated that the US may be unable to counteract or even detect the efforts" of the attacks, according to the report.
The six Democrats and six Republicans who make up the panel said China's wide scale military modernization and "impressive but disturbing" computer and space warfare abilities "suggest China is intent on expanding its sphere of control even at the expense of its Asian neighbors and the United States."
There was no official word back from Chinese officials about the report.
President-elect Obama and his new staff will have to deal with cyber warfare and similar issues related to China once he takes office in January.
Obama will face pressure from lawmakers who seek to acquire additional funding for programs aimed at monitoring Chinese cyber attacks and help protect government and defense computers.
Another situation Obama has to consider is with the Chinese space program, which is "steadily increasing the vulnerability of US assets," with a better ability to locate US warships deployed in the Pacific Ocean.


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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2002 [United States] (ICPSR 23520)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC) collected basic information on facility characteristics, including size, structure, security arrangements, and ownership. It also collected information on the use of bedspace in the facility to indicate whether the facility was experiencing crowding. The JRFC included questions about the type of facility, such as detention center, training school, ranch, or group home. This information was complemented by a series of questions about other residential services provided by the facility, such as independent living, foster care, or other arrangements. In 2002, the JRFC used two modules to collect information on the substance abuse treatment and mental health treatment provided to youth in these facilities. While not evaluating the effectiveness or quality of these services, the JRFC gathered important information about the youth the services were directed toward and how the services were provided. The census indicated the use of screenings or tests conducted to determine counseling, education, health, or substance abuse needs, and also examined prominent issues about conditions of confinement, including the restraint of youth and improper absences from the facility. Congress requires the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to report annually on the number of deaths of juveniles in custody; JRFC collected information on such deaths for the one-year period just prior to the census reference date. The census reference date was the fourth Wednesday in October.
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Due to the sensitive nature of the data and to protect respondent confidentiality, the data are restricted from general dissemination. They may only be accessed at the ICPSR Data Enclave in Ann Arbor, MI. Users wishing to view these data must complete an Application for Use of the ICPSR Data Enclave (available for download as part of the documentation for this study), and receive permission to analyze the files before traveling to Ann Arbor. More general information about the Enclave may be found at ICPSR's Enclave Data Web site.
Any public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.
Study Description
United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2002 [United States]. ICPSR23520-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-02-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23520.v1
Persistent URL: https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23520.v1
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This study was funded by:
- United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: census data, correctional facilities, group homes, juvenile detention, juvenile offenders, juveniles, mental health services, substance abuse treatment
Smallest Geographic Unit: state
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (state), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- 2002-10-23 (93.8 percent of responses were based on this reference date)
- 2002-10-31--2003-04-15 (6.2 percent of responses were based on an alternative reference date)
- 2002--2003
Universe: Juvenile residential facilities in the United States holding at least one juvenile for an offense on the census reference date in 2002.
Additional information about the JRFC and other national juvenile corrections data collections sponsored by OJJDP is available from the National Juvenile Corrections Data Resource Guide.
Individual years of data from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) and Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), a compliment to the CJRP data, are available through enclave access. Users interested in utilizing the enclave data must complete an Application for Use of the ICPSR Data Enclave. Additional data in the CJRP Series, JRFC Series, and the Matched CJRP/JRFC Series will be made available in March 2012 through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data's Restricted Survey Documentation and Analysis (RSDA) system. Users interested in accessing these data through NACJD's RSDA system must complete a RSDA Data Use Agreement.
The purpose of the Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC) is to provide a detailed understanding of the facilities holding juveniles in custody across the United States. The JRFC offers information about the environments in which youth under 21 are held as part of a multilayered effort by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to describe both the youth placed in residential facilities and the environments of these facilities. The JRFC is a companion effort to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP), which collects information from the same facilities that meet JRFC inclusion criteria. The JRFC was administered for the first time in 2000 by the United States Bureau of the Census for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
The JRFC is designed to provide facility-level information for all facilities meeting certain inclusion criteria on the census reference date (see "Sampling" below). The questionnaire collects information about general facility characteristics; treatment policies, procedures, and services; events and incidents in the past 30 dates; deaths in the past year; and spaces or services shared with other facilities (see "Description of Variables" below).
The JRFC is administered by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Facility representatives receive mail questionnaires shortly before the survey reference date. A small number of facilities meeting census inclusion criteria decline to complete sections of the survey or fail to return the census forms after repeated notification and phone contact from Census Bureau personnel; these facilities are designated non-respondents. Other facilities may be unable to provide all the information necessary to complete the survey. In cases where facilities are unable or unwilling to complete all survey items, the Census Bureau uses complete records to impute missing data.
Sample: The inclusion criteria for facilities in the census were: the facility must house persons under the age of 21 who were charged with or adjudicated for an offense, and were present in the facility on the reference date because of that offense. JRFC did not capture data on adult prisons or jails, nor did it include facilities that are used exclusively for mental health or substance abuse treatment or for dependent children.
Mode of Data Collection: mail questionnaire
United States Bureau of the Census questionnaires
The 2002 JRFC (n=3,534; 351 variables) collects information on various aspects of residential facilities.
Section 1 of the survey form collects general facility information, including:
- location (state),
- facility population disaggregated by age and offense status (total, under 21, 21 or older, assigned a bed because of an offense, assigned a bed for other reasons),
- physical layout (e.g. presence of separate buildings or separate living/sleeping units),
- facility type (e.g. detention center, group home/halfway house, runaway and homeless shelter),
- treatment provided (e.g. mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment),
- owner and operator sector (private non-profit, for-profit, government) and, for government-owned or -operated facilities, level (tribal, federal, state, county, municipal),
- security features (e.g. locked internal or external doors or gates), and
- sleeping arrangements (occupants per sleeping room, number of standard and makeshift beds).
Section 2 describes mental health policies, procedures, and services provided inside or outside the facility.
Section 3 describes substances abuse policies, procedures, and services.
Section 4 of the survey form relates to events in the 30 days prior to the census reference date, including unauthorized departures, transportation to an emergency room, and young persons placed in physical restraints or in isolation.
Section 5 of the survey form gathers information about any deaths in the past year.
Section 6 of the survey form describes space shared with other facilities.
Response Rates: Using the number of in-scope facilities as a base (i.e., able to hold juveniles overnight and held juveniles on the reference date), the JRFC facility response rate was 96 percent in 2002.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
- Standardized missing values.
- Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
Original ICPSR Release: 2012-02-09
- 2016-08-10 Updated documentation and data files; additional detail added to metadata fields.
- 2014-01-09 User Guide was updated. Application for Use of the ICPSR Data Enclave was added to the collection.
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Based on what I've read about the new CBA, and Matt52's recent posting
I truly believe (and am confident that subsequent NBA seasons will demonstrate this to be accurate) that the new CBA will change the tax paying habits of the big spending teams. I don't think they will be willing to spend that much more in tax than they currently do, which means they will being going into the tax territory not nearly as much and not nearly as often.
The end result of this means that management becomes even more important to building a championship team than in the past, because you can't make up for management mistakes by spending more money.
This got me thinking, how good is Bryan Coangelo as a GM. Where would I rank him compared to other GM's in the league? I think it would be an interesting exercise to do a performance review for Coangelo on the the important tasks he's responsible for, as well as rank him against the rest of the GM's in the league.
On a scale of 0-10 (ten being good, and zero being not good)
Drafting: 8, I think he is a top 5 GM when it comes to drafting players who perform above where they were selected.
Trades: 7, Seems to be good at trading players who aren't very good for other players who are slightly better, and is able to get away from mistakes with causing the organisation to much pain. He seems to be a good judge of a players value. Unfortunately he also seems to be willing to make big trades that don't seem to get us anywhere and result in us giving up young talent.
Free Agent Signings: 4, doesn't seem to have a good track record here and that Turkoglu contract is still a monster.
Coaching: 7 Triano was not the right guy for the job, Casey seems to be.
Player Development: 6 You could argue that he trades draft picks/young talent to0 easily, and you could also add that he forces coaches to give playing time to players who don't deserve it and hangs on to players for too long (Bargnani) If Bargs plays well for a season or two I'd bump this rating, if he plays at his 2010-2011 performance for the rest of his career I'd drop the rating a number or two
I'm currently supporting Coangelo, albeit skeptically. For me I think the goal needs to be a top 5, or at the very least a top 10 GM. Where does Coangelo fit?
Fill out these categories (and any other categories you feel are pertinent) and then cast your vote on how he stacks up with the rest of the league.
I've heard rumours that he actually likes to read the site, so who knows, maybe a performance review will help him do a better job!
I gave him the nod for the top ten, but he is right on the fence and I could have just as easily put him in the 10-15 range.
Basically, I'm okay with getting rid of him if we can get someone better. The problem is that I'm not confident that his replacement will be any better, and could just as easily be worse.