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Under Shaw's previously approved issuer bid, during the 12 month period commencing November 16, 2005, Shaw purchased an aggregate of 3,759,900 Class B Non-Voting Shares at a weighted average price of $29.97. All such shares have been cancelled.
As approved by the TSX, during the period of November 17, 2006 to November 16, 2007, Shaw is now authorized to acquire up to an additional 15,300,000 Class B Non-Voting Shares representing approximately 10% of the public float of Class B Non-Voting Shares. A total of 203,791,366 Class B Non-Voting Shares of Shaw were issued and outstanding as at October 31, 2006.
Shaw continues to believe that purchases of Class B Non-Voting Shares under the bid are in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders and that such purchases constitute a desirable use of Shaw's free cash flow that is expected to enhance the value of the remaining Class B Non-Voting Shares.
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Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business Solutions) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice) to 3.2 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (TSX:SJR.B), (NYSE:SJR).
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Roses Are Blue, Violets are red, We're doing this backwards, That's what she said. XD
Expect me to troll random site for a bit. That's what I do. =3
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Unlike the original Xbox, Microsoft built the Xbox 360 as a worldwide gaming hardware unit. Different than its first box, the Xbox 360 was forged with careful planning, whether we're talking about aesthetics, technical capabilities, or the potential wealth of software from American, European and Japanese developers. While Bill Gates' company was unable to capitalize in any significant way with the original Xbox on the Japanese market, Microsoft surprised everyone with its big catches for Xbox 360, from Square Enix to Q Entertainment to Mistwalker's Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Then the system launched in Japan. Nobody would have dreamed the Xbox 360 would sell worse in Japan than the original Xbox. With Peter Moore, Microsoft's executive vice president of interactive entertainment, heading efforts in Japan, corralling developers and wooing big-name designers over to the Xbox 360, things seemed bright. With Square on board with Final Fantasy XI, with Q Entertainment's Tetsuya Mizuguchi lined up, with Capcom, Tecmo, Flagship, and Namco on board, man, you would have thought that Microsoft had all its ducks lined all in a row. On paper, and for all intents and purposes, it had. Yet, the Xbox 360 launch in Japan was an unmitigated flop.
Given the soft launch on December 10, 2005 -- replete with weak games (did anyone really need to play Ridge Racer 6? Tetris&#Array;a launch title? And the unimpressive Every Party), the delay of Dead Or Alive 4 -- and less than 100,000 units sold through by January 2006, Microsoft has found itself in a bind. This particular bind is both short and long term. In the short run, Microsoft's Japanese launch showed little reason to buy the system, and most gamers, publishers, and analysts saw that the surprisingly poor performance as a potential problem. But game sales change everyone's minds. If the system could just get enough good games on retail shelves, the sleek, off-white Xbox 360 could perhaps gain that all-important foothold it needs to be a truly successful worldwide console manufacturer.
Right now, the numbers just don't add up. With weekly sales of Japanese games ranging from a stunningly low 15 to 20 units per week through June, things have gone from bad to worse. Is Japan unbreakable, finicky, or apathetic? Can Microsoft really pull this thing off? Theoretically, yes it can; anything is possible. Microsoft remains optimistic. While the Japanese launch wasn't terrific, many more games are in the development pipeline. In fact, the really crucial games haven't even shown yet. Japanese publishers used to look at Japan as the primary and only valuable gaming market. But times have changed since the PlayStation heydays. Several long years of a rough economy have hurt arcades and console sales. As a result, in part, Japanese developers have merged. Witness Konami's purchase of Hudson (among other companies), and Square's and Enix's merger. Games now cost tens of millions to create, with teams of 100-plus people per title, so larger companies are a safer bet than smaller ones.
Looking at Microsoft's picture from a bigger perspective, it appears as if some companies are giving the 360 the cold shoulder. Sure, Microsoft has definitely done good work by securing solid, quality titles from companies such as Namco, but on the other hand, these same companies have given bigger franchises to Sony instead. The 360 gets Ridge Racer 6, yet the PS3 gets Ridge Racer 7 and Tekken 6? It's no wonder the kids on the Internet are shouting "sabotage!" Could it be unwavering nationalism rearing its ugly head? After all, Microsoft is an American company. That doesn't seem to be the case, at least according to some developers. One problem is simply a lack of awareness of the international market. At least one developer has stated that the problem isn't system loyalty or some sort of perverted racism. It's simply a lack of knowledge on the part of the Japanese developer -- although admittedly, Microsoft hasn't been a shining beacon of intelligence in Japan either. "Go High Def", anyone?
Nationalism, lack of awareness, poor start, whatever the case may be; the long term picture looks brighter than the short. There are some heavyweight titles coming from and to the Land of the Rising Sun, and each one of these has the potential to kick-start Xbox 360 sales in Japan. If you look closely, you'll see that Microsoft, in lieu of strict dependence on Japanese publishers to support its cause, is publishing a significant number of games in Japan by itself. In some cases Microsoft has persuaded Japanese developers with a powerful machine and a leading-edge online component. In other cases, it's providing eye-popping publishing deals that are more likely than not impossible for Japanese developers to turn down. Either way, the next two years of development should benefit Xbox 360 fans on both shores greatly.
This is the most recent schedule of Japanese games coming to Japan. Below this, we show the US release list. Check the next page for the Japanese games themselves.


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List of IPL Winners
Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Mumbai Indians have won two IPL seasons each, while Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, and 2016 winners Sunrisers Hyderabad have one each. Who'll win the IPL10 in 2017? IPL winners list | Highest scores | Fastest century | Most centuries | Most sixes | Fastest fifty | All IPL Records.
Most Centuries in ODI Cricket
Can Virat Kohli surpass Sachin Tendulkar, who made 49 hundreds in one day cricket? This list may be in danger but Sachin seems stable in the list of most test century = 51.
Fastest ODI Century
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( Originally Published 1957 )
A very old doctrine about sexual love is that it is irrational, or nonrational. This kind of attraction is supposed to be some-thing beyond logic. It is not supposed to "make sense." This characteristic has, in fact, been seen as a mark of the genuineness of the experience itself. Thus one writer states: "The amorous choice is not a rational act, and one may rightly feel suspicious that where choice is rational there is probably no love." Another believes that "It is not true love when one knows precisely why he loves." In countless amorous lyrics the enraptured singer is never finished with the theme that he does not know why he feels as he does. This kind of irrationality is socially approved, as has been pointed out: "An individual is expected to marry because of love. This love is held to be irrational Clove is blind'). This very irrationality is approved. If a young person gives consideration to rational factors in the choice of a mate, he is often looked upon as too calculating and conniving to be in love; hence he will not `live happily ever after,' for only those who fall, and fall too hard to think, enjoy that prospect." The effect of the emotion on rationality is noted by a student of marriage, who advises: "if one is to use his head in mate selection, he must do it early. The only time in the process that the intellect is capable of functioning successfully is before, not after, one has fallen in love . . ."
The idea that sexual attraction is something beyond reason has doubtless done much to give it romantic coloring. If attraction is something outside of logic, a person is free to believe in such mysteries as special "affinities," or an instinctive feeling when the "one and only" mate is encountered, and so on. Doubtless it is much more interesting to think of attraction in this romantic fashion than to know why, exactly, one is affected intensely by a particular person. From this, probably, comes the idea that to analyze the emotion would rob it of one of its most precious qualities. It is for this reason, according to one philosopher, that a woman's "intuition" tells her to resist any attempt to discover the source of her attraction. She wishes to be valued, not for this trait or that, but for her entire and unstudied self. "The moment one is able to say because, one is no longer under the spell ... "
Where did this notion that sex attraction is unacountable come from? We may surmise at outset that very often the emotionally affected person not only does not know precisely what features of the "love object" make it attractive to him, but that it is usually quite beyond his purpose to discover them. He is too fully occupied and even overwhelmed with the emotion itself to think of looking for its exact causes, even if he wanted to. It is enough for him that he knows, and is very sure that he knows, what he wants. Another reason for our ignorance about the precise points of attraction is the tendency for an attractive trait to radiate its effects upon other traits, and over the entire personality, which thereby acquires a kind of reflected attractiveness. Thus, a student remarked that the refined appearance of a girl's hands seemed to raise her "quality" as a whole, and another reported a marked change in his total impression of a feminine acquaintance after he noted, for the first time, the grace of her walk. This tendency of one trait to influence the perception of others would make it more difficult to locate the original sources of attraction.
Still another, and more important source of the "doctrine of irrationality" lies, we suggest, in the frequency with which attractions are the result of highly individual preferences of the kind that prompt the familiar comment that "there is no accounting for taste" in such matters. To illustrate: when a particular person is by general agreement regarded as sexually attractive and endowed with an amiable, animated, and generous disposition, people will find no excuse for remarks about the peculiar quirks and general freakishness of sexual choice. It is when this kind of agreement is lacking, and when someone makes a choice that is "unpopular," unique, and therefore hard to understand, that there will be talk about the irrationality of human behavior in such matters.
Macaulay's description of an "infatuation" of James II may be cited as an example.
The beauty . . . which distinguished the favorite ladies of Charles was not necessary to James . . . when young, [he] had surrendered his liberty, descended below his rank and incurred the displeasure of his family, for the coarse features of Anne Hyde. He had soon, to the great diversion of the whole court, been drawn away from his plain consort by a plainer mistress, Arabella Churchill ... But of all his illicit attachments the strongest was that which bound him to Catharine Sedley . . . Personal charm she had none, with the exception of two brilliant eyes, the lustre of which, to men of delicate taste, seemed fierce and unfeminine. Her form was lean, her countenance haggard. Charles, though he liked her conversation, laughed at her ugliness, and said that the priests must have recommended her to his brother by way of penance . . . The nature of her influence over James is not easily to be explained. He was no longer young. He was a religious man; at least he was willing to make for his religion exertions and sacrifices from which the great majority of those who are called religious men would shrink. It seems strange that any attraction should have drawn him into a course of life which he must have regarded as highly criminal; and in this case none could understand where the attraction lay. Catharine herself was astonished by the violence of his passion. "It cannot be my beauty," she said, "for he must see that I have none; and it cannot be my wit; for he has not enough to know that I have any." "
It is likely, then, that some of the famous unreasonableness of amorous behavior may be traced to the high degree of individuality that may be shown in sexual preference, or the "love choice." It will depend upon how well people agree on the sexual desirability of any given individual. The farther anyone's taste departs from popular standards of sexual attractiveness, the more "irrational" it will be said to be. As De Rougemont says, ". . . a man who falls passionately in love with a woman he alone finds beautiful is supposed to be a prey to nerves."


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President Obama Thursday evening was at Washington's Jefferson Hotel chairing a cozy gathering of about two dozen really rich Democrats who paid $32,400 apiece for this special moment.
Proceeds go to the Democratic National Committee and thus the Campaign to Make Congress Democratic in 2014 and Allow Obama to Rule by Fiat. At least, more by fiat than he is already ruling by fiat.
Obama raising nearly $1 million in an evening from just a few people is okay, of course, because it's for Democrats and therefore will help save the planet and so forth.
Because this is the openness administration, you know.
The White House policy is that if Obama doesn't make remarks, the press doesn't get in. Which seems kind of arbitrary – why can't we see who is exerting this influence? – but there you go.
And I suppose it all depends on the meaning of the word "remarks." Is Obama going to say nothing to the group? Not even, "Thanks for your money, Michelle and I cherish every damn dollar of it"? Or maybe he will just let them read the teleprompter and sit quietly by himself poking away at his crabmeat cocktail.


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Kendrick Lamar and TDE Release New Video to Celebrate Grammy Noms, Inspire You for 2016
Unfortunately, not a new song — but still important.
Yeah, hard work can earn you the abilities to double dribble, become a selfie magnet, and score free ice cream. But more important, as with the case of Kendrick Lamar, true hard work can also lead to creative freedom, respect, and 11 Grammy nominations. Watch Top Dawg Entertainment's To Pimp a Butterfly celebration vid above, and get DJ Jet Ski–level motivated to work harder in the New Year.


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This is a build i have been trying lately.
the main objective of this build is to have a huge survival and to deal loads of damage aswell.
this is good for single target aswell for group atack.
some may consider this a expensive build, but normaly i'm doing 23/5/15 without any trouble.
Keep in mind that this build is optimized for summoner's rift.
it's my first time posting here so yeah :P sorry about the small talk.
if you have any questions just leave a comment.
*update* as some may have noticed i had a little flaw on this build, wich was the lack of magic resist.
I didnt call magic resist mainly because that's something very casual, you are not granted to have a hard magic dealer on every game, but if you do i advise you geting
quick silver sash item, it's great for the extra magic resist and also because it removes all the debuffs you have on you.
Since garen doesnt have any escape spells aside from judgment (wich only removes slows) this should be something to consider.
please note that this build is a base for a semi-tank garen build, with main focus on staying alive and making frags, not a full tank garen.


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It is the things one has not done that one regrets, they say. A debatable proposition, but I now have one more regret to add to the list: that I did not make any effort to see the transit of Venus across the sun's face last year. There had been one eight years before, you see, and I was getting blase; and I had not fully appreciated that there would not be another one until 2117. So what, I thought. It's just a little dot, an astronomical phenomenon of small significance, and you couldn't even see it with the naked eye.
Had I read this book when it came out in hardback a year before, I would have changed my tune: I'd have made a great deal of effort to see it, in honour of the scientists who had travelled to the most remote, far-flung and desolate parts of the globe to observe the transits of 1761 and 1769. The story of their various journeys bears retelling: we have it here.
In 1716, Edmond Halley published a paper in which he predicted, correctly, that the planet would appear, for a few hours on 6 June 1761, and then again eight years later, as a black dot moving across the face of the sun. As the phenomenon had only been observed once before, by Jeremiah Horrocks in 1639, let's just pause to give Halley some credit for this achievement in the first place. He urged the scientists of the next generation, or the next-but-one, to make sure that as many of them saw it from as many parts of the world as possible, and made the most accurate observations possible, and then combined their results. Because if they did, then we would finally be able to make a decent calculation of how far it was from the Earth to the sun; and thence make a start on working out the dimensions of the solar system. I do hope that everyone reading this agrees that it is much, much better to know these things than to be ignorant of them.
Travelling across the globe in the 18th century was not a walk in the park at the best of times; and having to make sure you got to a precise spot at a precise time – or rather, in time to build a functioning observatory which would be open for business at a precise time – was even more difficult. Pause before you curse your flight's delay, and reflect that you do not have to wait weeks for the winds to become favourable, or for the rivers to freeze (so you can sledge along them), or that you do not have to push your carriage from ditches, or that your wheels don't break, or that you don't get massacred by bandits. Now imagine that you are carrying an enormous amount of extremely expensive and irreplaceable scientific equipment, which is also very fragile. Every single piece has to get to its destination in perfect nick, or the months-long trip will have been utterly pointless. And your coach driver is drunk. And everyone's at war with everyone else. And there must be clear skies on the day.
So the story zips along. Of its 300 pages, 100 are notes, as well as complete lists of all the observers in 1761 and 1769. It is right that these are honoured. The rest is like an astonishing pre-Verne Around the World in Eighty Days. The science is grounded at the start of the book professionally enough to satisfy the reviewers of Nature and New Scientist; the rest is adventure story, against the clock.
We meet familiar faces: Captain Cook, freaking out when he discovers the Tahitians have stolen an essential quadrant; Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon on their first expedition together, trying to back out when attacked by a French warship and being told to go on Or Else; and overall, a thrilling, stirring tale, very well told, of global cooperation, and how the passion for Enlightenment triumphed against enormous odds. Let's hope it continues to do so.


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Naming rights up for grabs at 7 CNM campuses
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Naming rights up for grabs at 7 CNM campuses
Money will go to scholarships
There are 300 spaces at CNM's seven campuses that are up for bid. Donors would be paying for naming rights of buildings, labs and lobbies.
The CNM Foundation is trying to raise $10 million in three years. All of the money will go to student scholarships.
"We think in the end this will increase graduation rates in CNM, because this could give money to students thinking about dropping out because of unforeseen financial obstacles," said foundation executive director Lisa McColloch.
Fourteen local businesses have paid $1 million so far and donations range from $10,000 to $4 million.


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the solution was originally reported just a few days ago (see our coverage). it has now been confirmed and validated to work properly, meaning narf2006 is well on his way to claiming almost us$14,000 in prize money–thanks to contest donations from companies and individuals alike who contributed voluntarily to the contest in the hopes it would pay off.
the physical implementation of the solution is not too difficult, but it does require a few steps. you can read all about how to do it on the ars technica link below, or at the onmac.net website (the site was very slow at the time of this writing).
the solution submitted by narf2006 requires a copy of windows xp professional sp2 to be available. it doesn't have to be bootable, just contain everything on the cd. it requires the xom.zip file (presumably available from onmac.net), nero's burning rom software running on a pc, and about 30 minutes to put the disc together and burn it. the solution explains each step, but it still may be a bit much for many users. however, when you're finished working it all out, this solution will allow your mactel to boot into either os x or winxp based on a boot-time menu selection–offering the best of both worlds.
way to go, narf2006! we all knew it was possible, because i mean really, how hard is it to run any x86 code on any machine? i'll answer for you: not very. now, if it were only legal and, of course if the x86-base macs used any other x86 processor besides intel's, then i would be doing this myself right about now.
read more at ars technica. thanks to port loader and a. hurt for the heads up.
user comments 44 comment(s)
|eula (10:24am est fri mar 17 2006)
anyone have a copy close at hand? i'd like to know what part is actually violated by installing winxp on a mac. – by /dev/null
|os x on a pc (10:30am est fri mar 17 2006)
what i am really interested in is running apple's os x on a pc. anyone got that running yet? – by boog
|how is this a violation? (10:32am est fri mar 17 2006)
if i want to install winxp on my sears toaster, how is this illegal? – by hodar
|mac (10:33am est fri mar 17 2006)
mac == uncompatible carp
intel == overpriced piece of capitalist crap with mhz scheme worst then any pyramidal scam
winxp == don't even get me started
but all in one box omg, that ought to be the devil's computer from hell … what where they thinking ?? the end is near !!!!!!!!!
– by greg
|re: greg (10:56am est fri mar 17 2006)
your a liberal idiot. – by i hate idiots
|greg (11:25am est fri mar 17 2006)
i suppose you do all your work on a gameboy or something?
what's 'uncompatible' mean?? – by switch already!
|/dev/null (11:28am est fri mar 17 2006)
it's the part about not being legally allowed to change the default install configuration, which is what "slipstreaming" is or does. you are to install the product as-is without changes. when you make a copy of the windows xp professional cd, and then replace, augment or edit existing files, that violates the terms of the agreement for the above reason. in addition it violates your ability to make a backup of your cd because you're not making a backup, you're making an altered backup.
– by rickgeek
|i second that (11:32am est fri mar 17 2006)
good point i hate idiots – by jestercorp
|illegal? (11:36am est fri mar 17 2006)
illegal my ass.
no "eula" is enforcible unless the end user either puts his signature in writing at the end of it and makes sure it gets to microsoft, or drives to redmond and makes a verbal agreement, in person.
as is, the windows eula is no more enforcible than this one:
"by reading this post and submitting a post after it, you agree to pay me one hundred quintillion dollars."
|apple = ms (11:44am est fri mar 17 2006)
more and more – by everyday
|re: ab (11:49am est fri mar 17 2006)
what is your address, i will send you a check? but, i not sure to have all the liquidity. – by evil doer
|switch-a-roo (11:53am est fri mar 17 2006)
running xp on the new macs is a cool achievement but i do agree with boog, running osx on something other than a mac – now that's the ultimate hack!
i'm buying apple stock once i hear confirmed reports about that. – by oaktree
|correct me if i'm wrong here, but… (11:58am est fri mar 17 2006)
evalution is something else, isn't it.
i bet that there are people out there that could actually make a better product out of windows than microsoft. lets face it, these people are getting smarter and more specific in what they want, and if the windows os isn't giving it to them fresh out of the box then someone will make it so. microsoft has capitalized on the eula for decades now and to put it frankly people just don't care anymore. what is to stop someone from moding a copy of windows…nothing. are they supposed to have a concience when using windows on a mac? if you think thier gonna feel guilty about it then your wrong. people will experiment and learn different ways to use thier computers and no one is going to able to stop them. in my opinion microsoft created a monster by using license agreements to its full extents to illiminate the use of open source material in the world and on its os. i might be totaly wrong in what i'm writting and thinking, but from what i've read about ms over the years has left me to conclude that shit is about to hit the fan. whose fan…i don't know. – by simple minded
|re:rickgeek (12:14pm est fri mar 17 2006)
given ms's propensity to love all things monitary, i would venture a guess that ms will work to enable the mac to continue to be supported.
it's a win-win scenario for them. gateway, hp, dell, falconnw, acer and more already have 'modified' windows installation disks that do have not only different files from the standard windows installation disk they have the standard files, plus modified files on these disks.
if i were in charge (and i am not, unfortuantely) this is a 'free' way for me to increase os sales by a couple percentage points.
i've yet to see someone get fired for making a company more money. – by hodar
|ah yeah (1:33pm est fri mar 17 2006)
get your gums around my plums! – by egor
|hodar (1:41pm est fri mar 17 2006)
your fired buddy. collect you things after 6:00 and report to the paddywagon… – by tiny brain cell stem
|switch already! (1:58pm est fri mar 17 2006)
mostly hardware wise, it's hard to upgrade without buying a new one …
– by greg
|why illegal (2:31pm est fri mar 17 2006)
apple has done obviously nothing to prevent this from happening, microsoft has no legal disclaimers about what hardware windows can run on, and i doubt apple has any real leagl babble about which os runs on their hardware (i.e. linux can run on mac without legal issues at all).
again, i ask why though? i mean, your not gaining anything by using windows on a mac except the option to dual boot to osx.
i would be more impressed when someone figures out how to run osx on any pc, that is much more exciting then trying to get windows to run on just another pc clone. i mean, how hard was it really to get windows to run on 98% pc hardware? – by topher
|re:topher (3:01pm est fri mar 17 2006)
"i would be more impressed when someone figures out how to run osx on any pc"
it's already been hack to run macosx on most newer pc. check – by osx86
|re:topher (4:56pm est fri mar 17 2006)
no need to figure it out. just wait until the lastest x86 motherboard will have the efi bios. microsoft stated that visa will not run on any motherboard with efi bios until the maybe the next service pack. – by ipod owner
|re greg/topher/rickgeek (5:41pm est fri mar 17 2006)
"mac == uncompatible carp"
tis mac and not mac! a big flame to you. where does the fish come into the equation either? you cannot spell incompatible either nub!!!
once again topher staggers us with their ignorance of mac osx development. during intel osx development it was pretty easy to put it on any pc. the difficulties now lie in osx being written to support intel core duo and not just any intel/amd which is why a hack had to be written to get xp to duel boot. also, what do you mean by 98% pc hardware? what exactly could the 2% be, carp????
you must really luv amd chipset let's hope they don't go bust on you or your principles will prevent you from owning a pc at all!!!
– by maclover
|from what i've heard… (6:00pm est fri mar 17 2006)
and let this be a warning- running xp on a macbook pro with this hack disables the fans in the system because there's no driver to run it. this means you are likely to cook your system over time. just something to keep in mind! – by switch already!
|nogonogo (6:26pm est fri mar 17 2006)
yep. right drivers aren't in place which is why the hack is not ideal. i'd wait for a good ms xp emulator to come out so you can run it within the osx environment complete with all the necessary drivers. – by nogonogo
|re: nogonogo (6:53pm est fri mar 17 2006)
wine is already here. wine for linux already runs many windows programs and games. darwine can do the same thing.
the darwine project intends to port and develop wine as well as other supporting tools that will allow darwin and mac os x users to run windows applications, and to provide a win32 api compatibility at application source code level.
this is not a windows emulator. all windows api are mapped to unix compatibility layer. – by ipod owner
|nogo (7:07pm est fri mar 17 2006)
oh yeah? all bullshiterry aside, which will be the easier way to run half-life2 on a mac?
1. perform the narf slipstream hack. wait for video drivers from some other amatuer. (i don't think fan drivers will be necessary. the yonah macs are pretty cool, even while playing hl2.)
2. try to run hl2 using darwine. hmm. i don't know much about darwine but i'm guessing it's not gonna run hl2 on a mac for a while, if ever.
3. wait for microsoft to release a native version of vpc replete with mac-centric drivers. i'm not waiting for microsoft to do anything, personally. i'd trust a guy in california named narf to git er done before microsoft.
are there any other options? – by voltron_leadr
|re: boog (7:43pm est fri mar 17 2006)
use – mac os x 10.4.4/5 osx86 patched bootable dvd. it installs an a pc like it was a mac.
– by pb&j
|re: nogo (8:40pm est fri mar 17 2006)
a commercial version of wine called transgaming has half life 2 running on linux. they also are supporting intel mac os x. you can wait until transgaming transfers some of its code back to open source wine and darwine.
– by ipod owner
|windows on mac for what!? (2:00am est sat mar 18 2006)
jesus, mary and joseph! why the heck do you want to run windows on a mac???? is like going to a fine restaurant and ordering cr@p – by recently switched
|voltron… (10:04am est sat mar 18 2006)
yeah, good luck with that. don't say i didn't warn you. – by switch already!
|i'll be interested when… (10:10am est sat mar 18 2006)
mac sux, and so does windows, linux and every other os. – by mfbd
|hmm (10:11am est sat mar 18 2006)
changed my post but not the title. lol – by mfbd
|hehe (8:36am est sun mar 19 2006)
i hate you people. – by lenny
|m8du2ihrpn (7:10pm est sun mar 19 2006)
wagn4yf0ajd wcac3wwliw af38vsxykpipik – by m8du2ihrpn
|strange (11:26pm est sun mar 19 2006)
kind of weird that you're not allowed to do what you want (that won't affect any other persons security) with something that you own.
i wonder if i tell some reporters a story that i ate the software and then confirms that it made me vomit, but forgo the first part of that story, is that condemned in the eula? – by wtv
|ugh (11:44pm est sun mar 19 2006)
people have been making hybrid products for years on their own, why should this be any different. – by stevejobs
|re: lenny (10:01am est mon mar 20 2006)
and the people hate you. – by the people
|apple = ms (11:12am est mon mar 20 2006)
"quicktime 7 with itunes 6
why can't i just download qt??
more and more. – by everyday.
|the real question is…… (3:08am est tue mar 21 2006)
why would anyone want to run winblows on a mac anyway?
do you really want to taint your machine? =p – by reality sucks
|re: switched already! (12:40pm est tue mar 21 2006)
"running xp on a macbook pro with this hack disables the fans in the system because there's no driver to run it."
some fudster probably posted that information somewhere that you picked up.
window xp does not melt macs
since it has been proven possible to boot windows xp onto the holy macinteltosh, there have been rumours circulating among the apple religious community that such an unholy act will cause the computing icon to catch fire.
after the original rumours were published it seems the good people in the mac community did not believe a word of it. they have found out that the whole thing was just fud.
– by
|everyday… (6:40pm est tue mar 21 2006)
what are you slow?
– by sdf
|re: everyday… (11:06pm est tue mar 21 2006)
he is as slow as windows vista. it is coming in the beginning of 2007. – by vista late again
| windows drivers for mac rolling out (2:46pm est wed mar 22 2006)
– by
|macs are the choice of the alpha geek. (3:39pm est fri mar 24 2006)
"after spending half my life watching smart, talented people ignore the mac for reasons of circumstance or prejudice, it's incredibly gratifying to live in a post-mac os x world. when i encounter a tech-world luminary or up-and-coming geek today, i just assume that he or she uses a mac. most of the time, i'm right. even those with a conflicting affiliation (e.g., linux enthusiasts) often use apple laptops, if not the os." -john siracusa – by he's right
|this is what i'm talking about (12:19am est sat mar 25 2006)
what the hell is this crap. this is why i hate apple and i despise apple users. "alpha geeks"? you can't be serious? where is the adventure in a mac? i realize that it is an easy to use os, but the real geek builds his computer – he doesn't buy it out of some fancy store. you are such a loser. – by bneals


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PepsiCo may be turning its focus back to cola in some markets, but is looking to boost its health-snacks business in India via its global nutrition unit.
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Information released might make people feel differently about how officers do their jobs. There are almost 20,000 raids each year. Many of these raids are necessary in order to capture people who sell drugs or those who have committed serious crimes. However, there are instances when the officers don't get the right house or the person has moved from the address that is on file.
When officers enter a home of an innocent person, what are the rights of that person. In most cases, if someone breaks inside a home, then thehomeowner can shoot the intruder.
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The Magic Of Motown show is back in the area and can be seen at Derby's Assembly Rooms on Saturday, November 16, at 7.30pm.
Direct from the USA, The Magic of Motown returns with its I'll Be There 2013 Tour featuring an all-new show, packed with 36 back-to-back massive Motown hits.
Hits by the Temptations, Supremes, Four Tops, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie and more feature in the hit concert show.
Show producer Michael Taylor said: "There's dazzling dance moves and glittering costumes galore, plus the incredible Magic of Motown band, tighter than Motown's house band the Funk Brothers in their prime."
In 1963 Motown were regularly topping the charts in the States.
Heat Wave by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, You Really Got a Hold On Me by The Miracles, It Should've Been Me by Kim Weston, Fingertips Pt 2 by Little Stevie Wonder and Can I Get a Witness by Marvin Gaye paved the way for the label's meteoric rise to become the most influential and successful record label of all time.
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One of the greatest accomplishments of my freelancing career was landing a $50,000 book editing deal less than 18 months in. Bear in mind that up to this point most of my experience with editing had been quite small in comparison. I had looked over a couple of people's academic papers and edited my own master's thesis. But I had never handled a project of this size.
When the opportunity came through, I heard from a man who stumbled across my credentials who wanted to turn his blog into a book. This individual knew what he wanted and was looking for the right person to handle it. Here's how I landed this gig with no experience.
Relied On My Writing Background
Most excellent writers are also excellent editors. Since we frequently edit our own work or can spot problems on our client's web pages or eBooks, we are well trained to look for these minute details that can be important. As writers, we also understand how stories flow together and can point out problems that other people might not catch. You can use this to get your foot in the door as a freelance editor.
Offered A Trial Basis
In order to convince this individual that I was the right person to work with, I offered to take three of the 300 blog posts, edit them, and talk about where they might fit in the overall scheme of the book. This worked out beautifully because even though I was only paid for a couple of hours of my work, I got to show the client that I knew what I was doing and he got to see a sample of what the project would look like when taken full-scale. He basically got a taste test of what it would be like to work with me and this was certainly enough to convince him to bring me on board.
Had One Editing Example in My Arsenal
If you are looking to make the jump from freelance writer to editor, or incorporate editing services into your general menu, one thing I strongly recommend is having a longer piece that shows some of your example edits.
Using track changes in Word is a great way to indicate your expertise. You do not need to include another client's editing example unless you've gotten permission to do so, but one thing I can recommend is perhaps taking something that you've written yourself and then go back later and edit it using track changes. Someone who is hiring an editor simply wants to see that you have the chops and the detail oriented ability to succeed with an editing project.
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The Obama administration had gone to federal court to kill Arizona's new illegal-immigration law, scheduled to go into effect on Thursday. The Department of Justice argues that enforcement of the Arizona law "is pre-empted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution."
Does this mean that if Team Obama prevails over Arizona, San Francisco and other sanctuary cities should prepare to go to court against the feds?
After all, the Obama brief argues that "a state may not establish its own immigration policy or enforce state laws in a manner that interferes with the federal immigration laws. The Constitution and the federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country."
In 1989, Ess Eff passed a sanctuary city ordinance, which prohibits city employees from working with federal immigration officials, unless required by federal law, state law or warrant.
In 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is running for lieutenant governor, announced he would not allow city "department heads or anyone associated with this city to cooperate in any way, shape or form" with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids to arrest immigrant fugitives who had criminal records or had violated deportation orders.
Even when federal law required cooperation, San Francisco had declined. Some time around 2005, city officials determined that they would not notify federal authorities when undocumented juveniles — or criminals who simply claimed to be under 18 — were charged with felonies. Instead, the city sent serious and repeat offenders into under-supervised group homes and even flew some offenders back to their home countries.
In 2008, after the feds detained a probation officer flying an illegal immigrant to Honduras, Newsom told city workers to notify ICE when undocumented minors were arrested on felony charges, as per federal law. But the sanctuary city policy itself stands.
Now one would think that if the Obama administration cannot brook "a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country," the U.S. Department of Justice would have sued San Francisco to end its sanctuary city program. But apparently, Team Obama objects when a state wants to enforce the law — instead of flout it.
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My Royal Family
With your word you have set me free,
Ignited my spirit, like you, I strive to be.
Free! no ties , no lies, binding me.
By your mercy, your grace, at last I can see.
Your yoke hangs gently around my neck,
easy and light, just like you had said.
If not by you, then who? This I can not fathom,
I belong to you, this is not random.
By choice?… My choice?… How can this be?
Wasn't it He, who chose to save me.
Mercy and grace, given abundantly.
Eternally grateful for adopting me.
From that day forward, I awake Free.
No longer enslaved by powers other than thee.
Royal garments, I now own.
By my Father Given , who covers skin and bone.
I Pick up My Scepter! On goes my Royal Robe!
My Fathers the king, I now sit by His throne.
First born yes! That is me,
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He has become the 2.0 version of Manny being Manny. Oh, that is just Harvey being Harvey.
The Mets insist it is not malice from Matt Harvey, mostly just immaturity or defiance, and they claim the defiance betrays a stubbornness and resolve that will serve him well back on the mound as an ace in New York.
This is spin greater than you will find on Harvey's slider. Mets officials have mainly mastered the eye roll when it comes to this behavior. But there is a weariness that has set in as well when Harvey, say, was told he could have a few days off after enduring some knee pain during his rehab and — next thing they knew — he had posted an Instagram photo with his buddies vacationing in Cape Cod. During the season. Terry Collins said he talked to Harvey about how bad that looked.
Both Sandy Alderson and Collins spoke to Harvey on Thursday after he did a live radio interview Wednesday that began at 7:15 p.m. — five minutes after first pitch in the Nationals-Mets game. If that were not bad enough, he again seemed in open defiance of the Mets' slow-down plans for him, especially after fellow Tommy John-rehabber Jeremy Hefner had a significant setback that moved all in the organization to suggest more caution in how quickly Harvey was a) trying to rehab and b) trying to throw the ball.
Yet there was Harvey on ESPN-New York saying he felt he was firing in the mid-90s and still wanted to pitch in the majors this year. Or the two things the Mets have been saying no, no, no, no, no, no to. And thought Harvey understood. Until he didn't. Until it again appeared as if Harvey and the Mets, at best, have a failure to communicate or, at worst, a substantial rift.
"We have a positive relationship. I would leave it at that," Alderson told me by phone.
Collins, though, said he implored Harvey, "Stop doing radio shows during the ballgame telling everybody you're throwing 95 mph. That isn't going to help us up here." He also tried yet again to quell Harvey's quest to pitch in the majors this year by telling the righty: "You have got to understand the big picture. And the big picture is 2015. So back off."
The Mets describe two Harveys — the one they deal with privately, who mainly is cordial and cooperative, and then another one who seems to be trying to out-Manziel Manziel off the field, out-Butkus Butkus for toughness on it and out-Zuckerberg Zuckerberg on social media.
I like contrarians. I like folks with personality. And, heck, Met fans still revel in the 1986 club, for whom Harvey would probably have been known as "the shy one." But, really, the message has been sent plenty now, and while Harvey — a Scott Boras client — is probably just biding time until after the 2017 season, he does owe his employers a larger level of respect than he has shown.
It cannot be accepted anymore as accidental or naïve or an act of tenacity when Harvey breaks away from the season or club policy to do his own thing. If he cares about his teammates — as he insists he does — then he should have to, you know, win his 13th major league game before revisiting this level of audacity.
"He wants to here," Collins told me. "He wants to be a star here. But there is a process to be here, and he has to follow the process."
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The purpose of Oconto County Lakes & Waterways Association shall be to promote the conservation and preservation of all lakes, rivers, streams, and reservoirs in Oconto County, the shorelines surrounding them, and the ecologically sound and environmentally safe development on or near these waters.
In early 1999 Rob Burke, Oconto County Community Development Educator, saw the need for classification of all county lakes to insure reasonable and environmentally safe development. Classification allows the county to determine zoning by taking into account local preferences, ecology of specific lakes, and the degree of development already taken place. Rob's vision was the creation of a county lake association composed of members of all individual lake organizations to work with the county to apply for a DNR grant to fund the classification.
In July 1999, Rob and Tom Milheiser, County Conservationist, assembled a group of lake representatives at a meeting to elect officers and create bylaws to govern the new association. Oconto County Lakes & Waterways Association was the adopted name, and a slate of officers was chosen. Charter lake representatives came from Inland Lakes P&R District #1 Townsend, Bass Lake, Maiden Lake, White Potato Lake Sportsmen's Club, Wheeler Lake, Little Archibald Lake, White Potato Lake, Crooked Lake, and the Machickanee Flowage. Charter officers were: President Erv Limberg, Vice-president Mick Gillaume, Secretary Judie Gowaski, Treasurer Dick Hiebing; the board of directors included Tim Ottem, Jerry Eckes, and Merle Nilles. One of the first projects of the association was to join the Wisconsin Association of Lakes in support of legislation to establish a mercury emissions cap and reduction schedule. A multitude of projects followed: the county cost-share program for shoreline restoration. On November 13, 1999 Rob Burke announced the County Board had approved $60,000 to fund the lake classification project, scheduled to begin in May 2000. By April 2000 the number of member organizations had grown to 15 with the addition of Chute Lake P&R District #1, Moody Lake, Archibald Lake, Sunrise Lake, Waubee Lake, and Grindle Lake. By this time several committees had been formed, including a Law Enforcement committee, Shoreline Preservation Committee, a committee to lobby for the formation of a municipal court for northern Oconto County, and a website formation committee. Several other projects were completed successfully, including the Moody Lake junkyard issue and the creation of the Paya Lake Association, formed for law enforcement purposes including boating speed.
The Association continued moving ahead with more projects: creation of an ad hoc committee of the county board to begin lake classification, and the hiring of Troy Sherman as the new Law Enforcement Officer for county lakes and waterways, the creation of a "Train The Trainers" project to hold the DNR's Clean Boats/Clean Waters workshops, and Specialist position, which ended with a grant to hire Amanda Strick as an AIS Coordinator for a period of three years.
Following two years of meetings where each lake in Oconto County was studied, a formal document was drawn up and presented to the county board.
OCLAWA looks forward to working with Amanda Strick and Ken Dolata and all the lake and river organizations to continue fulfilling its mission of enhancing and preserving all waterways in this beautiful county.
**Special Note: Applications are accepted throughout the year for Early Detection & Response and Research & Demonstration projects.
If you are interested in applying for this program, please visit the DNR's website: http://dnr.wi.gov/Aid/AIS.html.
If you are interested in joining OCLAWA, please contact one of our members for more information.
Zebra Mussel Monitoring Platforms and Rusty Crayfish Traps are available to lake groups who are interested in monitoring.
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Phone: (920) 834-7155
We have made it easier to apply for CBCW volunteers through the Lean Six-Sigma, which is an improvement method using data to identify and eliminate process problems, which streamlines the grant process. Here is some information about the new program http://wisconsinlakes.org/index.php/latest-policy-updates/107-leangovttocleanlakes.
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Karola Glacier 卡若拉冰川
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Located in the boarder of the Langkazi County浪卡子县 and the Gyangze County江孜县 in the Shannan Prefecture of Tibet. We can go through the Simila mountain pass to get to the foot of the ice tongue of the glacier which is 5560meters above the sea level. To watch the Karola Glacier we have to get to the north of the Simila mountain pass where is a hanging glacier at an elevation of 5600 meters.


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A rights group has accused Burma's military government of prosecuting
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in order to keep her in custody
through the planned 2010 general election, which the group said would
be neither free nor fair.
The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission issued a statement Friday saying charges against Aung San Suu Kyi for violating the terms of her house arrest have no basis in law whatsoever.
The group said the trial is being motivated by purely political considerations, and it urged concerned United Nations agencies and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take action.
The rights group also called for the International Committee of the Red Cross go be given access to detention facilities throughout Burma.


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Quadtree is a powerful spatial indexing technique. Wikipedia.
Every now and then I been thinking to implement a collision detect function using quadtree. Playing with quadtrees is so fascinating that I haven't got as far as collision detect, but I have a simple general quadtree demo page online. Play with it. It's inspiring.
If you are interested in experimenting, I enclosed the basic functions in QT.js library. The collision detector will be there too but I have some different applications in mind first.
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Short Description
Faban in Docker
Full Description
BenchFlow is an open-source framework that provides a complete platform for executing performance benchmarks and performance tests.
Refer to the main repository to have a more complete description of BenchFlow, know how to install it, learn how to use it and how to contribute to it.
About this repository
TODO: contains Dockerfiles of dependant services used by BenchFlow
Project Structure & Content
TODO: each folder contains related images and its own README.md
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My research consists of developing new techniques for using remote sensing
and other geospatial technologies within large-scale, multiobjective
resource inventory systems. The scale of the Alaskan landscape, and the
remoteness and lack of access to most of the forest and related ecosystems,
requires development and application of inventory and monitoring techniques
that largely depend on remotely acquired information, which must be integrated
with field-based information in innovative and complex statistical sampling
designs. I investigate how emerging geospatial/remote sensing technologies
and analytical techniques can best be applied to assess the extent, condition,
use, and trends associated with Alaska's ecosystems and natural
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This research is important because adequate technology has not been developed or applied to effectively, and comprehensively, inventory and monitor the forested ecosystems of Alaska. Therefore, critical baseline information on the extent, condition, trends, and uses of all Alaskan forests is not available to meet the needs for management and protection of these areas.
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New Enhanced Crossings Help Pedestrians Safely Get Across Busy Roads
MoDOT is using a new enhanced pedestrian crossing system at locations across the state. The new crossings make it easier for pedestrians to safely get across busy roads at locations that are not at signalized intersections. It also minimizes traffic delays, because it only operates when a pedestrian activates it.
To drivers, the enhanced pedestrian crossing includes a triangular arrangement of lights. When a pedestrian presses the walk button, a flashing yellow appears, alerting drivers that someone wants to cross. The flashing yellow will then turn a solid yellow to warn drivers to slow down and get ready to stop.
Next, two red lights will be displayed, requiring cars to stop. After a few seconds, the red lights will alternately flash indicating that drivers may proceed after stopping IF there are no pedestrians in their lane.
When pedestrians are not present, the lights will not be on and drivers can proceed without stopping. Check out the diagram below describing the sequence seen by the motorists and the corresponding messages seen by the pedestrians.
Use of this enhanced pedestrian crossing is common in Europe and is technically referred to as HAWK - (High-intensity Activated Cross Walk). Since its introduction in the United States, studies have shown a decrease in pedestrian-related accidents.
The following are videos from other agencies across the country explaining enhanced pedestrian crossings:


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Lagoon View Junior Suite
Located in Palazzo Casa Nuova, these suites are undeniably romantic with their Baroque influence evident in embroidered pink and blue floral tapestry throughout the suite. Guests can admire luxuriously thick, soft carpet and delicate hand blown Murano glass adding to the intimate ambiance. These suites feature an opulent bedroom with separate sitting area offering a relaxing haven in the heart of Venice. A private dressing room adjoining the marble-tiled ensuite ensures the ultimate in luxury.
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: Watch Season 3 Episode 18 OnlineMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Regular episodes of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta may be over.
But the drama is only just beginning!
The ladies came together last night for the first part of their reunion special, as they discussed (among other topics) whether Erica Pinkett and Lil Scrappy were more than friends.
Lil Scrappy referred to his time with Erica a"s drunken shenanigans," to which Erica replied: "You couldn't get it and now you angry, Scrappy."
Yeah. We're talking major fireworks here, people. Watch Love and Hip Hop Atlanta online to relive all the fun:
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I can't stop! I found and tried so many fun, inexpensive Halloween ideas this year that I just had to do two segments. So, in this one, you'll find some more dcor tips and also some creative food finds.
Let's start with the eats!Some Boo-ffet ideas.
Swamp Eyeballs These are great as a garnish in green or orange punch for the kids or an Appletini for grown-up guests.
1 can Lychees (available at AJ's in the Asian food aisle) Blueberries Toothpicks
Drain the Lychees, cut off the end that does not have a natural hole. Insert a blueberry into each end of the lychee to look like eyeballs. Set two side-by-side and attach with a toothpick. Pop them into the freezer until ready to use. They need to be frozen to float.
Finger Sandwiches This is a fun way to get the kids to eat something healthy before heading out for the candy. Make sandwiches using anything you want. I made mine with ham and cheese and a little mayo. Cut off the crusts on all sides and slice into thin slices to look like fingers. I like to make one end look like a point using a small paring knife. Now just add a sliced almond as a fingernail with a dab of mayo or cream cheese. Creepy fun!
Skeleton Bones Bread Sticks I love these! Simply purchase a can of pre-made breadsticks in the refrigerator section at the grocery. They'll be where you find canned biscuits, piecrusts, etc. Just separate them into the individual breadsticks, stretch them out a bit and cut about a 1 inch slit into each side as shown. Now just curl each section down to look like a bone knuckle. Press them down so the won't come undone and you're ready to bake as directed. I did watch them carefully to make sure they didn't cook quicker since they were separated. I also liked rubbing them with a little softened butter before baking. They also are tasty sprinkled with course salt as soon as they come out of the oven.
These are perfect, served with tomato soap or chili.
Ghost Toast Simple, simple. I found a ghost cookie cutter in the baking section for 89 cents. Or, you can even just cut a simple ghost shape freehand. Just cut out the ghost shape, "frost" with whipped cream cheese and make eyes and mouth with raisins for a fun breakfast on Halloween morning.
Spook up your home, too
A Spider web Doorway This simple decorating project instantly transforms a doorway into a Halloween welcome. Purchase a skein of black, wide yarn. I found a great chenille yarn that was about 1/4 inch wide and it worked perfectly. I just cut lengths of yarn approximately the length of my door entrance. Some were shorter, some longer - nothing perfect here. Then I cut another length of yarn the width of the entry with about 8 inches extra on each side.
I took this length and tied each end to a kitchen cabinet handle as I assembled my spider web. I simply tied the lengths of yarn onto the horizontal one about 3 -4 inches apart and let them hang down. Remember the old bead curtains? That's what it should look like only with yarn. When done, just tape over the doorway, or even a window.
Napkin Mummies If you're serving a Halloween supper, make these simple napkin wraps using first aid tape and construction paper. To prep, buy some first aid tape that sticks to itself - really easy to find at any drugstore. Then, cut out some small white circles and using a hole punch, punch out some black eye "pupils." With a dab of white glue make eyes with the back dots in the center of the white circles.
I wrapped each napkin once around with the first aid tape, took a small piece of double sided tape and attached the eyes. Then wrapped with the tape a couple more times, partially covering the eyes to look like a mummy wrap.
Cupcake Holder Ghosts This crafty dcor touch could not be easier. All you need are some plain white cupcake paper liners. I found some made by Wilton that were a little longer than the ordinary ones and they looked a little more ghostly. You can find them at JoAnn, ABC Cake Decorating or anywhere they sell Wilton cake decorating supplies.
Separate as many liners as you want ghosts. Using a single hole punch, punch out some black construction paper dots. Now just glue on the black dot eyes onto two sides of each cupcake liner. These little guys can be hung from chandeliers, trees, whatever by fish line or thread. They even look cute simply set on a table or around your home. How easy it that?!
You know, I've never had huge holiday budgets and so I've always loved finding ways to keep the spirit alive without spending a lot of money. Plus, I personally love the look of the creativity of something homemade, especially if you have kids. Happy Halloween!
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FOUR days before floods hit Warwick on the Australia Day weekend, the Department of Main Roads closed access to the Warwick-Allora Rd to repair damage to the Condamine River embankment caused by the 2010/2011 floods.
Now the department is preparing to start all over again.
Road signs and equipment for the $1.3 million road works were swept aside as water, mud and rubble again slipped down the embankment on to the road.
A spokesman said the damage was significant.
"Damage assessments are under way at another site on Warwick-Allora Rd, 3km from Warwick, (near the John Dee meat processing plant)," he said.
"The road was closed at this location on January 24 to enable reconstruction of a flood-damaged section of the road next to the Condamine River.
"This site was also affected by the flooding in the latest event.
"Flood waters from the Glengallan Creek washed away parts of the road and the road shoulders, and caused severe erosion around culverts.
"Contractors have returned to the work site and urgent repairs will be carried out over the coming weeks.
"For the safety of motorists and road workers, there will be no access through this site."
The road between Upper Wheatvale Rd and Massie-Willowvale is also closed.
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For those of us who have travelled with friends or family, we all know that travel can mean different things to different people. To some, it can mean indulgence; lying on the beach of a deserted island or hitting the shops for a bit of pampering. For others, it can mean immersion; venturing beneath the surface of a different culture and sampling the sights, sounds and street eats of a distant, far-away land. Then, of course, there are the adventure junkies; those who love nothing more than to strap on their hiking boots and hit the trails.
As a travel blogger, I know that there are very few countries in the world that can cater to these travel types simultaneously. Malaysia is, without a doubt, one of them. The country's fascinating history as a colonial outpost – not just to the British, but also the Dutch and the Portuguese – and an early hub for Chinese, Malay and Indian settlers has also earned it a place in the hearts of historians and foodies who have marveled at the cultural mish-mash that is modern Malaysia.
Previously overlooked (and underrated) by nature-enthusiasts, the country is also becoming better known for its breathtaking natural landscapes that range from postcard-worthy tropical islands to orangutan-inhabited rainforests scattered across the mainland and the Borneo peninsular.
Needless to say, there are plenty of reasons why this fascinating country deserves a spot on your next globetrotting adventure. Here are 10 reasons why you should add Malaysia to your travel bucket list.
The Food
Few nicknames more accurately describe Malaysia than "foodie heaven". With so many different influences, spanning from India and China to neighbouring Indonesia and southern Thailand, there is a host of delicious Malay foods to sample.
Food is so central to Malaysian culture that at any time – day or night – you can find locals lined up at local mamak hawker stall for bowls of laksa (curry noodle soup) or nasi lemak (coconut milk rice with sambal, fried anchovies and cucumber).
Whether you're tasting hawker food on a street corner or splurging at one of the capital's Michelin-star restaurants, the culinary offerings are great. In Kuala Lumpur, head to Jalan Alor for fresh satay or tuck into a banana leaf banquet in Little India before diving into a bowl of ice kachang (shaved ice) in Chinatown.
For the best char kway teow (stir-fried flat noodles) and wok-fried raddish cakes, head to the island of Penang.
The History
Malaysia is one of Asia's great multicultural melting pots; a product of early migration from other Southeast Asian nations and the arrival of Western colonial powers in the 16th Century.
Everywhere you look in Malaysia, there are fusions of influence. The country is also packed with UNESCO-listed heritage sites, including the port town of Malacca and George Town in Penang, both home to beautiful colonial architecture, churches and picturesque temples.
However, the historical trail really comes alive in Kuala Lumpur, home to Independence Square (where the flag of an independent Malaysia was first raised), Jamek Mosque, Little India, Chinatown and ornate shop houses once used by early Chinese merchants.
The Islands
Scattered like beautiful pebbles across the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, Malaysia's tropical islands possess that rare mix of white sand and turquoise shores that will have you clinging to the palm trees on your check-out date. This unabashed natural charm and seclusion has even attracted the eyes of Hollywood directors and now, more recently, beach-hungry holidaymakers looking to get a taste of simple-but-beautiful island life.
If you're after some privacy, head to the less 'touristy' islands of Tioman or Perhentian, located off the east coast. Here, you'll find it easy to find a private beach to catch up on your summer reading and, if you're lucky, some turtles swimming nearby.
Equally beautiful but perhaps a bit more convenient to get to, are Penang (also considered the food capital of Malaysia) and Langkawi, both of which are renowned worldwide for their luxurious seaside resorts.
The Diving
Whether you're looking to explore the depths of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park in Kota Kinabalu or don a snorkel for some shallow-water coral gazing in Langkawi, Malaysia is home to some of the world's best diving spots.
While the country's best diving can be found just off the south-eastern tip of Sabah (located on the island of Borneo), those short on time can make the pilgrimage to sites closer to the mainland. If you're hoping to combine relaxation with some deep-sea diving, head to Tioman Island, home to the Tioman Marine Park.
The Culture
Malaysia can best be described as one of the Asia's greatest cultural mash-ups. Indeed, the country is a rich amalgam of Asian ethnicities harmoniously coexisting as proud Malaysians.
The source of such vibrant diversity stems from early migration that saw the arrival of ethnic Malays (over 50% of the current population), as well as early Chinese (25%) and Indian (10%) immigrants.
Today, each Malaysian embraces and celebrates these traditions as their own and as a result the country is seemingly always in a state of celebration. This ranges from the raucous parades of Chinese New Year, to the night bazaars of Ramadan, right up to the festival of Diwali at the end of the year.
The Cities
Following humble beginnings as an uninhabited muddy marshland, Kuala Lumpur has evolved into one of the world's great metropolises. As a result, it has everything you can expect from a big, bustling city. Clubs, bars and upscale resto-lounges are certainly not in short supply and cater strongly to the growing group of expats and young, hip Malaysian scenesters.
But when you're not eating or dancing (let's be honest, when aren't you?), try your hand at haggling at a local bazaar, shop at one of the city's huge malls or head up the Petronas Twin Towers for an incredible panorama of the city.
Georgetown, Penang, also provides visitors with a fascinating glimpse of old world charm and modern development. Preserved colonial architecture stands side by side with bustling hawker food stalls and an emerging, trendy scene characterized by artisan cafes, boutique stalls and street art that will entertain even the most amateur photographer for hours.
The Wildlife
While Malaysia (and especially Kuala Lumpur) can, at times, seem all glitz and glamour, venture out of the concrete jungle and you'll find some pretty amazing actual jungles, too.
With tonnes of investment being ploughed into conservation efforts – particularly those located in and around Borneo – Malaysia is steadily realising the value of protecting its vast natural wonders. Wildlife is now one of the key reasons why people venture from all over the globe to visit Malaysia.
While mainland Malaysia offers lots in the way of wildlife, nowhere can replace the wild, beating heart of Borneo. Here, trek through the jungles of Gunung Leuser National Park and come face-to-face with wild deer, monitor lizards and cheeky gibbons slinging from branch-to-branch above the forest floor. For the ultimate encounter, head to Sepilok to get up close with Malaysia's native orangutans.
The Shopping
Malaysia is retail heaven for shoppers. Whether you're wandering around the malls of Bukit Bintang, hitting the high-street labels in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) or browsing a boutique in trendy Bangsar, you'll find it nearly impossible to leave a store without buying something.
For the big labels, the ultimate retail shrines can be found in KLCC, or the KL City Centre mall located at the base of the city's tallest landmark, the Petronas Twin Towers, as well as Mid Valley Mega Mall and Lot 10. For colourful fabrics, shoes and souvenirs, head to Chinatown or one of Malaysia's famous pasa malams, meaning "night markets".
The Mosques
Malaysia's mosques are often overlooked and underrated by those visiting the country. However, tourists from other Islamic countries are often taken aback by Malaysia's modern take on Islamic architecture and the diverse mix of people attending the daily call to prayer: ranging from those in modest Malay attire to those sporting the latest fashion trends.
Thanks to years of migration and economic development, the country boasts a diverse collection of stunning Mosques, ranging from the Moorish style Jamek Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, built by the British in 1909, to the more outlandish Malacca Straits Mosque built south of the capital in 2006.
Tourists are typically welcomed with open arms and can access the proper Islamic attire to explore the grounds and spectacular prayer rooms inside. Visiting during the holy month of Ramadan also offers visitors the chance to experience the smorgasbord of culinary delights offered at lively sunset markets held after each day of fasting.
The People
Malaysia's greatest asset is its people: welcoming, open-minded, friendly, hospitable and almost always with a good sense of humour. Locals, particularly in regional and rural Malaysia, will often greet visitors with a smile, a wave and competent English, often as good as their city-dwelling compatriots. Combine this with a love of food and Malaysians are some of the most hospitable people in Asia.
One important tip though: if you visit a local's house for a meal, be prepared to eat, eat, eat!
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Giving Data a Seat in the Boardroom
Data is everywhere. Every single interaction that a customer has with an organization, irrespective of the channel, is translated into nuggets of information, which, if used properly, can make the difference between the right and the wrong decision.
However, many companies are being afflicted by the "data-rich but insights-poor" problem. They have a lot of information but have not yet cracked the code that will allow them to translate their data deluge into the required actionable insights that will help their organizations succeed. "It's a quandary for organizations," notes Mark Ledbetter, SAP's global vice president for retail strategy. Burberry's John Douglas, experienced this first hand and during SAP's 2012 Sapphire Now said that the company's then CEO, Angela Ahrendts, had changed Douglas' title from Chief Information Officer to Chief Technology Officer. The reason, according to Douglas, was that he "never gave her information, just technology." But Ledbetter notes that the company has taken big strides forward to centralize its data and have a more holistic view of its customers.
With so much data in hand, organizations need a responsible figure that can bring data into the boardroom for the C-suite to understand and make decisions on. "Data is helping to bring the customer into the boardroom," notes Steven Ramirez, CEO of Beyond The Arc. This, notes Brian Koma, Verint's vice president for research and enterprise management, is a central role for the CIO and should remain one of his main concerns. "Some companies have been collecting data for so long that they don't know what they have," he notes. Therefore, assigning data-specific responsibilities will help the heads of different departments understand what data the company has and what they can do to leverage it for business improvements.
One option to give data the representation it deserves within the boardroom is to appoint a C-level data representative. Malcolm Cowley, CEO of Performance Horizon Group, notes that the past few years have seen an increase in roles of a Chief Data Officer and Chief Analytics Officer. "Companies and organizations in data-heavy industries such as financial services, retail, and travel are increasingly including a data representative in their C-suite," he notes. Advertising agency Oglivy & Mather is one of the companies to take this step, appointing Tom Cullen as Chief Data Officer in 2013. "In today's data-driven world, there should always be a data representative in the boardroom," Cowley says.
Matti Aksela, Comptel's vice president for analytics and technology, agrees. "Having a person on the board who knows what data is available will help the C-suite better leverage data for business decisions," he notes. As Jane Paolucci, vice president of global marketing communications at Sitecore, notes, "data and the data advocate need to be in every boardroom."
One problem that afflicts several organizations is departmental silos that not only lead to information shortage within the company, but also doubling of work, with different departments doing the same job. Beyond The Arc's Ramirez notes that a C-level role with responsibility for data will allow the organization to bridge these silos and have a more holistic view of the organization as a whole. "You need a person who has visibility into data [residing in different divisions] who can then ask the right questions and share the insights to inform future decisions," he notes.
However, organizations shouldn't make the mistake of looking at a C-level data role as an IT function. "This is a data scientist, an interrogator of the data," Ramirez says.
The data-focused organization
While a centralized data-responsible role is the recommendation of many experts, Larry Freed, Foresee's president and CEO, has a different perspective. He notes that hiring a Chief Data Officer is often a last-ditch effort by organizations which have not made data an integral part of their business. "They are trying to make up for this shortcoming," he says.
Instead, data should be a company wide passion with different divisions being data-savvy and collaborating towards a data-driven organization. "The key is to get all the departments using data and analytics," Freed notes. "Every line of business needs to own its own data and share it," he adds.
Irving Fain, CEO of CrowdTwist, agrees. "Every C-level executive should be responsible for representing data as it relates to his or her area of the business," he notes. Fain raises concern that a single data representative would lead to lost insights since the Chief Data Officer might not be fully aware of certain departmental intricacies. For example, as Fain notes, "nobody knows the marketing side of the business better than the CMO."
Similarly, Dan Darnell, vice president of product marketing at Baynote, believes that companies should go beyond a single representative of data. "Data should be the driving force behind the decision-making of every executive in the C-suite," he stresses. "The CEO should be asking everyone around the table to have their dashboards at the ready to explain their decision-making metrics."
Freed raises the concern that some organizations are appointing a Chief Data Officer as a Band-Aid because their different departments have not yet embraced the importance of leveraging and sharing data. "You don't solve problems by creating new positions but by changing the mindset of the organization," he says.
While Freed recommends instilling a data-driven responsibility within every department, he agrees that a C-level data representative would be a good first step for organizations that are still struggling to give data the representation that it deserves within the boardroom.
Presenting the right data
While it's imperative for the C-suite to be exposed to data, it's critical to have the right information, notes Larry Freed, Foresee's president and CEO. Organizations should make sure they're not presenting the boardroom with data just for the sake of having something to share.
However, this isn't a straightforward process. One of the main challenges for brands remains data silos, a problem that has been troubling organizations for several years. Ledbetter notes that apart from departmental silos, many organizations are also using multiple databases, meaning that information is spread around rather than centralized, making it very difficult for data to be properly represented in the boardroom since there are many people seeing different angles. "Data belongs in the boardroom and should already be there if the CIO is doing his job and delivering the information," he says.
Brian Koma, Verint's vice president for research and enterprise management, agrees, noting that one of the problems of having data properly represented within the boardroom lies with companies not even knowing what data they already have, let alone what they can do with it.


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